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[–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

Insulting us, and banning us from sports is exactly what he claimed to be against.

I keep seeing this being brought up and not a single time do I see anyone actually citing where he's done that.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    My bad, looking into it he wasn’t one of the ones calling us “biological men” must be getting mixed up with Andrew’s or Kaptur who said that during the same week.

    “Every sport has to be safe and fair,” Talarico said on Fox News. “As a former public school teacher, I care a lot about our student athletes, I care a lot about our students. And so I will oppose trans athletes playing in girls’ sports if it risks safety or fairness.”

    “There are going to be rules where sometimes it’s not allowed. That’s actually how you solve a public policy problem with love for trans folks but also for our athletes, who need a fair shot at competition.”

    He does cede to bullshit transphobic talking points on sports however. Weasel words about safety or fairness don’t change the underlying message.

    Why couldn’t we still have the 2021 Talarico out there, instead of the more conservative 2026 model.

    “Some things are more important than perfectly fair competition in sports,” Talarico said in 2021.

    https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/09/james-talarico-trans-sports-reversal-lgbtq-rights-texas-us-senate-race/

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Why couldn’t we still have the 2021 Talarico out there, instead of the more conservative 2026 model.

    I've already addressed this.

    Being openly pro-trans in a deeply anti-trans state means you’re not going to have any shot at doing anything good.

    And to go back to the root of this thread, what you're wanting is him to be the perfect candidate instead of a viable candidate. He can either be a perfect candidate and have no shot or give some concessions and have a shot to actually do something good.

    Also the concession in question isn't even that bad of a concession. You view it through the lens that only the first part of the sentence matters and the rest doesn't. If you look at it as a whole what he's actually saying is that he doesn't oppose trans athletes UNLESS someone proves it risks safety or fairness of the sport. From my point of view he's approaching the same issue from the perspective of the conservatives to get them to agree with him.

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