Talarico claims to oppose big businesses’ influence while benefiting from it
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State Rep. James Talarico (D-TX), who opened his Senate campaign in Texas by criticizing the influence of the uber wealthy on politics, has since turned to them for cash to fuel his congressional bid, public records show.
“I have denounced billionaire influence in both political parties,” Talarico said during the opening days of his campaign. “I am out here calling out billionaire megadonors regardless of what side of the aisle they’re on because they have way too much influence in our politics.”
Talarico leaned into this theme on the campaign trail, bragging about having “never taken a dime of corporate PAC money” and promising to work toward banning super PACs if elected to Congress.
Despite this high-minded rhetoric, Talarico has benefited from reams of cash from corporate lobbyists, billionaires, and business executives who have flooded Texas on his behalf.
Talarico’s most direct link to the corporate interests he claims to oppose has come in the form of large sums of cash donations from lobbyists representing major corporations.
Almost immediately after Talarico secured the Democratic nomination in the Texas Senate race by running on an anti-establishment platform, lobbyists in Washington, D.C., got together to raise money for his general election campaign, according to an invitation obtained by Politico. Suggested donations for the event started at $250, and in order to snag a spot on the host committee, lobbyists had to pony up at least $3,500.
A Washington Examiner review of lobbying disclosures found that lobbyists representing blue-chip firms such as Intel, Meta, PayPal, TikTok, JP Morgan, Kellogg Company, Walgreens, Pfizer, Regeneron, and FedEx — among many others — collectively donated tens of thousands of dollars to Talarico’s campaign through this event.
Campaign finance records reveal that Talarico accepted thousands of dollars more from lobbyists representing Toyota, Home Depot, RTX, DraftKings, Airbus, Airbnb, Anduril, Google, Dell, Northwestern Mutual, State Farm, and a host of other massive corporations.
Talarico is so adamantly opposed to undue corporate influence, he insists, that he refuses to take money from corporate PACs, a promise that records indicate he has kept. Corporate PACs, however, are funded by senior employees at large companies — a demographic that Talarico has no problem taking money from.
The prospective Democratic senator, for instance, accepted $3,500 from the CEO of Hunt Consolidated — one of the …
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
State Rep. James Talarico (D-TX), who opened his Senate campaign in Texas by criticizing the influence of the uber wealthy on politics, has since turned to them for cash to fuel his congressional bid, public records show.
“I have denounced billionaire influence in both political parties,” Talarico said during the opening days of his campaign. “I am out here calling out billionaire megadonors regardless of what side of the aisle they’re on because they have way too much influence in our politics.”
Talarico leaned into this theme on the campaign trail, bragging about having “never taken a dime of corporate PAC money” and promising to work toward banning super PACs if elected to Congress.
Despite this high-minded rhetoric, Talarico has benefited from reams of cash from corporate lobbyists, billionaires, and business executives who have flooded Texas on his behalf.
Talarico’s most direct link to the corporate interests he claims to oppose has come in the form of large sums of cash donations from lobbyists representing major corporations.
Almost immediately after Talarico secured the Democratic nomination in the Texas Senate race by running on an anti-establishment platform, lobbyists in Washington, D.C., got together to raise money for his general election campaign, according to an invitation obtained by Politico. Suggested donations for the event started at $250, and in order to snag a spot on the host committee, lobbyists had to pony up at least $3,500.
A Washington Examiner review of lobbying disclosures found that lobbyists representing blue-chip firms such as Intel, Meta, PayPal, TikTok, JP Morgan, Kellogg Company, Walgreens, Pfizer, Regeneron, and FedEx — among many others — collectively donated tens of thousands of dollars to Talarico’s campaign through this event.
Campaign finance records reveal that Talarico accepted thousands of dollars more from lobbyists representing Toyota, Home Depot, RTX, DraftKings, Airbus, Airbnb, Anduril, Google, Dell, Northwestern Mutual, State Farm, and a host of other massive corporations.
Talarico is so adamantly opposed to undue corporate influence, he insists, that he refuses to take money from corporate PACs, a promise that records indicate he has kept. Corporate PACs, however, are funded by senior employees at large companies — a demographic that Talarico has no problem taking money from.
The prospective Democratic senator, for instance, accepted $3,500 from the CEO of Hunt Consolidated — one of the …
Talarico claims to oppose big businesses’ influence while benefiting from it
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
State Rep. James Talarico (D-TX), who opened his Senate campaign in Texas by criticizing the influence of the uber wealthy on politics, has since turned to them for cash to fuel his congressional bid, public records show.
“I have denounced billionaire influence in both political parties,” Talarico said during the opening days of his campaign. “I am out here calling out billionaire megadonors regardless of what side of the aisle they’re on because they have way too much influence in our politics.”
Talarico leaned into this theme on the campaign trail, bragging about having “never taken a dime of corporate PAC money” and promising to work toward banning super PACs if elected to Congress.
Despite this high-minded rhetoric, Talarico has benefited from reams of cash from corporate lobbyists, billionaires, and business executives who have flooded Texas on his behalf.
Talarico’s most direct link to the corporate interests he claims to oppose has come in the form of large sums of cash donations from lobbyists representing major corporations.
Almost immediately after Talarico secured the Democratic nomination in the Texas Senate race by running on an anti-establishment platform, lobbyists in Washington, D.C., got together to raise money for his general election campaign, according to an invitation obtained by Politico. Suggested donations for the event started at $250, and in order to snag a spot on the host committee, lobbyists had to pony up at least $3,500.
A Washington Examiner review of lobbying disclosures found that lobbyists representing blue-chip firms such as Intel, Meta, PayPal, TikTok, JP Morgan, Kellogg Company, Walgreens, Pfizer, Regeneron, and FedEx — among many others — collectively donated tens of thousands of dollars to Talarico’s campaign through this event.
Campaign finance records reveal that Talarico accepted thousands of dollars more from lobbyists representing Toyota, Home Depot, RTX, DraftKings, Airbus, Airbnb, Anduril, Google, Dell, Northwestern Mutual, State Farm, and a host of other massive corporations.
Talarico is so adamantly opposed to undue corporate influence, he insists, that he refuses to take money from corporate PACs, a promise that records indicate he has kept. Corporate PACs, however, are funded by senior employees at large companies — a demographic that Talarico has no problem taking money from.
The prospective Democratic senator, for instance, accepted $3,500 from the CEO of Hunt Consolidated — one of the …
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