{"id":933572,"date":"2026-10-15T05:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933572\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T05:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:26:37","slug":"james-talarico-debates-voters-cnn-and-jubilee-medias-texas-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933572\/","title":{"rendered":"James Talarico debates voters CNN and Jubilee Media\u2019s Texas town hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Talarico says he supports voter ID, but dodges question on SAVE America Act\n <\/p>\n

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Talarico says he supports voter ID, but dodges question on SAVE America Act<\/p>\n

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\n Texas Senate candidate James Talarico said he is in favor of \u201cfair voter ID,\u201d but dodged a voter\u2019s question about whether he supports the Save America Act<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n The bill would overhaul US elections<\/a> in ways many conservatives want, including by requiring people registering to vote to provide proof of US citizenship.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWell, I\u2019d honestly have to read the details of the legislation. I\u2019m a policy wonk, and so I always hesitate to to say I\u2019m going to support any one bill if I haven\u2019t read the final version of that bill,\u201d Talarico told the voter at the CNN and Jubilee Media town hall.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cBut from what I understand, the bill is about our elections,\u201d Talarico said. \u201cSo, I\u2019ll tell you what I am for. I am for fair voter ID, and I say fair because here in Texas, I think that a lot of our voter ID policies are discriminatory.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\n He described how some types of identification, like a concealed handgun license<\/a>, are allowed to be used for voting purposes while others, such as a student ID, are not.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI think that hurts some kind of voters and helps other kind of voters,\u201d Talarico said. \u201cWhat I want to see is voter ID that is consistent across the board.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The voter pushed for an answer on whether he can retain this policy while working with senators from other states, like New York or California.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWell, I am not running for the US Senate to represent New York or California. I\u2019m not running for the US Senate to represent the Democratic party. I am running for Senate to represent all 31 million Texans, and I will always do what\u2019s best for Texas, even if that means standing up to my own party,\u201d Talarico told the voter.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Talarico says he supports voter ID, but dodges question on SAVE America Act Talarico says he supports voter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-933572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}