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The real story behind the GOP's beef with James Talarico
Tofu Is Not the Story. Power Is.The Joke Is the VehicleThe source story is simple enough: Ken Paxton, Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, and Fox’s Jesse Watters have turned James Talarico’s alleged vegetarianism into a running insult. Talarico denies it. The smear persists. The article’s academic lens is about food metaphors. That is true, but incomplete. The political fact is that powerful Republicans are using ridicule to mark a Democrat as weak, alien, and unserious while avoiding actual debate about governing.Who Has the Power HereThis is not a fight between equals. Paxton is the Texas…
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