James Talarico Is Facing Serious Questions About His Creepy Conduct With Kids
James Talarico, a Texas state representative and former middle school teacher, is facing scrutiny over past Facebook posts from his teaching years that have raised concerns about his conduct with students. The posts include references to spending time with sixth-grade boys, sharing his personal cell phone number, and assigning edgy literary content like a passage from The Handmaid's Tale. Critics, including the RNC, have questioned his judgment and professionalism, though no formal allegations of illegal conduct have been reported.
- ▪James Talarico posted on Facebook about spending his birthday with sixth-grade boys at a university event.
- ▪He shared his personal cell phone number publicly and encouraged students to contact him outside school hours.
- ▪Talarico assigned sixth-grade students a passage from Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale to analyze literary devices.
- ▪His staff stated that only the clean version of Kanye West's 'Homecoming' was used in class.
- ▪The RNC has criticized Talarico, calling his behavior inappropriate and questioning his suitability to work around children.
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James Talarico Is Facing Serious Questions About His Creepy Conduct With Kids Matt Margolis | 9:11 AM on May 05, 2026 AP Photo/Eric Gay While Democrats in Maine are busy nominating someone with a Nazi sympathizer problem, Texas Democrats have already settled on their own gift to Republican opposition researchers: a state representative whose old Facebook posts are raising some very uncomfortable questions about how he conducted himself around children. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Talarico, who won the Democratic nomination for the Senate earlier this year, has made his time as a Teach For America middle school teacher a key part of his political identity.
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