News
A viral rumor claimed James Talarico was in a psychiatric hospital. The evidence doesn’t hold up.
Right-wing influencers pointed to a recorded phone call as proof. The hospital says Talarico was never a patient there.
Conservative influencers are sharing what they say is a phone call proving state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, was absent from the campaign trail because he was confined to a “mental hospital.”