Carville says Talarico has got to deal with past culture war comments if he wants to win Texas Senate race

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville and his co-host Al Hunt agreed last Thursday that Texas’ Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico needs to walk back his past comments if he wants to win in the Lone Star State.Talarico, the co-hosts agreed, is in a strong position to score a historic victory in Texas if he plays his cards right.They previously cheered his victory over Rep.

Jasmine Crockett to be the Democrat’s nominee, saying he would likely push the same policies as Crockett but without sharing her history of controversial comments.However, some of his past statements on race, gender ideology, abortion and religion are now causing headaches for his campaign.“I think Talarico has to be smart, and he has to be aggressive.As you just suggested, the GOP already aired an ad accusing him of saying all kinds of weird things,” Hunt said. “Some of it is true,” Carville agreed, before adding, “He’s got to deal with it.” “Yeah, but he said there’s six genders.

Well, I don’t know whether he said it or not, but if he said it, God d— it, he better walk it back right now or explain it,” Hunt said.“But most importantly, I think James, what he has to do is say, ‘Hey, I may have said some dumb things, but Ken Paxton has committed dumb, corrupt acts that hurt Texas citizens.’”Hunt went on to argue that Texas has a 50 percent chance of electing him.“If he stays on the offensive and Hispanic and Black voters are energized, I may not be quite as — I mean, I think Texans — I think Talarico has a 50/50 shot.” Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.“On that, we can agree,” Carville said.

“It’s a pure tossup.”Carville argued that all the key ingredients for a superb Democratic comeback are there.“First, you would ...