With all these sick Democrats like James Talarico, one wonders: how are they in the lead?
Talk about an October surprise!Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, 37, disappeared off the campaign trail for more than 10 days, claiming a bad case of the flu.Now his office is denying reports that he spent the time in a mental health facility in Ohio, after conservative influencer Nick Sortor posted an unverified audio recording purportedly of an employee of the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, saying a patient named James Talarico had just been discharged.The Center issued a statement Sunday night, saying: “Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope.” Talarico’s campaign called the allegation “a pathetic conspiracy theory.”But that isn’t enough from the party that propped up Joe Biden for years and lied about his health problems.
Democrats don’t get the benefit of the doubt anymore.When a candidate in such a crucial race goes missing for so long in the final month before the election, the situation demands proof beyond an airy flu excuse and “trust me” attitude.As White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller tweeted on Sunday: “Talafreako needs to release the medical records.”It’s a reasonable request and one that the Washington Post, for one, should be demanding.After all, the legacy news outlet has applied relentless scrutiny to Natalie Harp, an unelected White House presidential aide, complete with baselessly nasty insinuations about her relationship with her boss.In the past seven weeks, the WaPo has published five substantial personal stories about Harp, 35, that amplify a dispute with an estranged brother and details of a family tragedy involving her father.This weekend it was a 1,700-word investigative feature titled: “How Trump aide Natalie Harp’s family broke apart — and polarized.”By contrast, the WaPo has been decidedly incurious about the mysterious disappearance of one of the highest-profile Senate candidates in one of the closest and most consequent...