Detransitioner Soren Aldaco said in an interview Monday that she tried to attend a CNN town hall with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico earlier this month, but organizers did not respond to her request until the night before the event and allegedly told her she could not participate.During an interview on "The Katie Miller Podcast," host Katie Miller asked Aldaco, a 23-year-old detransitioner who alleged she was groomed online and subsequently pursued medical treatment as a teenager, about her criticism of Talarico and what her message to him would be."He needs to have a long-form conversation, a real face-to-face with someone like me.And, you know, I tried to when he did the CNN town hall, where he did the 'prove me wrong' [Steven] Crowder format, engaging with constituents, right? We tried to get me in that room to talk to him about this issue and to be able to give him my message through conversation, which I think is most effective.
And they actually didn't get back to us until the evening before and said, 'No, we can't get you in that room,' like 'you can't talk to him,'" Aldaco said.TALARICO DISMISSES PAST COMMENTS ABOUT GOD AND GENDER AS 'PROVOCATIVE' WHILE INVOKING CHARLIE KIRKDetransitioner Soren Aldaco claims she was barred from asking Senate candidate James Talarico questions about gender surgery at a CNN town hall.(Soren Aldaco/Katina Zentz/San Antonio Express-News via Getty Images)CNN and Jubilee Media hosted a town hall with Talarico on Oct.
14, where he faced questions from the audience, as well as questions from moderator Erin Burnett.The Texas Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that Aldaco had not missed the deadline to pursue her claims against a therapist and counseling provider, reversing a lower court's finding that her lawsuit was "time-barred" under the state's two-year statute of limitations for healthcare liability claims.Miller asked her guest what she thinks Talarico is getting wrong in his positions on gender transition polic...