Talarico Visited Mosque Weekend After 9/11, Defends It As ‘Solidarity’ Moment

Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico Defends Post-9/11 Mosque Visit and Progressive Faith Activism

Every election cycle, a new breed of candidate slithers out of the Democratic machine – polished, disarming, and carefully packaged to appeal to voters who’d...

Texas Democrat James Talarico Defends Mosque Visit Days After 9/11 as Act of ‘Solidarity’ with Muslims

Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico is defending a visit to a mosque in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 Islamic terrorist attacks, describing the trip as an act of "solidarity" with Muslims facing suspicion following the massacre of nearly 3,000 Americans.

Talarico Visited Mosque Weekend After 9/11, Defends It As ‘Solidarity’ Moment

The Democratic Party’s great white hope in Texas, Senate candidate James Talarico, visited a mosque in the days after the 9/11 Islamic terror attacks — a move that he now defends as being in the interest of “solidarity.” Talarico’s mother was behind the trip — he was 12 years old at the time — and she took his sister Madeleine and two of his friends as well, to counter some of the distrust of American Muslims in the days after the attacks. The T…

James Talarico Visited Mosque After 9/11 in 'Solidarity' with Muslims

Democrat Texas U.S. Senate hopeful James Talarico visited a mosque as a teen in "solidarity" with the Muslim community the weekend after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a resurfaced interview.