'Texas Is Gonna Be Ugly': Republicans Hit Talarico with Personal Attacks as Midterms Ramp Up

'Texas is gonna be ugly': Republicans hit Talarico with personal attacks as midterms ramp up

NBC News' Garrett Haake and Sahil Kapur report on the intensifying midterm races across the country as White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller slams Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico with crude and false attacks. Democratic strategist Taryn Rosenkranz and former White House official Ashley Davis join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable.

Why the GOP Would Rather Talk About Testosterone

Charlie Sykes: “Miller’s slur was not a one-off. Indeed, the White House troll was signaling the GOP’s go-to strategy for propping up its scandal-infested senate nominee: portraying his opponent, Democrat James Talarcio, as a light-in-the-loafers, low-t, possibly gay, tofu-eating vegan.” “None of that is true, but the GOP absolutely thinks this will work, because they think it was the kill-shot in 2024.” “And obviously, the GOP would much rather…

The GOP’s Birthday Boy Defense

On Wednesday, a top White House official looked at a photo of a Texas Senate candidate and decided the worst thing he could call him was “transgender.”The candidate, Democrat James Talarico, is cisgender and heterosexual. Miller knew that, and reached for “transgender” anyway, because he wanted an insult and that was the one he grabbed. The DNC had posted a photo of Talarico with the line “Fired up. Ready to go. It’s time to take back Texas,” an…