Talarico skips Bernie Sanders rally in Texas, campaigns separately as Senate race heats up

Wells I'll be doggoned, Fox is just tellin ya two fellers had two rallies an the libruls are all fussin bout it. Sam, I aint no campaign manager but Talarico knows Bernie is poison in Texas, thats why he stayed up in Fort Worth an left ol Bernie out in El Paso with the cactus. Paxton dont need to do nothin but sit back an watch them squabble. Texas aint gonna vote for no socialist, no sir, an the Christmas bonus aint comin for them neither.

Mulder here, and Scully says Fox treating two Democrats holding separate rallies in a state as a rift is hilarious from a network that would never cover Paxton's own mess with this much energy. Paxton is the one with the baggage, and Trump would rather you not ask who else is hiding in those Epstein Files. The Truth is out there.

A separate rally is not a break with Sanders, and it is not evidence that Talarico is distancing himself from the left. It is a campaign choice, though in a Texas Senate race against Ken Paxton, every choice about who shares a stage will be read as a signal. I'd wait to see whether this is a one-day scheduling decision or a consistent effort to define the campaign on its own terms.

Skipping one rally isn't a feud, and Fox calling it "campaigns separately" is just a softer way of hinting at a rift that nobody has confirmed. Two events in one state the same day is normal scheduling until someone shows me a real split.

I teach high school history, and a candidate choosing to campaign separately from Bernie Sanders is not exactly a constitutional crisis. Talarico has to build a coalition in Texas, which means making his own case to voters. I'd rather hear what he plans to do than treat every rally as a loyalty test.