In 2023, James Talarico Argued That Doctors Have a ‘Moral Obligation’ to Treat Gender Dysphoria in Children

 

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Texas Democrat senate candidate James Talarico is desperately trying to backtrack his position on children and transgenderism. During a recent appearance on a podcast, he claimed that he no longer supports this.

Yet as recently as 2023, Talarico argued that doctors have a ‘moral obligation’ to treat gender dysphoria in children.

It’s going to be very difficult for Talarico to convince people that he has genuinely changed his position on this issue, because there is so much material floating around out there of him voicing strong support for it. He has mentioned it in media interviews, political events, and more. There is video of most of it too.

Breitbart News reports:

Talarico, now a Texas U.S. Senate candidate running against Attorney General Ken Paxton, made the comment during a recent podcast appearance, saying, “I oppose gender reassignment surgeries for minors.”

However, clips from the Texas House floor during the 2023 debate over SB 14, provided exclusively to Breitbart News, show Talarico arguing against the bill he ultimately voted against. The legislation was described as “relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments.”

Talarico asserted that “gender … is a spectrum,” echoing his earlier claim during a 2021 Texas House public education committee meeting that “modern science” recognizes “six” biological sexes.

He further stated, “Before this bill was filed, there was plenty of evidence that not treating extreme gender dysphoria can not only lead to suicide, but can lead to psychological and physical harm to a child, and since this bill is filed, the New England Journal of Medicine released a study of 350 young people with gender dysphoria who were receiving hormonal therapy, and it showed that that therapy reduced anxiety and depression … I’m asking us to follow that evidence, follow that science, and I’m disturbed that this body is not willing to let doctors make these decisions,” Talarico said.

Talarico added that doctors had a “moral obligation” under the “Hippocratic oath” to treat children’s gender dysphoria.

Here’s the video of him claiming he opposes trans surgery for minors.

And here he is in another video from the past.

He is going to have to explain his alleged turnaround on this issue. It’s a big one.

John Fetterman Presses Kristen Welker to Confront Graham Platner Over Kik Sexting Allegations

 Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) didn’t hold back during a recent NBC appearance, directly calling out the stunning far-left media blackout on the explosive sexting scandal engulfing Democrat Graham Platner, the oyster farmer and Marine veteran who somehow won the Maine Democrat primary to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.

Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner appeared on MSNOW earlier this month for what was supposed to be a serious interview about the mounting allegations surrounding his campaign.

Instead, the interview became a perfect example of the double standard that now defines the modern media.

Now, Fetterman hammered host Kristen Welker, telling her and her colleagues exactly what questions they should be asking the “unknown guy” who has been lying about his character and record.

Here’s what Fetterman said on air:

“This is a guy that’s been dropping dick pics on Kik for a decade, you know. And now you’re, you know, you’re a journalist. You all know what Kik is for. And, you know, they have significant problems about being, you know, the predator’s playground for their, you know, why can’t someone, perhaps you ask him, why did you choose Kik of all the different apps?

You know, why did you choose Kik? And, you know, what was your safeguards to make sure that you weren’t interacting with people that are at least legal appropriate to.

And now he could just— we could just, just drop it. You know, he could just release all of those kinds of texts and he can explain it for everybody. You know, he could clear it all up.

But right now, this is what I’m saying. Like, he’s an unknown guy that’s been lying about his, his character and his record ever since. Now, I’m sure there’ll be more shoes to drop, and it’s only June.”

WATCH:

Welker responded that the program has extended an open invitation to Platner and would love to ask him “some pressing questions.”

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Platner maintained an active Kik account (username “phustle0331”) on the very app the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has called a “predator’s paradise.”

The app has a well-documented “huge child exploitation problem,” no real age verification, and a history of being used to solicit minors.

Platner joined it back in 2016, right when Kik was already under fire for child pornography distribution, predators grooming kids, and even a murder case involving a 13-year-old girl who met her killers on the platform.

That wasn’t even the first bombshell.

Platner’s own wife reportedly flagged sexually explicit texts he sent to multiple women while they were married. She alerted the campaign early on. They brushed it off as a “private matter.”

Then came the Nazi-linked tattoo on his chest. The deleted Reddit posts where he bragged about masturbating in porta-potties, mocked Purple Heart veterans, disparaged women, Black people, and rape victims, and openly identified as a communist/socialist. The accusations from ex-girlfriends alleging abusive and violent behavior. The vulgar, degrading comments about sex and women.

And yet the Democrat Party, and their media allies, decided this was their guy to take on Republican Senator Susan Collins in a must-win Senate race that could help determine control of the chamber.

Ukraine Strikes State Oil Reserve Deep Inside Russia, Triggering Massive Blaze and ‘Fuel Rain’ (VIDEO)

 

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Ukrainian forces struck a major Russian oil storage facility located more than 700 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, marking one of the deepest attacks inside Russian territory in recent months.  

President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that swarms of drones struck an oil depot in Russia’s Yaroslavl region overnight, targeting a facility that is part of the country’s state reserve system.

“Ukraine is carrying out its plan of long-range sanctions against Russia and the assigned tasks regarding mid-range strikes in response to Russia’s refusal to end this war,” he wrote on X.

The facility stores gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products used to maintain strategic fuel supplies.

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said multiple fuel storage tanks were engulfed in flames following the attack.

Some local residents reported “fuel oil rain,” meaning the liquid was literally falling from the sky.

The operation was part of a broader wave of long-range strikes that reportedly forced air raid alerts across 28 Russian regions and led to temporary flight restrictions at several airports.

Ukraine also reported striking the Azot chemical plant in Russia’s Tula region. Officials said the facility is linked to the production of materials used in explosives manufacturing.

The attack is the latest in a sustained Ukrainian campaign targeting Russian energy infrastructure far from the front lines. 

In recent months, Kyiv has claimed responsibility for strikes against oil depots, pumping stations, refineries, and export facilities across Russia.  

Russian authorities have not released a full assessment of the damage or detailed their plans for retaliation.