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Listening to Talarico's acceptance speech on Chris Hays. He's good! Love thy neighbor as yourself. (Original Post) surfered Mar 4 OP
Great speech senseandsensibility Mar 4 #1
not much of a texas accent tho. I grew up there and still ppl ask where Im from lol msongs Mar 4 #2
Lol senseandsensibility Mar 4 #4
8th generation Texan through his mom - TBF Mar 4 #5
Talarico's speech was so uplifting democrank Mar 4 #3
Yes, that was very impressive! PatSeg Mar 4 #6
Excellent victory speech. Hit all the right notes. Borogove Mar 4 #7
I also liked this speech LetMyPeopleVote Mar 5 #8
If that's his stump speech, most of his rally attendees Deminpenn Mar 5 #9
please do not compare him to BS Skittles Mar 5 #10

senseandsensibility

(25,003 posts)
1. Great speech
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:46 PM
Mar 4

Gracious to Jasmine, and now he is describing how billionaires are screwing everyone else.

TBF

(36,714 posts)
5. 8th generation Texan through his mom -
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:56 PM
Mar 4

but he's from Round Rock (by Austin); studied at UT, Harvard, and Seminary. He might need to campaign out in the country to fix that.

I've been in Texas the same amount of time as Jasmine Crocket (a little over 20 years). I don't think I've picked up an accent, but my northern relatives can hear it.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
6. Yes, that was very impressive!
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:02 PM
Mar 4

I often let most stump speeches go in one ear and out the other, as they tend to be redundant and predictable. He was quite fresh and inspiring. I felt a little spark of hope for Texas! We'll see.

Deminpenn

(17,522 posts)
9. If that's his stump speech, most of his rally attendees
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 05:00 AM
Mar 5

will be shouting "Amen!" at the end.

This week;s New Yorker magazine had a long profile story on him. One passage particulary caught my attention, where he ruefully noted that apparently people need enemies, so he would give them a different one - the corrupt billionaire class rather than each other. That aligns him with where Americans/voters currently are.

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