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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent out a fundraising text blast listing Talarico, Turic, Peltola, Jackson, Cooper, and Brown as candidates who can flip the Senate.

Posted by The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show, Checked

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The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg ShowSep 12, 2026
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The claim's core (a DSCC fundraising text listing these six candidates as able to flip the Senate) is only echoed by the claimant's passage and a Threads post (source 4, unrated, which repeats the claim and gives no independent record), while the DSCC's own 2026 messaging and Washington Examiner coverage (source 11, July) show the DSCC backing these candidates but.

Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What was said

… Like, it's unnecessary. So, yeah, I stand with you when it comes to this. Um, I also, I'm curious we were chatting about the Senate Democrat organization that is ignoring progressive candidates in these new fundraising text blasts. So, we actually have a screen shot of, ah, the text that's the, ah, that was sent out by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. And so, this text was sent out that says, Talarico, Turic, Peltola, Jackson, Cooper, and Brown can flip the Senate, and so it was basically urging people to donate, and that's the DSC. Would match their donation. Okay, but who is left out here is, um, Abdul Al-sayed in Michigan, Penny Flanagan in Minnesota, and Angie Nixon in Florida. …
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What we found

Contradicts. The claim's list omits Ossoff while including Peltola; the Threads post and the claimant's passage list the same six, but nothing independent confirms that the specific text read 'can flip the Senate' with this exact six-name list.[1]

Supports. The Washington Examiner reports the DSCC backing Josh Turek (Iowa), Jackson (Maine), Cooper, Brown, Talarico and Ossoff, and the DSCC posted an X thread saying candidates 'are going to help flip the Senate', consistent with the claim's framing.[2]

Context. A Wired account of political text spam (dated 2026-11-02, after the claim) describes many DSCC texts, but does not quote the text in question.[3]

Sources

3 sources: 3 not rated

  1. 1The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee just sent ...threads.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
  2. 2DSCC puts $40 million into 10 key states ahead of midterm ...washingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  3. 3My Journey to the Center of America's Political Spam Text Hellwired.com · not rated · cited for: context

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