James Talarico campaigned at Black churches over the weekend.
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The Michael Berry ShowSep 15, 2026
Sources show Talarico spent the weekend of September 12-13, 2026 in Houston, including a Sunday rally at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church and a Sunday morning visit to Church Without Walls, both predominantly Black churches. The extracted claim matches the post's wording and timeframe, and the post's own 'weekend' is the same weekend the sources describe.
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… I was the permission structure to say, look, you can do this in both, for this. It's one of the reasons we're losing so many men. Again, it's multi-ethnic. It's not just white men. Talarico spent the weekend campaigning at Black churches. That's funny to watch him pander. That is funny to watch him pander. Meanwhile, while telling the Blacks how great Jasmine Crockett is, and you know, she really loves him, and then she's out all week saying she's not campaigning for him, but she really loves …
The Michael Berry Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. A Houston Chronicle report published September 14, 2026 says Talarico ended his weekend in Houston on Sunday with a rally at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, one of the city's largest Black churches.[2]
Supports. The same report says that on Sunday morning Talarico joined Church Without Walls, another predominantly Black megachurch, for its service.[2]
Supports. A September 16, 2026 report carries a photo caption placing Talarico speaking at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, which matches the weekend the post referred to.[3]
Context. Other coverage describes a broader pattern of church visits by Talarico, including Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, but these items are not needed to establish the weekend visits.[1][4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 4 not rated
- 1Talarico looks to energize Black voters as he runs for Senate in Texasapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2James Talarico renews push for Black voters at Houston rallyhoustonchronicle.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is courting Black voters ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Democratic James Talarico targets Black voters in Houstondefendernetwork.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5James Talarico Courts Black Voters as Texas Senate Race Enters Final Stretchsaobserver.com · not rated · cited for: context
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