The Senate Leadership Fund produced a political advertisement targeting James Talarico.
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The Michael Berry ShowSep 15, 2026
Multiple sources, including AP and FactCheck.org, confirm the Texas PAC, which is affiliated with the Senate Leadership Fund, ran ads targeting Democrat James Talarico, and the claim's core assertion holds.
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… you, and he's got his apron on, and he comes around, and he takes the plate of barbecue, and he serves it to the people because he's a server at heart, and it's barbecue. Well, all you have to do is play his words and let people see them. That's it. Here's the Texas PAC spot that the Senate Leadership Fund has done. By the way, I criticize them, but I give people credit where this is a great spot. This is the best spot in terms of moving the electorate of the season. What do we really know about James Tallarico? …
The Michael Berry Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP reports that Texas PAC, a Republican super PAC supporting Ken Paxton, has at least three TV ads hammering Talarico on trans issues.[1]
Supports. FactCheck.org and PolitiFact both describe the ads as coming from Texas PAC, which is affiliated with or connected to the Senate Leadership Fund.[2][3]
Supports. Texas Tribune and AdImpact-based reporting identify Senate Leadership Fund-affiliated Texas PAC as the main spender on ads attacking Talarico.[4][5]
Context. PolitiFact rated the ad's claim that Talarico backed taxpayer-funded surgeries for minors as False, but that concerns the ad's content, not whether SLF's affiliate produced it.[3][6]
Sources
6 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 3 not rated
- 1Transgender ads again a dominant Republican theme - AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Republican Ads Distort the Facts in Claiming Democratic ...factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3TX ad misleads on Talarico, gender-affirming care for minorspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 4Texas Senate race sets record with $573 million in political ad spendingeconomictimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Senate Republicans increase ad buy for Ken Paxton to ...texastribune.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Fact check: Ad distorts James Talarico's vote on gender ...houstonchronicle.com · not rated · cited for: context
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