Donald Trump stated that James Talarico is the single worst person to run in the entire country for any office right now.
Posted by The Benny Show, Checked
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- 1 contradict1 support3 context
- Said
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- 60%
The Benny ShowOct 28, 2026
Trump has repeatedly called Talarico one of the worst candidates he has ever seen (CBS, Sept. 4, 2026; Texas Politics, March 23, 2026), so the disparagement is documented.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… "Game of Rivals." Yeah, yeah. So I'm, I'm, I'm very happy with where we're at. Okay, very happy with, I think, the support we're gonna get from, um, Us. Senate, the Republican Us. Senate. Yeah, it's good. Okay, so, moving that along, Talarico, President Trump says he is the single worst person to run in the entire country for any office right now, so that's a pretty great anti endorsement. Well, I'm certainly not going to dispute what President Trump says, and it's probably true. I've never seen a candidate like this in Texas. It's very interesting. …
The Benny Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The recorded wording is 'one of the worst' rather than 'the single worst,' and the sources never place Talarico as the worst person running for any office in the entire country, so the claim's stronger superlative is not what Trump is reported to have said.[2]
Supports. Trump said Talarico is 'one of the worst candidates I have ever seen' at an event reported by CBS News Texas on Sept. 4, 2026, and a March 23, 2026 Texas Politics post quotes him saying 'He may be the Worst Candidate I have ever seen.'[2][3]
Context. Trump's recorded criticisms of Talarico focus on cultural and personal attacks such as 'con man,' 'freak,' and the vomiting-after-meat claim, which PolitiFact found had no evidence behind it; none of these is the 'worst in the country' framing.[1][4][5]
Context. The claim's wording traces to a podcast paraphrase ('President Trump says he is the single worst person to run in the entire country for any office right now'), which is the claimant's own account and not independent evidence of Trump's statement.
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1Donald Trump keeps telling a gross story about Talarico eating meat ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Talarico downplays President Trump's criticisms before RNC ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 3Trump Tags James Talarico as 'Weak, Ineffective' Candidatetexaspolitics.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Trump Calls Paxton ‘A Little Bit Controversial’ as Talarico ...newsweek.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Trump on Texas Race: Talarico Is a Freak, Something Wrongyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
Where this claim was made
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