U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D-TX) suggested a new plan for how to “run our world” — and the internet thus far appears to be more creeped out than inspired by his idea.
Talarico, who is battling Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton for the seat currently occupied by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), wondered in a direct-to-camera shot how things might change if the American people were viewed and treated more like a classroom full of unruly five-year-olds than like independent adults.
“What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom? Because at the end of the day, aren’t we all just really big kindergartners?” he asked.
“He’s just so … soft. I hate it,” Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet replied.
“How is it possible that a grown man thinks this is a winning idea? Where have all the men gone? It’s baffling,” The Blaze contributor T.J. Moe added.
“Really Big Kindergartner is actually the best description I’ve heard of what Talarico looks like,” another added.
Conservative pundit Chris Loesch warned, “Never let this gelatinous creep around a kindergartner regardless how he identifies.”
Talarico has raised a number of red flags throughout his campaign — not least of which have been his attempts to run away from his record of support for trans-identifying individuals.
His vocal support for giving young children access to cross-sex hormones and body mutilation includes a vote for a bill that would classify parents declining to accommodate their children’s wishes regarding gender identity as having committed child abuse.
James talarico voted for legislation LAST YEAR to make parents who do not affirm their child’s gender identity guilty of child abuse.
“some of us, I think, really do consider this abusive behavior … an unwillingness to identify, or, to acknowledge a child’s gender identity, we… pic.twitter.com/XebhZtpDm5
— Lone Star Liberty PAC (@LoneStar_PAC) September 14, 2026
“Some of us, I think, really do consider this abusive behavior … an unwillingness to identify, or, to acknowledge a child’s gender identity, we consider that abusive to the child, abusive and destructive,” he said in 2019.
During a recent Fox News interview, however, Talarico claimed that he’d seen the light and no longer thinks there are six genders — and claimed that he would oppose allowing biological males to participate in girls’ and women’s sports if their presence impacted “safety and fairness.”
