EXCLUSIVE: Talarico Finds His Base — Drag Show Attendees, Mexico Fans And Purged Voters

Democrat Texas Senate nominee James Talarico is partnering with failed Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke to unleash a voter outreach campaign that will target drag show attendees, Mexico soccer fans, and people previously purged from voter rolls, the Daily Caller has learned.

After several failed candidacies, O’Rourke is now advising other up-and-coming Democrats through his organization Powered by People, which hosted a strategy Zoom call with Talarico’s campaign Tuesday night, the Caller can reveal.

During the call, Powered by People Executive Director Aimee Prudhomme revealed Democrats’ strategy to target voters ahead of the November election. (RELATED: James Talarico Insults Military Families With ‘California Transplant’ Attack, Ken Paxton Says)

“Like Beto mentioned before, we go where the people are,” Prudhomme said on a recording of the meeting obtained by the Caller. “We’re trying to find likely Democratic voters. Those that are targets of voter suppression, likely to be removed or purged from the rolls come November. We go in places where those people are.”

In Texas, people are removed from voter rolls if they are serving a sentence for a felony conviction, if they are illegally in the United States, if they are mentally incapacitated, if they move out of the country or state, or if they die, according to the state’s Election Code.

Prudhomme went on to list other locations where the campaign should target outreach efforts, including drag shows and World Cup watch parties where attendees root for Mexico. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Trump Aligned Group Drops Six Figures On ‘Talafreako’ Ad In Texas)
“So whether it’s college campuses, in places of worship, at concerts, clubs, drag shows … the World Cup is going on, we’ve been doing a lot of World Cup watch parties despite the U.S. and Mexico getting out of the tournament this weekend. But we are there,” Prudhomme said. “We are at those events.”

O’Rourke also chimed in on the call to claim that the election was actively being rigged against Talarico by Republicans like President Donald Trump, despite Democrats’ long established track record of calling the president an election denier.

In a recording obtained by the Caller, O’Rourke said they need to work to “get our country back from the people who are trying to steal it in front of our eyes right now.”

“That’s what Republicans, that’s what Greg Abbott, that’s what Ken Paxton, that’s what Donald Trump, most of all, are counting on,” O’Rourke said. “You know they’re trying to intimidate. You know they’re trying to rig. They already redrew five congressional districts in Texas. More hijinks will certainly ensue.”

Talarico is set to face off against the Republican nominee, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in the general election on Nov. 3.