乔·格鲁特斯称所谓的跨党派支持者是长期活跃的民主党活动人士，而非真正的共和党选民
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共和党全国委员会主席乔·格鲁特斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，詹姆斯·塔拉里科争取共和党跨党派支持的举动类似于“白人男性支持哈里斯”，他认为德克萨斯州选民会拒绝这位民主党人，转而支持肯·帕克斯顿，让德克萨斯州继续保持“深红”状态。
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得克萨斯州联邦参议院民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科需要在今年11月争取一些共和党选民的支持，才能在这个美国最大的红色州获胜，但他的对手指出，所谓共和党人支持他的说法即便不是欺诈，也是不真实的。
“塔拉里科建立任何形式共和党联盟的任何可能性对他来说都是白日梦，”共和党全国委员会主席乔·格鲁特斯在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。“没人会追随他。他完全脱离了德克萨斯州民众的实际。”
格鲁特斯的批评是在MS NOW的《早安乔》节目中受访的女性选民自称是共和党跨党派支持者之后发出的，结果调查显示她们与民主党和反唐纳德·特朗普总统的团体有着长期联系——根本不是会在这场争夺参议院多数席位的关键竞选活动中投票给共和党参议院候选人肯·帕克斯顿的人。
“那些站出来说支持他的人被证明基本上都是民主党自由派活动人士，他们10多年来一直支持民主党候选人，”格鲁特斯继续说道。
“假”温和派塔拉里科的得州崛起在争夺关键共和党参议院席位的较量中对帕克斯顿构成考验
2026年7月22日，得克萨斯州民主党联邦参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科在奥斯汀国会大道凯悦酒店举行的新闻发布会上发言。此次讨论之际，数据中心已成为得克萨斯州的一个主要政治议题，州长格雷格·雅培呼吁加强对数据中心扩张的监管。(Getty Images)
“我就是不相信这一点，”格鲁特斯说。“这就是哈里斯的‘白人男性支持哈里斯’。这种情况根本不存在。这只是他们试图建立一些跨党派支持的一厢情愿或尝试。”
塔拉里科强调在竞选活动中建立广泛的联盟，他的团队表示打算在11月大选前“走遍每一个地方，与每一个人沟通”。
但共和党人抓住了塔拉里科部分支持者的政治背景，以此证明其跨党派拉拢活动并不像宣传的那样具有 bipartisan 性质。
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得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿敦促共和党立即在这个备受瞩目的参议院竞选中投入资金，这是这个最大红色州的一场重要竞选。(布兰登·贝尔/Getty Images)
在被宣传为支持塔拉里科的共和党母亲之一的明迪·麦克卢尔，后续报道显示她有联邦选举委员会的备案记录，表明自2018年以来她多次通过ActBlue平台向民主党候选人和政治团体捐款，包括卡玛拉·哈里斯和林肯项目——一个反特朗普的政治活动团体。
“当你推行诸如残害儿童、声称上帝有六种不同性别且是非二元性别者之类的政策时，你不能指望共和党人会接受并认为他们会支持你在得克萨斯州上演的这场自由主义闹剧，”格鲁特斯说。
另一位在竞选活动中亮相的女性的初选投票历史被曝光，记录显示她在民主党初选中的投票参与度高于共和党初选。
周日记者联系置评时，塔拉里科的竞选团队表示，这些女性与竞选团队没有官方联系，但发言人提到了MSNBC的采访，并指出她们此前曾投票支持得克萨斯州共和党州长格雷格·雅培——其中一人曾发誓再也不会这么做。
塔拉里科还展示了前塔兰特县法官格伦·惠特利的支持，这位长期以来的共和党人在最近的一场竞选活动中为这位民主党人背书。
共和党团结起来击败塔拉里科：帕克斯顿称其“冷酷无情”
据共和党全国委员会主席乔·格鲁特斯称，参议员约翰·科宁（R-德克萨斯州）在初选中输给了得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿，但仍在该州为共和党人坚定筹款。(肯特·西村 / 法新社 via Getty Images)
惠特利曾以共和党法官的身份参选，但他最近的背书都转向了左翼。这位前县法官在2022年背书民主党候选人迈克·科利尔挑战共和党副州长丹·帕特里克，之后又背书哈里斯竞选总统，以及2024年背书民主党候选人科林·奥尔雷德竞选美国参议院。所有这些民主党候选人都输给了共和党人，就像2018年贝托·奥罗克以不到三个百分点的差距输给了参议员特德·克鲁兹（R-德克萨斯州）一样。
这段历史给了共和党一个借口，称塔拉里科主要吸引的是在此次参议院竞选前就已经与共和党候选人决裂的选民。
“他不是贝托：贝托其实是个不错的候选人，尽管他很自由派，”格鲁特斯说，他常用“变态”来形容塔拉里科的政策立场，称他在这个深度保守的州竞选参议院席位。“这家伙让贝托看起来都像个保守派。”
“塔拉里-怪胎毫无机会，因为人们不会相信他兜售的那些东西。”
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得克萨斯州是出了名的特朗普所说的“以上帝、枪支和石油”为投票议题的州，因此格鲁特斯称，那些不支持特朗普或这些核心议题的人“不是适合得克萨斯州的候选人”，“也不是适合该州美国参议院席位的候选人”。
“我们不需要软弱的议员，”格鲁特斯说。“我们需要强大的‘让美国再次伟大’斗士。而肯·帕克斯顿恰恰能做到这一点，他将为得克萨斯州在美国参议院带来力量，并很好地代表他们。”
帕克斯顿在大约三年前躲过了一场可能的得克萨斯州州弹劾程序。其中两名在州参议院投票弹劾帕克斯顿的得克萨斯州共和党州众议院弹劾经理，现在正在为帕克斯顿竞选造势。
共和党州众议员杰夫·利奇上周在得克萨斯州艾伦的一场竞选集会上为帕克斯顿介绍，州众议员布里斯托尔·凯恩在休斯顿的集会上介绍了帕克斯顿。两人都支持帕克斯顿而非塔拉里科。
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此前有人担心，获得特朗普背书的帕克斯顿并非理想的共和党候选人，他击败了任职多年的四届参议员约翰·科宁（R-德克萨斯州），后者在2020年以近两位数的优势获胜。格鲁特斯承认，科恩“长期以来一直是一位优秀的美国参议员”，但没有透露科恩是否会像那些回归支持帕克斯顿的弹劾经理一样为其助选。
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“我认为他目前正在为参议院的所有共和党人筹款，仍在举办活动，所以我个人不知道他是否已经公开背书肯·帕克斯顿，但我确信他仍然支持确保我们拥有‘让美国再次伟大’的斗士，以支持总统未来的议程，”格鲁特斯说。
特朗普的背书在标志性的参议院竞选中并非全胜，比如赫歇尔·沃克（佐治亚州）和穆罕默德·奥兹医生（宾夕法尼亚州）尽管获得了特朗普的背书，但在2022年仍输掉了选举，但这些关键失利的候选人都是非政界人士，没有帕克斯顿那样的全州竞选基础设施。
“你得记住，肯·帕克斯顿在该州的多次大选中都获胜了，”格鲁特斯补充道。“他击败了一位长期任职的强势在任者[科恩]，以数十万票的优势赢得了初选。”
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帕克斯顿周日在福克斯新闻的《周日早安 Futures》节目中表示，他“筹款额超过了全国所有共和党人”，但他敦促参议院领导基金——该基金与科恩等参议院现任议员、保守派亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克以及特朗普8亿美元的“让美国再次伟大”公司金库有着长期联系——现在就需要帮助他保住参议院席位。
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“我正试图在得克萨斯州的夏季筹款，这很有挑战性，所以我们希望参议院领导基金、埃隆·马斯克、特朗普总统现在能伸出援手，因为我们正在努力积累资金，”帕克斯顿告诉主持人玛丽亚·巴尔蒂罗莫。“我们现在正在为10月和9月筹款，而不是现在。”
“我们现在没有足够的资金。这让塔拉里科得以不断宣传自己是温和派民主党人，但实际上他是个社会主义者。”
尽管民主党人长期以来希望并投入数千万美元竞选资金来翻转克鲁兹的席位，但格鲁特斯预测这场帕克斯顿对阵塔拉里科的竞选不会是本届周期中花费最多的一场——他表示，那场将是北卡罗来纳州的竞选。
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“人们希望这场竞选成为全国最大的竞选，但实际上不会，因为归根结底，帕克斯顿一次又一次证明了他是赢家——他在这个州是赢家，”格鲁特斯说，尽管帕克斯顿的竞选资金募集速度缓慢，而塔拉里科的民主党阵营投入了大量资金。
“得克萨斯州是深红州。它不会向左转，不会投票给那些想要残害儿童、让男生进入女生更衣室、嘴上说有信仰周一就变‘觉醒’的人。这种事绝不会发生。得克萨斯州是一个坚定的共和党州。
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“所以，没错，听着，很多资金涌入，得克萨斯州是个大州，加州的很多资源也涌了进来，因为这些加州自由主义者喜欢塔拉里-怪胎。但我认为这最终不会对他有帮助。帕克斯顿将赢得这场竞选。”
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RNC chair says Talarico’s GOP crossover hopes are a ‘pipe dream’: ‘Nobody is going to follow him’
Joe Gruters says purported crossover supporters are longtime Democratic activists, not genuine GOP voters
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RNC Chairman Joe Gruters tells Fox News Digital that James Talarico’s push for Republican crossover support is akin to “White Dudes for Kamala,” arguing Texas voters will reject the Democrat, rally behind Ken Paxton and keep Texas “ruby red.”
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Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico needs to flip some Republican voters this November to win in the largest red state in the U.S., but his opponents are calling out claims of Republicans backing him as inauthentic, if not fraudulent.
“Any chance that Talarico has building any type of Republican coalition is a pipe dream for him,” Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters told Fox News Digital in an interview. “Nobody is going to follow him. He’s completely out of touch with Texans.”
Gruters’ rebuke came after women voters interviewed on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” claimed to be Republican crossover supporters, only to have longstanding ties to Democrats and anti-President Donald Trump groups – not exactly people that would be voting for Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton in one of the Senate’s biggest ticket races in the battle for the majority.
“The people that he had come out and say that they were on his team have been proven to be basically Democrat, liberal activists that have been supporting Democrat candidates for 10-plus years,” Gruters continued.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a press conference at the Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, on July 22, 2026. The discussion comes as data centers have emerged as a major political issue in Texas, with Gov. Greg Abbott calling for stronger oversight of their expansion.(Getty Images)
“I just don’t believe it,” Gruters said. “This is Kamala Harris’ ‘White Dudes for Kamala.’ It just doesn’t exist. It’s a wannabe or an attempt at them to try to build some crossover support.”
Talarico has emphasized building a broad coalition in his campaign, which says it intends to “go everywhere and talk to everyone” ahead of the November election.
But Republicans have seized on the political histories of some of Talarico’s backers as evidence the outreach is less bipartisan than advertised.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is urging the Republican Party to start spending now in the ballyhooed Senate race in the largest red state.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
One of the women presented as a Republican mother supporting Talarico was identified in subsequent reporting as Mindy McClure. She has Federal Election Commission filings associated with her showing repeated ActBlue contributions benefiting Democratic candidates and political groups dating back to 2018, including Kamala Harris and The Lincoln Project – an anti-Trump political activist group.
“When you have policies like mutilating children, saying that God has six different genders and is non-binary and all this other stuff, you can’t expect that Republicans are going to hop on and think that they’re going to be on board to this liberal clown show that he’s operating down there in Texas,” Gruters said.
The primary-voting history of another woman featured in the campaign’s outreach was exposed by a record showing more participation in Democratic than Republican primaries.
When reached for comment Sunday, the Talarico campaign said the women have no official ties to the campaign, but the spokesperson pointed to the MSNBC interview, noting they had previously voted for Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott – one of which vowed to never do again.
Talarico has also showcased the support of former Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, a longtime Republican who endorsed the Democrat at a recent campaign event.
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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, lost a tough primary to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, but remains a steadfast Republican fundraiser in the state, according to RNC Chair Joe Gruters.(Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)
Whitley ran as a Republican judge, but his recent endorsements are on the left. The former county judge endorsed Democrat Mike Collier against Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in 2022 before backing Harris for president and Democrat Colin Allred for U.S. Senate in 2024. All those Democrats lost to Republicans, as did Beto O’Rourke to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, by less than three points in 2018.
That history has given Republicans an opening to argue that Talarico is largely attracting voters who had already broken with GOP nominees before the current Senate contest.
“He’s not Beto: Beto was actually a decent candidate, as liberal as he was,” Gruters said, delivering his oft-used moniker to Talarico for his “freakish” policy positions in a campaign for Senate in the deeply conservative state. “This guy makes Beto look like a conservative.
“Tala-freako has no chance, because people aren’t buying into the stuff that he’s peddling.”
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Texas is famously a state that Trump says votes on “God, guns and oil,” so the RNC chair says those not on board with Trump or those staples are “not the right candidate for Texas” and “not the right candidates for the U.S. Senate” in the state.
“We don’t need weak members,” Gruters said. “We need strong MAGA warriors. And that’s exactly what Ken Paxton will provide is he will bring: strength to the U.S. Senate on behalf of Texas and will represent them well.”
Paxton survived a potential Texas state impeachment effort just about three years ago. Two of those Republican Texas State House impeachment managers that voted to impeach Paxton in an attempt that died in the state Senate are now campaigning for Paxton.
Republican State Rep. Jeff Leach introduced Paxton at an Allen, Texas, campaign rally last week, and state Rep. Briscoe Cain introduced Paxton at a Houston rally. Both are backing Paxton over Talarico.
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There had been some concern Paxton – endorsed by Trump – was not an ideal GOP nominee, having ousted sitting Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who was a four-term senator and won by nearly double digits in 2020. Cornyn was “a great U.S. senator for a long time,” Gruters admitted, stopping short of saying whether Cornyn will stump for Paxton like those impeachment managers that have come home for him.
Fox News Digital reached out to Cornyn’s office for comment.
“I think he is raising money right now for all the Republicans in the Senate, still hosting events, and so I don’t know personally if he’s come out and endorsed Ken Paxton yet, but I’m sure that he is still on board with making sure that we have the MAGA warriors in place to support the president’s agenda moving forward,” Gruters said.
The Trump endorsement is not undefeated in marquee Senate races, as Herschel Walker (Georgia) and Dr. Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania) lost in 2022 despite Trump’s backing, but those key losses were by non-politicians that do not have Paxton’s state-wide campaign infrastructure.
“You got to remember Ken Paxton won this state a couple of times in the general,” Gruters added. “He won a primary against a strong incumbent [Cornyn] that’s been there for a long time by a couple hundred thousand votes.”
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“I’m trying to raise money during the summer in Texas, which is challenging, so we’re hoping the Senate Leadership Fund, Elon Musk, President Trump come in now because we’re trying to accumulate,” Paxton told host Maria Bartiromo. “We’re raising money for October right now and September, not now.
“We don’t have the money for now. So that’s allowed [Talarico] to just keep advertising that he’s a moderate Democrat when he’s, in reality, a socialist.”
Despite long-running Democrat hopes and tens of millions of campaign spending to flip Cruz’s seat, Gruters predicted this Paxton-Talarico race would not be the biggest dollar one of this cycle – that will wind up being North Carolina, he said.
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“People want this race to be the biggest race in the country, but it really won’t be because, at the end of the day, Paxton has proven time and time again that he’s a winner – he’s a winner in this state,” Gruters said amid slow-moving funding for Paxton’s campaign against the big Talarico Democrat dollars.
“Texas is ruby red. It’s not going to go left and vote for somebody who wants to mutilate children, put boys in girls locker rooms and who, you know, says he has faith on Sunday then goes woke on Monday. It’s just not going to happen. Texas is a hardcore Republican state.
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“And so, yes, listen, a lot of money, Texas is a massive state, a lot of resources from California are pouring in because these California liberals like Tala-freako. But I don’t think it’s going to help him at the end of the day. Paxton is going to win this race.”
Eric Mack is a breaking news reporter and writer Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. ET to 2 p.m. ET, with a particular interest in stories that lead the news cycle on politics, elections, foreign affairs and government.
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