2026-10-11T21:27:31.842Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：奥斯汀·卡尔佩珀
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更新于美国东部时间2026年10月11日晚7:43
发布于美国东部时间2026年10月11日下午5:27
得克萨斯州州众议员、美国参议院民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科于9月10日在得克萨斯州达拉斯市的一场巡回展览上发表讲话，该展览展出了公开的爱泼斯坦相关文件。
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得克萨斯州民主党参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科周日驳斥了近期外界对其行踪的广泛猜测，此前共和党人借机炒作他缺席竞选活动一事。
“我得了流感。这是我这辈子听过最离谱的事。有人刚在网上发点东西，媒体就跟风报道，这太疯狂了，”塔拉里科在接受《MS NOW》采访时说道。
这位目前与得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿势均力敌的州众议员表示，他康复期间一直居家办公，并通过Zoom与团队会面。塔拉里科已于本周末重返公开活动，外界拍到他周五在奥斯汀城市极限音乐节上对观众发表讲话，周六则坐在达拉斯一场凯西·马斯格雷夫斯演唱会的前排。
不过，帕克斯顿及其盟友在这场可能对参议院控制权至关重要的竞选冲刺阶段，紧盯这位民主党人的缺席。
周三在圣安东尼奥的一场集会上，这位共和党参议院候选人带领观众高呼“詹姆斯·塔拉里科在哪里”。帕克斯顿的竞选团队还在社交媒体上连发多条帖子，称塔拉里科“完全不见踪影”。唐纳德·特朗普总统也加入了讨论，在Truth Social的帖子中称塔拉里科“作战失踪”。
网络上的保守派圈子还流传着一种说法，称塔拉里科因压力引发的身体不适正在接受治疗。
“那不是真的。我只是得了流感，现在好多了。但这也提醒我们，不能轻信网上读到的所有内容，”塔拉里科周日在接受达拉斯-沃斯堡NBC 5电视台采访时表示。
相关报道 2026年8月22日，美国参议院民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科在得克萨斯州比维尔市的一场竞选集会上发表讲话，这是他“新美国梦巡回竞选”活动的一部分。罗纳尔多·舍米特/法新社/盖蒂图片社 向得克萨斯州参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科提问 1分钟阅读
塔拉里科透露，他原计划亲自出席美国西班牙裔商业委员会的一场活动，但在9月30日的线上参会期间被诊断出感染了流感。他表示自己当时开始感到不适，并前往达拉斯的急诊诊所就诊。
在本周末重新公开露面之前，他最近一次线下竞选活动是在9月26日，当时他在得克萨斯州举行了一场新闻发布会，随后在9月28日，塔拉里科竞选团队的一位消息人士称，这位候选人出席了在纽约市举行的一场私人筹款活动，演员罗伯特·德尼罗也到场。
周日在接受《MS NOW》采访时，他将有关其缺席另有隐情的猜测斥为美国政坛的“愚蠢季”，随后将矛头指向尚未同意参加辩论的帕克斯顿。
“我有可靠消息称，肯·帕克斯顿患有严重的疾病，会导致临床级别的怯懦，”塔拉里科开玩笑道。“他要求我提供生存证明，那我也请他拿出脊梁骨的证明。”
即便塔拉里科已经重返公开活动，帕克斯顿仍在对他的缺席散布怀疑。
“我不知道该不该相信他说的流感，我只知道……从竞选开始到现在，他说的几乎所有话都是假的，”帕克斯顿周日晚间在接受福克斯新闻采访时表示。
塔拉里科重返竞选活动之际，一场由CNN和禧年媒体主办、艾琳·伯内特主持的市政厅活动将于周三晚间在得克萨斯州沃斯堡直播。两家媒体也向帕克斯顿发出了市政厅活动邀请。
本文已更新补充更多细节。
‘I had the flu’: Talarico returns to campaign trail and dismisses theories about absence
2026-10-11T21:27:31.842Z / CNN
By Austin Culpepper
Updated 19 min ago
Updated Oct 11, 2026, 7:43 PM ET
PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2026, 5:27 PM ET
State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat from Texas and US Senate candidate, arrives to speak during an event at a traveling exhibit that displays the publicly released Epstein files in Dallas, Texas, on Sept. 10.
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Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico on Sunday denounced the wide-ranging speculation about his whereabouts in recent days as Republicans seized on his absence from the campaign trail.
“I had the flu. This is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. It’s wild that someone can just post something on the internet and then the media just runs with it,” Talarico told MS NOW.
The state representative, who is locked in a tight contest with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, said he had been working from home as he recovered and meeting with his team via Zoom. Talarico returned to public events over the weekend, seen speaking to attendees at the Austin City Limits music festival on Friday and in the front row of a Kacey Musgraves concert in Dallas on Saturday.
Paxton and his allies, however, have zeroed in on the Democrat’s absence during the final stretch of a race that could be critical to determining control of the Senate.
At a rally in San Antonio on Wednesday, the GOP Senate nominee started a “Where is James Talarico” chant in the crowd. Paxton’s campaign also published a flurry of social media posts claiming Talarico is “nowhere to be seen.” President Donald Trump has also chimed in, describing Talarico as “MISSING IN ACTION” in a Truth Social post.
A claim also circulated in conservative circles online that Talarico was receiving treatment for a stress-induced episode.
“That’s not true. I just had the flu and feel much better. But it’s a good reminder that you can’t believe everything you read on the internet,” Talarico told NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth on Sunday.
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Talarico revealed he had been diagnosed with the flu on September 30 during a virtual appearance at the United States Hispanic Business Council, an event he was supposed to attend in person. He said he had started to feel under the weather and visited urgent care in Dallas.
Before his reemergence this weekend, his last in-person campaign appearances took place on September 26, when he held a press conference in Texas and then on September 28, when a Talarico campaign source said the candidate attended a private fundraiser in New York City featuring actor Robert DeNiro.
In his interview with MS NOW on Sunday, he dismissed the speculation that there was another reason for his absence as “silly season in our politics” before turning the focus to Paxton, who has yet to agree to a debate.
“I’ve heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice,” Talarico joked. “He has asked for proof of life from me, I’m asking for proof of spine from him.”
Even after Talarico’s return to public events, Paxton continued to cast suspicion on his absence.
“I don’t know whether to believe him about the flu or not, I just know that … almost everything that he says has been false since the beginning of this campaign,” Paxton told Fox News on Sunday evening.
Talarico’s return to the campaign trail comes ahead of a town hall on Wednesday evening hosted by CNN and Jubilee Media and moderated by Erin Burnett, live in Fort Worth, Texas. The media outlets have also extended a town hall invitation to Paxton.
This story has been updated with additional details.
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