2026-09-01T10:00:29.178Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
在成为得克萨斯州民主党联邦参议员候选人六年前，詹姆斯·塔拉里科曾在一场塞拉俱乐部活动中将资本主义描述为“压迫性制度”，将其与白人至上主义和气候变化相提并论，并表示必须终结这三者共同作祟的方式，才能启动“拆解它们”的进程。
在2020年9月的这场塞拉俱乐部活动中，塔拉里科参与了一场虚拟气候候选人论坛，他还将德州在石油和天然气行业的领先地位比作“1980年代成为磁带行业领头羊”，并宣称“该行业长不了”。
这些此前未被报道的言论曝出之际，塔拉里科正试图扩大自己的吸引力，此前共和党人一直攻击他过于激进，不适合得克萨斯州的政治环境。塔拉里科的筹款额远高于共和党对手肯·帕克斯顿，但在与这位丑闻缠身的德州总检察长的竞选中仍处于胶着状态。
塔拉里科的这些言论展现了他在启动以负担得起的生活、信仰和打击富豪利益为核心的全州竞选活动之前，所使用的更为明确的进步派措辞。
当时，31岁的塔拉里科是州众议员，正在寻求连任以担任第二任期的德州众议院议员。这场论坛由塞拉俱乐部奥斯汀分会主办，另有其他四名参选德州众议院的候选人参与。
当被问及立法者可以采取哪些措施来应对气候变化对有色人种社区不成比例的影响时，塔拉里科感谢主持人提出这个问题，也感谢该俱乐部的年轻活动人士对该问题的阐释方式。
“我非常感谢你们提出这个问题，也感谢年轻的活动人士真正将我国的气候变化、白人至上主义和资本主义联系在了一起，”塔拉里科说，“我认为，只有终结这三个压迫性制度共同作祟的方式，我们才能开始拆解它们的进程。”
随后，当被问及如何向特朗普在2016年获胜的选区的选民解释气候政策时，塔拉里科表示，他会着重强调价值观、就业机会，以及德州是否会引领未来的产业——他暗示未来不会包含石油和天然气。
“我们都知道德州一直是石油和天然气行业的领头羊，但在很多方面，这就像1980年代成为磁带行业领头羊一样，”塔拉里科在回答另一个问题时说道，“该行业长不了。如果我们想要确保我们的经济能为我们的子孙后代服务，我们就必须走在前沿，德州必须在这个问题上引领而非跟随。”
在塔拉里科目前的竞选网站上，他称德州是“世界能源领袖——作为参议员，我将不知疲倦地工作，确保我们州不仅能保持，还能将这种创新领导力延续下去，让德克萨斯州民众永远能够获得可靠、负担得起的能源。”
竞选团队发言人JT·恩尼斯告诉CNN，塔拉里科已经承认自己的一些过往言论“没说到点子上”，并抨击了塔拉里科的对手帕克斯顿。
“詹姆斯是一名自豪的资本主义者，他同意大多数德克萨斯州民众的看法：种族主义、自然灾害和由亿万富翁掌控的经济，都是我们需要解决的问题，”恩尼斯在一份声明中说道，“詹姆斯支持石油和天然气行业，相信采用全面的能源战略，保护德州的石油和天然气就业岗位。”
竞选团队还表示，塔拉里科“已投下多票”支持石油和天然气行业。
塔拉里科被认为是本届民主党中筹款能力最强的候选人之一，他的竞选筹款总额达到7200万美元，而帕克斯顿的筹款额为1680万美元。但民调显示，两人在大选中势均力敌，预测市场Kalshi给出两名候选人的获胜概率均接近50%。
塔拉里科过往的进步派言论招致了共和党人的嘲讽攻击。2022年一段视频被重新曝光，内容是塔拉里科建议美国人出于气候原因减少肉类消费，他的对手帕克斯顿便称他为“豆腐塔拉里科”，并 falsely 标签塔拉里科为“素食主义者”。
塔拉里科回应称，作为“第八代德克萨斯人”，他“在肯·帕克斯顿第一次被起诉前就一直在吃烧烤”——这里指的是帕克斯顿2015年的证券欺诈重罪起诉。
此前在2021年，塔拉里科在一次立法会议期间表示，现代科学称存在六种生物学性别——这让帕克斯顿及其支持者给他起了“六性别吉米”的绰号。
塔拉里科后来就自己的一些过往言论致歉，称它们“令人尴尬”。他表示自己知道人类只有两种性别，男性和女性，以及“极少数存在染色体异常的人”，这些人理应得到尊严和尊重。
2021年该州大规模电网故障导致数百名德克萨斯州民众死亡后，塔拉里科在州众议院提出一项法案，旨在通过要求德州到2050年将温室气体排放量至少比1990年水平减少90%，到2030年至少比1990年水平减少50%来应对气候变化。该法案在委员会中夭折。
共和党人将该法案比作进步派的《绿色新政》，塔拉里科的竞选团队对此予以否认。
自塔拉里科2020年发表上述言论以来，德州的石油和天然气产量有所增加，达到或超过了疫情前的水平。
2009年，还是奥斯汀德克萨斯大学大学生的塔拉里奇以学生代表的身份参与了一群学生游说奥斯汀市，要求该市从燃煤电厂撤资。
在这场活动的新闻发布会上，塔拉里科表示，学生政府通过了一项支持撤资的决议。“这对校园里的环保人士，以及那些希望降低能源账单、希望毕业后能拥有可持续经济和绿色就业经济的学生来说，都是巨大的成功。”
https://climatediscovery.org/September1CliCC.mp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eec65jUzgc
https://house.texas.gov/videos/7069
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4qinQ_6dPg
In 2020 forum, James Talarico said Texas oil was ‘not gonna last,’ called capitalism ‘oppressive’
2026-09-01T10:00:29.178Z / CNN
Six years before becoming Texas Democrats’ US Senate nominee, James Talarico described capitalism as an “oppressive system” during a Sierra Club event, grouping it with White supremacy and climate change and saying ending the ways all three worked together was necessary to begin the process of “dismantling them.”
During the Sierra Club event from September 2020, Talarico participated in a virtual climate candidate forum in which he also compared Texas’ leadership in the oil and gas industry to “being the leader in cassette tapes in the 1980s,” declaring “that industry is not gonna last.”
The previously unreported comments come at a time when Talarico is trying to broaden his appeal as he’s faced attacks from Republicans trying to paint him as too progressive for Texas. Talarico has raised significantly more money than his GOP opponent Ken Paxton, but remains locked in a tight race against the scandal-plagued Texas attorney general.
Talarico’s remarks offer a window into the more explicitly progressive language he used before launching a statewide campaign built around affordability, faith and taking on wealthy interests.
At the time, Talarico was a 31-year-old state representative seeking reelection for a second term in the Texas House. The forum was hosted by the Austin chapter of the Sierra Club, which featured four other candidates running for the Texas House.
When asked what lawmakers could do to address the disproportionate effects of climate change on communities of color, Talarico thanked the moderator for the question and the young activists at the club for the way they had framed the issue.
“I am so thankful that you asked this question and also thankful that young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and White supremacy and capitalism in our country,” Talarico said. “And I think only ending the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together are we gonna be able to begin the process of dismantling them.”
Later, when asked how he explains climate policy to voters in a district President Donald Trump carried in 2016, Talarico said he focused on values, jobs and whether Texas would lead the industries of the future — a future he suggested would not include oil and gas.
“We all know that Texas has been a leader in oil and gas, but in many ways that’s like being the leader in cassette tapes in the 1980s,” Talarico later said responding to another question. “That industry is not gonna last. And if we wanna ensure we have an economy that’s gonna work for our children and our children’s children, we gotta be ahead of the curve and Texas has to lead instead of follow on this issue.”
On his current campaign website, Talarico says Texas is “the energy leader of the world — and as senator, I will work tirelessly to ensure our state not only maintains, but extends that innovative leadership for generations to come so that Texans always have access to reliable, affordable energy.”
JT Ennis, a spokesperson for the campaign, told CNN that Talarico has already acknowledged some of his past comments “missed the mark” and attacked Paxton, Talarico’s opponent.
“James is a proud capitalist and agrees with the majority of Texans that racism, natural disasters, and a billionaire-controlled economy are all problems we need to address,” said Ennis in a statement. “James supports the oil and gas industry and believes in an all of the above energy strategy that protects Texas oil and gas jobs.”
The campaign also said Talarico “has taken many votes” to support the oil and gas industry.
Considered one of the best fundraisers in the Democratic Party this cycle, Talarico has raised $72 million for his campaign compared to $16.8 million by Paxton. But polls show the two are in a dead heat for the general election and the prediction market Kalshi lists each candidate having a near 50% chance of winning.
Talarico’s history of progressive comments has drawn mocking attacks from Republicans. After a 2022 clip resurfaced in which Talarico suggested Americans reduce their meat consumption for climate reasons, his opponent Paxton called him “Tofu Talarico” and falsely labelled Talarico a “vegan.”
Talarico responded that as an “eighth-generation Texan,” he’s been “eating barbecue since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment” – referring to Paxton’s 2015 felony securities fraud indictment.
Previously, in 2021, Talarico suggested during a legislative session that modern science asserts there are six biological sexes – which spurred the nickname “Six-Gender Jimmy” from Paxton and his supporters.
Talarico has since addressed some of his past comments, calling them “cringey.” He said that he knows there are two sexes, men and women, and “a very small percentage of people who have these chromosomal abnormalities” who deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.
After the state’s massive power grid failure in 2021 killed hundreds of Texans, Talarico introduced a bill in the state house to combat climate change by requiring the state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 90 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 and at least 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The bill died in committee.
Republicans have likened the bill to the progressive Green New Deal, which his campaign has denied.
Texas oil and gas production has increased since Talarico’s 2020 remarks and meets or exceeds pre-pandemic levels.
As a college student at the University of Texas at Austin in 2009, Talarico was part of a group of students who lobbied the city of Austin as a student government representative to divest from a coal-powered power plant.
At a press conference for the event, Talarico said the student government passed a resolution supporting the divestment. “It was a great success for environmentalists on campus, and also students who want to pay less for their energy bills and who want a sustainable economy and a green-collar economy when they come out of college.”
https://climatediscovery.org/September1CliCC.mp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eec65jUzgc
https://house.texas.gov/videos/7069
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4qinQ_6dPg
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