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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | Why The Talarico Instagram “Scandal” Is Pure Nonsense!

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Apparently, this is what counts as a scandal now. Texas Congressman James Talarico is under fire after reports surfaced that he follows and occasionally likes posts from women with OnlyFans accounts. That’s it. No crimes. No corruption. No hypocrisy. Just… Instagram follows. Meanwhile, MAGA politicians have been caught in actual scandals, from hush money payments to sexual assault allegations, but somehow this is the story making headlines? Please. Don breaks down the absurdity of the so-called “controversy,” why it says more about our political media than about Talarico himself, and why maybe, just maybe, we could use a little perspective and a lot less fake outrage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

James, James, James.

0:17.1

Naughty, naughty, naughty.

0:18.5

Okay, can we talk about James Talariko?

0:20.7

Because over the weekend, I got an alert about, you've heard of James Tala Rico. He is this, he is a member of the Texas House of Representatives and now he's running for Senate. Anyways, he's this good-looking young 36-year-old politician who everyone loves from Barack Obama has talked about him and that he's the future of the Democratic Party.

0:44.4

So is Joe Rogan.

0:45.6

So, you know, he's hot.

0:47.2

And he's running for Senate in Texas against, you know, incumbent John Cornyn and then the really off the wall, crazy, far right, Ken Paxton, who's the Attorney General of Texas.

1:03.0

So he's running against it, and he's up against, he's running in that race, and he's up against Democrat Colin Allred as well.

1:11.9

So we had this alert over the weekend saying,

1:14.0

Faith Forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors escorts on Instagram.

1:19.2

Now, at first I was like, oh, well, this is scandalous, right?

1:24.5

Because he is a person of faith. He talks about his identity, his Christian identity.

1:32.7

He is, as a matter of fact, attending seminary school to get a master's in divinity. And so, you know,

1:41.2

he's that kind of guy. He said that his faith is forefront of his campaign and the reason for him being a Democratic politician is because of his faith.

1:52.9

And so Axios wrote this saying, they broke the news about Texas State Democrat running for U.S. Senate, who has put his faith in at the forefront of this campaign follows several adult film performers escorts and only fans models on Instagram that's according to Axios review okay

2:10.6

so I was like wow and then I've interviewed James Tolariko before several times.

2:19.5

And I thought about it and it was like, you know what?

2:23.6

Okay.

2:26.4

I mean, okay.

2:30.3

So on his social media, he follows that.

2:34.0

Now, there's a story behind the social media, he follows that.

2:36.1

Now, there's a story behind the social media.

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