‘We Could Make Prisons Obsolete’: James Talarico Called To Slash Police Budgets and Spend the Money on Social Programs ^70.6%

Washington Free Beacon - By Alana Goodman - 6/24/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 23.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 16.5% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 15.7%

Left-wing Texas Senate candidate James Talarico says he opposes defunding the police and has a "proven track record" of supporting law enforcement. Perhaps that is true now, but in 2022, he called to slash police and prison budgets and redirect the money to social programs, a move he argued would "make prisons obsolete," video footage... more