“There is something specifically about James Talarico that I think has really driven Republicans to distraction,” Maddow crowed. Maddow confesses to 'Fr' Talarico about her struggles with being empathetic, then in the same sentence fearmongers about election security. Talarico spouting the old lie that we are living in Jim Crow 2.0 He's desperately trying to win over Black Texas voters because a lot of them hate him. TALARICO: I mean, I think the only thing worse than Ken Paxton's personal cheating is his public cheating. MADDOW: Black Democrats are absolutely the backbone of the Texas state Democratic Party.