Black Democrat Official Says James Talarico Has A Big Race Problem

Another black Texas Democratic official is pouring cold water on James Talarico’s campaign as he struggles to inspire minority enthusiasm with just 28 days to go until election day. 

Sheena Flanary, a Texas Democratic Party vice chair, said the Democratic Senate nominee denied her help, including an offer to host a fundraiser, according to a September 7 undercover recording obtained by The Dallas Express.

Flanary previously served as the chair of the Collin County Democratic Party and is the party’s current vice chair for statewide voter engagement, according to its officer directory. In the recording, Flanary agreed with the assertion that the primary against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) was a racist race. 

“What I felt like I saw is that you know that they chose the white guy is what it felt like. You know what I mean? It felt very kind of racist,” an unidentified man told Flanary in the audio. “The way it was done just felt really, like intentionally racist and sexist.”

Flanary chuckled and replied, “Yeah, you’re not wrong.” She also suggested that the Talarico campaign had given her the cold shoulder, leaving the key Texas Democratic organizer responsible for voter engagement with a “bad taste” in her mouth.

“I tried to reach out a few times, and it wasn’t receptive and reciprocated. And I was like, ‘Why am I trying so hard?’” she said of Talarico’s campaign. “I’ve had a bad taste in my mouth from a few interactions where I’ve attempted to actually reach out to them, with no request for anything on my behalf — just, you know, trying to support.”

Flanary then questioned whether Talarico is actually serious about spurring black enthusiasm he will need in the state’s large urban areas to defeat Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton. 

“And I was kind of rebuffed, and I’m like, okay, so you want black people to help you, or you don’t want black people to help you? It was kind of weird,” she said. “I mean, even me and my husband even offered to do a fundraiser for him, so he didn’t even want our money, which is so weird. Because before this, I thought we were kind of cool.” 

On the recording, the man then suggested that Talarico was backing flashy policy positions, such as reparations, to woo black voters without making meaningful investments or engaging with the community. Flanary said she agreed.

On Monday, the Texas Democrat was a no-show at a black voter outreach event in Texas as Talarico battles the flu and is sidelined from the campaign trail. Rep. Crockett, the progressive firebrand who is popular with Texas black voters, has repeatedly poured cold water on Talarico’s campaign and dismissed her primary defeat as a “racist race.”

“James Talarico is either taking black voters for granted or giving up on them altogether,” RNC spokesman Zach Kraft said Tuesday in a statement to The Daily Wire. “Either way, Talarico’s attempt to heal his relationship with black voters is simply mediocre.” 

Other black activists have previously threatened to tank his campaign over what they describe as his failure to engage black voters. Over the summer, Texas Democratic state Rep. Jolanda Jones predicted Talarico would lose. 

“Do I think that Talarico’s refusal thus far to engage black electeds and the black infrastructure has put him at a disadvantage? Absolutely, because there’s not a lot of time to try to rally us,” Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones, a Democrat, warned in an interview.  “Talarico needs to pay for us to get our voters out. Only then does Talarico have a chance to win.” 

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