Shadowing Practice: MAGA Conspiracy About James Talarico BACKFIRES MASSIVELY, Will He Sue For Defamation? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I told you guys October is going to be pretty crazy.
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That's right, leading up to a very consequential midterm election.
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We've got the October surprise.
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That is a Republican operative group trying to frame James Tallarico, the Democrat running for Senate in Texas,
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as having spent the last week or two in a mental health facility in Ohio.
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But get this, James Tallarico says he's never even been to Ohio, and the mental health facility that they claim he was at is denying
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that he ever attended that facility so what you're seeing is absolute desperation because
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if texas flips blue it's going to be over for donald
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trump ken paxton running as a as a very low quality
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of republican for senate in texas he's been impeached by his
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own republican party he's uh literally been ratted out for committing crimes by his own employees He's running against James Tallarico,
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afraid to debate him But okay, elevating these lies We're going to break down this entire story It is getting nuts out there
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So this story broke over the weekend Hit the subscribe button
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if you actually want the truth to get out there
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Because a lie can travel two times around the globe before the truth wakes up
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Or however the quote goes Nick Sorter posted this And by the way, he might get sued for defamation over it breaking exclusive ohio
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mental hospital confirms james tallarico was discharged from the facility earlier
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this week the flu thing was a big fat lie now
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james tallarico's team said he had the flu he's a diabetic
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and he was uh of recovering at home you know shaking
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a bunch of people's hands god knows what's on those hands get the prl folks
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and again uh james tallarico over this weekend was
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that i believe uh is it casey musgrave she was at a country music festival of course everyone was cheering him on.
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He's got global support, definitely support across Texas, but the Republican GOP operatives, they'll do anything to try to snatch defeat away from you.
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So this is what he had to say.
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Following reporting by Sarah Gonzalez and Carolyn Wren, a hospital employee told Wren Amaker and I
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that Tallarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, which specializes in around the clock mental health treatment.
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While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crisis yeah
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sure this man is clearly not suited to become a u .s senator representing over 30 million texans
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so he shares this clip which really doesn't show it doesn't prove anything
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but have a quick listen yes it looks well this is
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what it's today looks like just this she was just discharged
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this evening that's why i don't have it oh he was discharge then okay
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and this is the hope they should be okay i'm sorry this is
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and i'll make sure i have the right this is hope lender yes okay
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and you're in hamilton ohio no we're not in hamilton no we're in mason okay
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so that's why he's on the system he's in recent okay
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all right okay thank you thank you
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so i don't have i don't have the that's a 40 second clip 47 second clip of what was shared
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There's been people that have listened to the longer version
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And they just frankly say that At no point did the lady concede
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That she was talking about James Tallarico Maybe they created some name
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And they got her to say Oh he wasn't in the system
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So he must have been left out You know chances are
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what happened here was They were fishing for information about James Tallarico Maybe on a tip
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or a lead they got Or who knows what And then in response the lady was just being nice saying, oh, I don't know where your friend is.
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He must have been discharged.
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Maybe he wasn't in the system yet.
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You know what I mean?
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Like maybe, you know, unfortunately, a lot of people that are working any sort of phone, they're not, you know, expecting to be recorded
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and not expecting to be the center of a giant conspiracy
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that James Tallarico has actually been crashing out with his mental health issues.
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So readers added context.
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Linder Healing Center refuted.
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They had made a statement that James Tallarico has never received treatment at Lindner Healing Center.
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So they immediately came out and said, no, no, no, no, this is not a true story.
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This isn't true.
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But I mean, like I said, look how quickly the people were out there wanting it to be true.
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Wow.
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So he lied to Texas voters about having the flu, was actually in a mental hospital the entire time, completely disqualifying to lie about that.
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He should drop out immediately.
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If checking yourself into a mental facility for two weeks wasn't disqualifying enough, lying about it sure is time to drop out
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and then elon musk owner of the twitter platform posted the
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exclamation marks platforming this story time for talarico to step aside
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and focus on his mental health i mean imagine
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that using mental health as a reason to try to get talarico out
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when he wasn't even at the mental health facility they're talking about out.
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Now, of course, they don't care about mental health.
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They've been defunding mental health.
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They don't care about it at all.
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I mean, look, you're getting crazy comments.
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I'm hearing Tallarico tried to off himself, and that's why he was off the trail.
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No clue if it's true, but that's the rumor in the streets.
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How disgusting, how depraved, how deplorable of anybody to share these rumors without checking on them first.
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So Sam Stein said, we obtained the full six -minute audio of the Lindner recording.
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The employee there repeatedly denied anyone named James Tallarico was in her system at all.
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Only towards the end did she say someone had checked out that day.
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Hassan Piker said, oh my God, this story gets more insane by the second.
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These are the big October surprises.
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It's one of the most easiest, excuse me.
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It's honestly one of the easiest, most clear -cut cases for defamation I've ever seen in the wild.
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Rare and beautiful circumstance indeed indeed so some people were wondering if the actual audio was even real but brian krassenstein
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called up and they said yeah no we're aware of the story
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and look we don't we wouldn't release people's names
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if they were even here now of course they ended up releasing a statement
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that james tallarico was never there so not only was tallarico never there
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but they actually publicly even though they don't release information about people that have been there said oh yeah he hasn't here.
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We need an investigation as to whether the Ken Paxton campaign coordinated this lie about James Tallarico, right?
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That's where it gets really interesting.
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We'll get to Ken Paxton in a second.
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He's afraid to debate Tallarico, but he wants to inflame a lie that Tallarico's not homesick with the flu,
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but that he's actually in a mental health facility after trying to commit self -harm.
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I mean, could you get any darker than this?
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So this one account was claiming
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that Nick sorter's audio about james tallarico is ai you know
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you run it through a system it says it's probably fake
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or 100 fake whether that audio was fake
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or not it seemed as though they were talking to a
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real person who just didn't know who the hell they were talking about
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but elon musk immediately suspended the account
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that showed nick sorter's recorded call to the mental health facility was ai generated
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and is preventing community notes on the sorter page jessica tarloff
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said are we going to talk about elon putting his hand
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on the scales of our midterms with his blatant misinformation yes i think it's a problem
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that the owner of a very large platform uh is you
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know uh trying to meddle in the elections now of course
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elon musk has plenty of business dealings in texas as i'm sure you know
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and james tallarico is trying to come after the billionaires the billionaires
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that are trying to get him out of office
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but tallarico's got a sizable lead in texas i mean guys you got to try better than this
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if you're trying to upend democracy imagine
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that elon musk an immigrant from south africa claiming
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that all of these other hard -working immigrants are the problem
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and there he is exploiting all of our you know social programs you know of course he's done
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that he's the biggest quote -unquote welfare queen
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that they have i hate to use that term
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but in this case it's elon musk whose whole career
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and his trillionaire status came from the generosity of the tax
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system we have here in the u .s with all All of that, you know, by the rebates that you get for buying electric, or it did at the time, helped get his company off the ground, a company that he took over through a hostile takeover.
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He's not actually a founder.
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He didn't invent Tesla and all of that.
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With all of that said, how scary is this that they thought they had?
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And by the way, this will work to an extent on some people, even though Lindner Center Hope said Representative James Tallarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope.
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And he said, I've also never been to Ohio, which, by the way, is insane if you've never been to Ohio.
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I mean, I'm sure plenty of people haven't been to Ohio.
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Maybe it's just because my wife's from northern Kentucky, which is near Cincinnati, where they have the great Skyline Chili, which will make you shit your pants.
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I'm telling you this right now.
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It's good chili, but I'm telling you, they put too much cheese on there.
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And if you're not lactose intolerant, you will be after having Skyline Chili.
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But at least it's not Gold Star Chili.
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All right.
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Is that what it's called? let's move it on i digress uh they put the oyster crackers on
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and i'm like i'm from rhode island oyster crackers are for clam chowder god damn it uh
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so this is insane i mean i can't believe it you can't there's just
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so many stories and we're supposed to expect
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that um citizens can make educated decisions and and
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if you don't like follow my 20 minute long video of
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how this story came out you might just think ah james tallarico was in the loony bin
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which by the way get mental health treatment, do what you need to do if you are, you know, we're all humans, you know, trying to experience very challenging situations on earth.
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Absolutely.
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But first of all, James Tallarico was a high school teacher, right?
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Or middle school.
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Either way, he's battle -tested.
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If you can handle middle or high school students, the meanest people in the world, those kids are psychopaths, right?
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I wouldn't last two days.
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I'd be crying at lunch in the teacher's room by myself.
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But if you can handle that, you can handle anything.
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And so the idea that he's cracking under pressure when he's been begging Ken Paxton to debate him.
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I highly doubt it.
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Here's what Tallarico had to say about Ken Paxton in his serious medical condition.
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I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice.
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It's why I haven't heard from him after 85 days when I first challenged him to a debate publicly.
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And I think people are concerned.
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And I think media is asking questions and social media is asking questions.
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And so I think we should all look into what condition.
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I see what you're doing there.
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Yeah, I think it's really good for us all to figure out what condition Ken Baxton may have that's preventing him from debating.
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And in all seriousness, of course, that condition is he lacks a spine.
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Now, of course, you shouldn't be debating these Democrats because you're going to lose.
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But of course, you know, morally speaking, all people running for office at that high level should do three, five debates.
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There should be debates every night with each other.
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I mean, we want to vote.
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We want to know what we're voting for right?
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But again, if you watched Darlene Graham in South Carolina debating Dr. Annie Andrews and that libertarian, I don't remember her name.
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It was a bloodbath for Darlene.
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Absolute bloodbath.
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So again, no wonder they're dodging debates.
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People of Texas deserve a debate between these two candidates before a big election, a critical decision.
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Fox News has said that Ken Paxton should debate.
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President Trump has said Ken Paxton should debate.
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The people of Texas have said Ken Paxton should debate.
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And so we're awaiting his answer.
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He has asked for proof of life from me.
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I'm asking for proof of spine from him.
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Yo, shots fired.
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Where's my shots fired one?
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Do I have that?
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There it is.
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Shots fired from James Tallarico, the Tallarico himself.
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Now, Megyn Kelly, I guess boneheaded.
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I don't know if it's the blonde hair dye seeping into the skin or the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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But she responded, Linder sent her home.
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Couldn't have been more clear.
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He's never been here.
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James Tallarico goes, I've never been to Ohio.
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And Megyn Kelly's like, can you please clarify this?
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Has James Tallarico been to your facility at all at any point in the last nine days?
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Was the facility operator who said he had been there mistaken?
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Will you allow her to speak publicly?
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Unbelievable.
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Megyn Kelly was a practicing lawyer.
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And she just you just can't top this.
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You can't top it.
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Eric Spracklin worked at Project Veritas for eight years.
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He said, I've been part of and helped produce, publish hundreds of undercover stories over the years.
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This Tallarico story would have never been published
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if it went through the editorial and legal processes we had in place at Veritas.
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Processes that were put in place so that our stories could withstand the scrutiny that would undoubtedly come from publication.
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First off, audio only stories were always highly scrutinized.
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It wasn't an impossible hill to get over for the right content.
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But having the subject on camera where you could actually see their lips moving was always preferable.
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Secondly, the moment I heard that audio today, it was pretty evident to me
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that the older woman on the line actually had no idea who she was or wasn't talking about.
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That's exactly what I thought.
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And it most certainly wasn't actual confirmation that the Texas Senate candidate James Tallarico was there being treated for mental health.
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To run something like that, you'd need at least one other piece of corroborating evidence taking
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an mm -hmm from a woman who is pretty clearly second -guessing herself
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and presenting it as undeniable evidence is definitely problematic oh i lost my place there
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and then there's the timeline of events
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that seem to be falling apart i don't know everything about this story
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and i won't pretend that i do what i do know is
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that undercover work is a complex game that comes with a lot of risks but
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when done correctly can be highly effective did the phone call
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actually happen most likely yes did the phone call actually prove anything most definitely not But if nothing else,
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today makes it more than clear than ever that undercover journalism probably isn't for everyone.
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So now the big question is, did Ken Paxton have anything to do with this giant hoax and the backfiring that ensued?
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President Trump, he called you guys out, said you all should have a debate and talk about the issues, contrast between your policies.
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Is that in the works?
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Are you requesting one with him?
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Are you working on the details with one?
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Or do you think that doesn't need to happen?
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well no look we've been working on that for months with him
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and of course we can never quite work out the details
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because he always wants something we can't do
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so the reality is the big story is the fact
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that he was missing from the campaign trail i know he'd love to change the topic
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so there it is he's spinning it around ken paxton there
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i mean listen i don't know i don't need uh i
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don't need to remind you guys of how seedy this guy
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is this guy is a crook he's a criminal he uh he let the a pedophile off the, you know, put them on the streets after serving only like 30 days behind bars.
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And this guy's a seemingly a monster.
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He's made a hell of a lot of money profiting off of his position in politics.
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And now he's claiming that Tallarico in him can't iron down the date.
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Unbelievable.
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We've been working on that for months.
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He says we can never quite work out the details.
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Paxton is lying.
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He has ignored every single attempt our campaign has made to debate, including a personal call to his cell phone offering a Fox News debate.
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You remember that?
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James Tallarico said, I know you need to be in a safe space, so why don't we do Fox News?
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Clear your schedule, Ken.
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Tallarico ain't going away.
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He's not in a mental health facility.
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He's trying to challenge you to a debate.
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Will you give the people what they want, or will you lose like a coward?
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I mean, you're probably going to lose this election already, but unbelievable the levels of depravity we're seeing play out here
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by folks unwilling to admit they can't win on policy they
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can't win on having a health care plan they can't win
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on what to do to lower the debt they can't win on the failed Iranian war
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so they're trying to claim their opponents are stuck in a mental health facility shame on them
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and let the lawsuits fly we got a lot of content coming your way.
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So stick around, hit the subscribe button.
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I'm Dave, and this is The Rush.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “MAGA Conspiracy About James Talarico BACKFIRES MASSIVELY, Will He Sue For Defamation?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: tallarico, james, mental, debate, ken. This video has 253 sentences and 3079 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:58. The speaker talks fast, about 193 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| elon noun | Synonym of metol (“p-methylaminophenol sulfate”). | |
| musk noun | /mʌsk/ | A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes. |
| chili noun | /ˈt͡ʃɪli/ | The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. |
| discharge verb | /dɪsˈtʃɑɹdʒ/ | To accomplish or complete, as an obligation. |
| undercover adjective | /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/ | Performed or happening in secret. |
| unbelievable adjective | /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/ | Not to be believed. |
| bloodbath noun | /ˈblʌdˌbæθ/ | Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre. |
| cracker noun | /ˈkɹækə(ɹ)/ | A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers). |
| defamation noun | /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ | The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another. |
| disqualify verb | /dɪsˈkwɔləfaɪ/ | To make ineligible for something. |
| midterm adjective | /ˈmɪdˌtɚm/ | Halfway through a term, or roughly so. |
| sorter noun | /sɔː.tə/ | A person employed to sort. |
| oyster noun | /ˈɔɪ.stɚ/ | Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in… |
| rumor noun | /ˈɹumɚ/ | A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth. |
| billionaire noun | /ˌbɪl.jəˈnɛɚ/ | Somebody whose wealth is at least one billion (10⁹) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| drop out verb | To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily. | |
| work out verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | To calculate. |
| break down verb | To stop functioning. | |
| call up verb | To retrieve from personal or computer memory. | |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| fall apart verb | To disintegrate, to break into pieces. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You know what I mean?
- I mean, could you get any darker than this?
- We want to know what we're voting for right?
- Where's my shots fired one?
- Will you allow her to speak publicly?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | has actually been crashing · They've been defunding · we've been working |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have listened · has never received · I've ever seen |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | been impeached · been ratted · was discharged |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | person who just · Kentucky, which is · woman who is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 96 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, can't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: bloodbath /ˈblʌdˌbæθ/, psychopath /ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ/, withstand /wɪðˈstænd/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: defamation /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/, consequential /ˌkɑnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/, exclamation /ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃn̩/, misinformation /ˌmɪs.ɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
- Long words — get the stress right: undercover /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, defamation /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/, disqualify /dɪsˈkwɔləfaɪ/, operative /ˈɑpəɹətɪv/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like elon, musk, chili.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.