Republican strategist Caroline Wren said Saturday that Texas Democrat Senate nominee James Talarico owes voters answers about his extended absence from the campaign trail, questioning whether he could handle the demands of the Senate.
\n\n“If you can’t handle the campaign trail, you sure as hell can’t handle the U.S. Senate. And that is the important point here,” Wren said.
\n\nSpeaking with Breitbart News’s Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle on Breitbart News Saturday, Wren challenged Talarico’s explanation for his time away and criticized reporters for failing to press him for more details after he returned to public campaigning Friday.
\n\nTalarico appeared at the Austin City Limits music festival Friday after his campaign said he had been recovering from the flu. His previous public appearance was a September 30 virtual event with the U.S. Hispanic Business Council, leaving nine days between those appearances, according to the Texas Tribune.
\n\nWren focused on the longer stretch since his last in-person campaign appearance in Texas, which she placed at September 26. She argued that an absence during the closing weeks of a Senate race warranted more scrutiny.
\n\n“I’ve worked on a lot of campaigns, presidential campaigns, Senate campaigns. And the last two months, six weeks…
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