Texas Sen­ate can­di­date Talari­co said US was ‘back­slid­ing’ on democ­ra­cy in resur­faced clip

<div>Texas Senate candidate Talarico said US was 'backsliding' on democracy in resurfaced clip</div>

Texas Demo­c­ra­t­ic Sen­ate can­di­date James Talari­co said in a resur­faced 2024 inter­view that the Unit­ed States was “back­slid­ing” on democ­ra­cy and sug­gest­ed Amer­i­cans should look to coun­tries in West­ern Europe for “inspiration.“Talarico made the remarks dur­ing a June 2, 2024, appear­ance on “The Week­end Show” with Antho­ny Davis on the Mei­das­Touch Net­work, well before becom­ing the Demo­c­ra­t­ic nom­i­nee for U.S. Sen­ate in Texas.“We haven’t lived up to the promise of democ­ra­cy,” Talari­co said. “And of course, some coun­tries are far­ther along than oth­ers, and sad­ly, here in Amer­i­ca, where that exper­i­ment start­ed, we are backsliding.”“And that trou­bles me great­ly,” he con­tin­ued. “But all of us still have so much more work to do to cre­ate a …