Trump Used a Childhood Cartoon Nickname to Destroy the Texas Democrat Who Just Became His Next Target

Ken Paxton just buried a 24-year senator by 28 points and walked off the stage as the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in Texas.

Now the man who made it happen has his sights on the Democrat standing between Texas and another MAGA firewall in Washington.

And what Trump just called James Talarico on Truth Social is already spreading across every conservative group chat in America.

Trump Looked at Talarico and Saw Something Very Familiar

One day after Paxton crushed John Cornyn in the biggest upset in Texas Senate history, Trump took to Truth Social and unloaded.

He called Talarico "Alfred E. Neuman" – the gap-toothed, freckle-faced MAD Magazine mascot whose catchphrase is "What, me worry?"

Trump has used the nickname before.

He hung it on Pete Buttigieg in 2019 when Buttigieg was running for president.

Buttigieg said he had to Google the reference.

Talarico hasn't said a word.

Trump didn't stop at the nickname.

He called Talarico "the worst TEXAS candidate I have ever seen" and laid out the full case in all caps – open borders advocate, weak on crime, six genders, insulting to Jesus Christ, anti-military, mask wearer, and vegan.

"Not exactly a good way to be if you're wanting to win an Election in Texas," Trump wrote.

The Record That Will Follow Talarico Straight to November

Trump wasn't making things up.

Talarico stood on the Texas House floor in 2021 and told legislators that "modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six."

In that same debate – over a bill to keep men out of women's sports – Talarico declared that "God is non-binary."

He's also said "poverty is violence," suggested the Bible supports abortion, and argued that "people don't belong in cages."

Republicans have been flooding conservative social media with the clips for days.

The RNC landed the sharpest punch.

"It has been a blessing for parents across the Lone Star State to learn they need to be on the lookout for a creepy single man in his 30s looking to talk with kids about sex changes and which of the six genders they identify as," RNC spokesman Zach Kraft told the New York Post.

"Unfortunately for Democrats, that man is their nominee for Senate."

Paxton didn't hold back in his victory speech either.

He called Talarico "a threat to everything we hold dear in this state and in this country" and rolled out the nicknames – "Tofu Talarico," "Six-Gender Jimmy," "James Tala-freak-o," and "Low-T Talarico" – to a crowd that ate every word.

The Club for Growth endorsed Paxton within hours of the primary call, and their affiliated Win It Back PAC launched an ad tagging Talarico as a "woke weirdo for Senate" before midnight.

What Democrats Think They Have

Talarico raised $27 million in the first three months of this year and is already waving Paxton's impeachment file like a weapon.

Democrats think that's enough to flip Texas.

They're wrong.

Texans don't vote for the most scandal-free candidate.

They vote for the candidate whose enemies are their enemies.

Talarico went on record saying God doesn't have a gender, that modern biology teaches six sexes, and that the criminal justice system is a form of violence.

Those aren't attack ads.

Those are his own words, on video, on the Texas House floor.

Trump said he'd hold "nice, big, beautiful rallies" for Paxton in Texas.

A Democrat who says God is non-binary has never won a Senate race in Texas.

James Talarico is about to find out why.

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Sources:

• Greg Norman-Diamond and Paul Steinhauser, "Trump compares Dem Senate candidate to freckle-faced cartoon character, promises to campaign for Paxton," Fox News, May 27, 2026.
• Kayla Guo, "James Talarico, Ken Paxton launch Texas ads in U.S. Senate race," Texas Tribune, May 27, 2026.
• Ryan King, "Texas Dem James Talarico's extremely woke posts are coming back to haunt him," New York Post, 2026.
• Peter Pinedo and Paul Steinhauser, "'God is non-binary': Texas Dem nominee Talarico's past remarks on abortion, race and gender draw scrutiny," Fox News, March 5, 2026.