"The American people cannot wait two years for change so we must work with President Trump. If President Trump wants the same plaques, and portraits, and busts as LBJ, we can help make that a reality. We should make the final two years of his presidency the most productive of any presidency in American history." I hear that as: We should humor Trump where we can.... and that is where it has to do with his screwy ego. We did it with Lyndon Baines Johnson, and we can do it here.James Talarico: "The American people cannot wait two years for change so we must work with President Trump. If President Trump wants the same plaques, and portraits, and busts as LBJ, we can help make that a reality. We should make the final two years of his presidency the most… pic.twitter.com/PRHYau8oeD
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November 13, 2026
Why is Talarico saying this and what does it mean — especially the comparison to LBJ?
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For more on Talarico's speech, see "Democrats can’t wait until after Trump to produce results, James Talarico says/The senator-elect told a crowd at a Democratic conference that Congress should work with Trump and make his final two years in office productive" (NBC News).
Isolation is the key. He'll be wagging his head in disappointment, pretending to be sad that it just didn't work out, even though they reached out their hand. This is a tactic, something he learned in theological school.
Robert Byrd nods
Again, I find that guy creepy as hell. I still find it unbelievable Texans elected him.
One thing I will say for Talarici is He’s right here. He isn’t as retarded as the people who voted for him.
But the Democrats are already going after the rare earth miners And anyone who threatens their Chinese paymasters.
It’ll be less than a week after Democrats take power when Al Green files his impeachment papers.
Democrats are going after SpaceX in Texas trying to shut down their launches to keep public beaches open that nobody uses.
Democrats think that having control of the house in the Senate gives them the ability to import millions of people into the country and passed amnesty.
Democrats are gonna find out how the constitution actually works and how popular open borders actually are after they spend two years trying to pass them.
I hear it as Talarico has already started running for reelection.
If the Democrats indulged Trump’s ego he would sign any bill they put in front of him.
I'm all for Democrats shedding their addiction to Chi Com money for power - and their addiction to harm and decay.
Waste, fraud and abuse - in secrecy... de-funding the police, allowing mass-illegals to have drivers licenses and getting these same illegals on the voter rolls, on Social Security, and on tax payer funded welfare... + defunding and dismantled ICE are the hallmarks of the Modern Democrat party.
If the dems stop all of that - I'm listening.
'...It’ll be less than a week after Democrats take power when Al Green files his impeachment papers....'
I wonder how that will work. Isn't he out of office then? I thought he lost in the primaries.
Impeachment theater is all they have.
Nice words. Let's hope he can follow up. He's a politician and knows that Texas is hardly as blue as the midterms suggest.
Was he speaking at some LBJ-centered facility or event? LBJ is almost universally reviled these days (maybe except in Texas?)
The Democrats need Republican voters to win
Well, since he lost his primary, probably not: "It’ll be less than a week after Democrats take power when Al Green files his impeachment papers." Although I believe he is trying to do it now, before he loses his perch.
The Left hated LBJ. And the Right realized what he did to America with his Great Society.
Massie lost in the primary and he already filed impeachment papers (for Hegseth). Theater isn't limited to one party.
Please god let them call it "Great Society v2.0" because it would be so effing funny.
"I still find it unbelievable Texans elected him."
They're going to regret it in record time. Call it a hunch.
There's an opening in healthcare. Trump might approve a public option, which would compete alongside private insurance.
"Again, I find that guy creepy as hell. I still find it unbelievable Texans elected him."
LOL (in the proximity of LBJ, the ultimate weirdo).
I'm Generation Jones, so I don't remember LBJ for being a particularly attractive presidential model to follow.
All the folders of dirt on members of Congress and J, Edgar Hoover? Yeah, that's what we need in the age of AI surveillance.
Lead a coalition to enact the Great Society? Sure, populist pablum that failed miserably. We should expect more social programs like that?
And who can forget the Gulf of Tonkin or how his presidency ended at Chicago?
No, "Landslide" Lyndon (according to legend, won his first congressional election by 27 votes, scouring graveyards for them) isn't an example to follow.
ObamaCare is the public Option. and it sucks.
But that is on purpose. UK- style - Canadian-style /wait-in-line health care is the goal.
His speaking style mimics Obama. As far as content, while it aligns with Democratic values, we can no longer afford those.
We don't need calls to do big things; we're already charging 25% of what we're spending. We need speeches to call for shared sacrifice--spending cuts and tax increases. Good luck getting a tsunami with that.
There’s plenty of room in Talarico’s trousers for SHIM’s “balls”.
Trump will pick a mug-bust, like the mugshot he likes.
Not going to work.
Talarico is settling in for the long term grift. He wants to be in the Senate for 30 years and make millions like the old guys do. He’s trying a version of Rodney King’s “Can’t we all just get along?”
Appealing to Trump's interests is what classically was called an ad hominem argument. Today it means the opposite and ought to be called contra hominem.
One of the great political counterfactuals of all time will be speculation on what would have happened if the Mean Girls had not being running the Democrat Party in 2016.
LBJ may have been creepy. But Talafreako is a whole different level of creepiness. So unsettling and off-putting.
Maybe hes alluding to Trump stepping down and Vance taking over?
Ann: Have you read Caro's books on LBJ? The last volume is coming out. Soon!
I don't see anyone writing any books about Talafreako.
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