The Democratic Party’s official X account did not pull any punches in its response to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller criticizing Senate candidate James Talarico.
A photo of Talarico, the Democrats’ pick in a consequential U.S. Senate race in Texas against Ken Paxton, sparked the online spat.
“Fired up. Ready to go. It’s time to take back Texas,” the Democratic Party wrote on X alongside the photo Tuesday night after Texas Attorney General Paxton, President Donald Trump’s pick, defeated Senator John Cornyn in a Republican runoff.
“The Democrats made history in Texas by nominating their first transgender senate candidate,” Miller baselessly claimed in an X post replying to the Democrats.
There is no credible evidence that Talarico, known for his Christian faith, is transgender. But he has been a supporter of transgender rights, making controversial comments such as saying, “God is non-binary.”
The Democrats hit back at Miller with their own personal attack, writing, “Shut up you ugly f***.”
The Independent has reached out to the White House and Talarico’s campaign for comment.
The use of profanity is in line with a reported uptick in members of the Democratic Party using the F-word on social media.
In January, there were 23 instances of 12 Democratic lawmakers using the F-bomb on X, according to a six-year analysis by The New York Times published in April.
While the Democratic Party throws expletives at the Trump administration and California Governor Gavin Newsom trolls the president online, Talarico has taken a different, less aggressive approach to American politics.
Talarico has run on a platform of unity in a divided country, claiming that the billionaires are tearing the working class apart.
“The people at the top work so hard to keep us angry and divided because our unity is a threat to their wealth and power,” Talario wrote on his campaign website.
“They divide us by party, by race, by gender, by religion so we don’t notice they’re defunding our schools, gutting our healthcare, and cutting taxes for themselves and their rich friends,” he said.
Talarico, who beat Representative Jasmine Crockett with an outright majority in the Democrats’ March primary, will face off against Paxton in November.
