Forget Talarico’s Radical Far-Left Views, His Taco Order Alone Disqualifies Him From Senate Seat

Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico actively promotes ideals and values that are antithetical to those of traditional Texas residents. While this is bad enough, a recent visit to an Austin taco shop should send Texas voters running for the Hill Country.

Talarico and former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail together to promote Talarico’s bid for U.S. Senate. One of the stops took the two to the Taco Joint, a restaurant located near the University of Texas, for lunch. Apparently, Talarico is a regular at this place, as the employees already knew his order. (Sign up for Mary Rooke’s weekly newsletter here!)

The taco shop offers a variety of meat options, including grilled sirloin, beef carnitas, roasted pulled pork, and beef fajitas. Obama apparently ordered an assortment of tacos, which is respectable given he’s likely never been there. But The New York Times profile on the visit claimed Talarico’s order was a potato, egg, and cheese taco.

Talarico’s taco order. https://t.co/E6nJ3qTRc8 pic.twitter.com/HPwUhK1VIl

— Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse) May 13, 2026

This may not seem diabolical to a Californian, but in Texas, this amounts to heresy.

Talarico has not publicly claimed to be vegan or vegetarian. In fact, his team shared photos of Talarico eating a turkey leg at the State Fair. And he denounced accusations that he is vegan, saying, his “campaign basically runs on barbecue.”

Official statement from @JamesTalarico on vegan accusations pic.twitter.com/pLwtlknBYj

— JT Ennis (@jt_ennis) March 18, 2026

Knowing this actually makes things worse.

Why is a man who looks like he’s in desperate need of back-alley steroids gleefully admitting that his go-to taco order is a potato, egg, and cheese? What self-respecting Texan forgoes the several different beef options on the menu?

This is a clear lapse in judgment, but it makes complete sense knowing that Talarico supports gun control, radical abortion policies, Medicare for all, open borders, climate change, and trans-ing children. He’s the poster boy for bad decisions.

Still, he’s not new to politics. He’s been campaigning for the Senate for the better part of a year. Yet, he felt it was a good idea to promote this order as if it did him any favors. It made him look out of touch and completely unrelatable to the average Texan. (ROOKE: There’s Something Smelly About Gavin Newsom’s Free Diaper Giveaway)

One could forgive a potato, egg, and cheese order if he were a child or a Catholic during Lent. However, if you have meat on the table and weren’t recently bitten by a Lone Star tick, there is no excuse to be a vegetarian.