Experts unpack why conservatives tend to eschew anyone who rebukes meat (which Talarico hasn't even fully done). Conservatives have a new attack line against Texas Democratic Senate nominee Rep. James Talarico: He’s vegan. There’s just one problem — he’s not. Ken Paxton, the Trump-endorsed Texas attorney general, who beat longtime GOP Sen. John Cornyn for the Republican nomination on Tuesday night, told supporters that Talarico is “a threat to our very way of life and values” because “he’s a