Colin Allred endorses Jasmine Crockett, says James Talarico called him ‘mediocre black man’

Allred announced his endorsement for Crockett in a video posted to X in which he blasted Texas state Rep. James Talarico for allegedly calling him a “mediocre black man.”

“I understand that James Talarico had the temerity and the audacity to say to a black woman that he had signed up to run against a mediocre black man, meaning me, not a formidable, intelligent black woman, meaning Jasmine Crockett,” Allred said.

Talarico did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment on the allegation. Allred’s video came on Monday after a Texas political content creator made a video detailing an interaction she had with Talarico in which he made the comment, according to the Texas Tribune.

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