WATCH: James Talarico Shouted Down During Houston Town Hall Event

(Faith Bugenhagen/X)

Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D) was shouted at by an angry voter over the weekend in a heated moment that was caught on video.

The video was posted by Austin American-Statesman reporter Faith Bugenhagen on Sunday.

In it, the unidentified woman is heard yelling at Talarico: “You stay here! You answer our questions, or you suffer the consequences!”

“I’m happy to engage,” Talarico responded before the woman demanded to speak to his staffers.
“We’ll come to her in just a second.”

He added: “I appreciate you being here. And I appreciate you traveling in, and I appreciate-”

“I did it for my people, not for you!” the woman interjected as gasps were heard in the audience.

“That’s wonderful,” Talarico said, stammering while chatter grew among audience members. “It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right. This is what this conversation’s supposed to be about.”

Talarico is running against Republican candidate Ken Paxton for the seat currently occupied by incumbent John Cornyn (R-TX).

Cornyn suffered defeat in the Republican primary after President Donald Trump backed Paxton.

The tight race has been marked by attacks on Talarico’s masculinity by Paxton and fellow Republican, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Watch the clip above.

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