Talarico Campaigns in San Antonio With Eva Longoria While Sharpening Criticism of Elon Musk

Texas Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico is scheduled to appear at Club 1902 in San Antonio on Saturday, the first of two events planned in the city that day, with actress Eva Longoria set to join him, according to a report from the Current. Longoria endorsed Talarico last month at a Latino-focused campaign event. In a statement, she said the election is about Texas families, neighborhoods, businesses and schools, and that people cannot sit on the sidelines. Longoria is from Corpus Christi and lived in San Antonio from 2005 to 2011 during her marriage to Spurs player Tony Parker. Separately, Talarico has increasingly criticized billionaire Elon Musk on the campaign trail. Musk, a critic of Talarico, has given heavily to a group aligned with Republican nominee Ken Paxton.

Alternative and independent outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing; only left-leaning and right-leaning outlets had. The New York Times, on the left, leads with the Talarico-Musk rivalry, featuring Musk's donations to a Paxton-aligned group and Talarico's escalating attacks, and its excerpt does not mention Longoria. Breitbart, on the right, leads with Longoria's San Antonio appearance, quoting her statement and calling Talarico radical and left-wing. It then criticizes her over ICE comments, a school-graduation claim it calls false, a move to Spain, and pandemic positions. Breitbart's opening does not mention Musk or Paxton. Both sides cover Talarico's Senate campaign and identify Paxton or Talarico's opponents, but they differ on subject, sources and tone: the Times is political and descriptive, while Breitbart is more personal and openly critical.