Detransitioner says she was denied opportunity to deliver Talarico a message at CNN town hall
Detransitioner says she was denied opportunity to deliver Talarico a message at CNN town hall
Detransitioner said in an interview Monday that she tried to attend a CNN town hall with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico earlier this month, but organizers did not respond to her request until the night before the event and allegedly told her she could not participate.
During an interview on "The Katie Miller Podcast," host Katie Miller asked Aldaco, a 23-year-old detransitioner who alleged she was groomed online and subsequently pursued medical treatment as a teenager, about her criticism of Talarico and what her message to him would be.
"He needs to have a long-form conversation, a real face-to-face with someone like me. And, you know, I tried to when he did the CNN town hall, where he did the 'prove me wrong' [Steven] Crowder format, engaging with constituents, right? We tried to get me in that room to talk to him about this issue and to be able to give him my message through conversation, which I think is most effective. And they actually didn't get back to us until the evening before and said, 'No, we can't get you in that room,' like 'you can't talk to him,'" Aldaco said.
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CNN and Jubilee Media hosted a town hall with Talarico on Oct. 14, where he faced questions from the audience, as well as questions from moderator Erin Burnett.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that missed the deadline to pursue her claims against a therapist and counseling provider, reversing a lower court's finding that her lawsuit was "time-barred" under the state's two-year statute of limitations for healthcare liability claims.
Miller asked her guest what she thinks Talarico is getting wrong in his positions on gender transition policies.
"I think he is failing to acknowledge the repercussions of how he's been wrong in the past, because I know he's said, 'Well, I said there were six genders, and I was incorrect. I was misinformed.' And it's like, OK, but what are the repercussions of that? Because I tried to get in contact with you across five bills, four years and two sessions, and you wouldn't talk to me about bills that would have even helped people who still currently identify as trans," Aldaco told Miller.
CNN did not return Fox News Digital's request for comment.
his past comments referring to God as "nonbinary" and using the Bible to justify his pro-choice stance on abortion during the CNN town hall.
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"You've said some concerning things in the past kind of related to faith and social issues. Things such as God is nonbinary, questions about how many genders there really are and your justifications using the Bible for abortion," Sarah Gardner, a Republican small business owner, said to Talarico.
"And so, I think that's led a lot of Christian voters to question the authenticity of your faith. And I wanted to ask you a very direct question. Do you believe that the Bible is the absolute source of truth and God's final authoritative word, even when our culture says otherwise?" she asked.
Talarico responded, "Yes."
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