GOP smear attempt of Senate hopeful backfires as even conservatives mock 'creepy' attack

With Texas state Rep. James Talarico officially the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in the Lone Star State, Republicans have turned to opposition research to find anything they can throw at him — but one of their first attempts this week landed with a thud.

Talarico, a Christian minister, previously worked as a schoolteacher in an underprivileged part of San Antonio. And it's from his school days that Republican operatives attempted to dig up something to attack him with.

Longtime...