Talarico: Paxton "clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption"

Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in the Lone Star State, conceded Wednesday that some past statements during debates over transgender policy "missed the mark," but accused his Republican opponent Ken Paxton of "intentionally clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption." Republicans are "worried about the movement that we're building here in Texas," Talarico said, hours after Republicans overwhelmingly chose Paxton, the state attorney general, as their Senate nominee. "I think national Republicans see the momentum behind this movement, and they're worried we're going to win Texas in November," Talarico told CBS News' Ed O'Keefe in his first network news interview since Tuesday's runoff. He told O'Keefe that his campaign has been attracting huge crowds across the state, and he believes his support is expanding beyond the Democratic voter base. "We've had tens of thousands of Texans showing up to rally with us. And I can't tell you the number of people who've come up to me at the end of these events and whisper, 'I'm not a Democrat,' like they're in the witness protection program," Talarico said. "I think we're reaching people who don't normally vote for Democratic candidates. …