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  "textContent": "Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico, who posted during the 2020 unrest that “If only George Floyd was a blonde salon owner,” donated to a group that advocated cutting Austin police funding, campaigned against a ballot initiative to increase police staffing as homicides rose in the city, voted against Republican-backed law enforcement legislation, and called ICE a “secret police force” that should be “torn down.”\n\nThe post James Talarico Said ‘If Only George Floyd Was a Blonde Salon Owner’ and Backed Austin Police Defunding appeared first on Breitbart.",
  "title": "James Talarico Said 'If Only George Floyd Was a Blonde Salon Owner' and Backed Austin Police Defunding"
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