James Talarico Says Billionaires Are ‘Destroying’ Country. Parades Around With One Anyway.

Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico featured a billionaire guest at a Wednesday fundraiser in Chicago after repeatedly using heated rhetoric against billionaires.

Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker — who per Forbes has a net worth over $4 billion — appeared at the Chicago fundraiser for Talarico to raise money for the Senate hopeful’s campaign. Several other Illinois Democrats attended and contribution suggestions ranged between $500 to $13,500, according to an X post by New York Times reporter Teddy Schleifer.

Talarico has repeatedly bashed billionaires during his campaign, calling the demographic the “only minority destroying this country” in an interview with MSNBC.

“This campaign was going to be about fighting back. The billionaires who own our algorithms, who own our cable news networks, who own the politicians fighting on our screens and keeping 🇺🇸US all divided: This was going to be a campaign that was going to bring people together to stand up to those forces,” Talarico said in an interview with The New York Times.

“The biggest divide in this country is not left vs. right but top vs. bottom,” Talarico said