Overview
- An Axios review found roughly 10 Instagram accounts followed by Talarico linked to porn actors, OnlyFans creators, or escort directories.
- Talarico’s spokesperson JT Ennis said the account follows back high-follower supporters without investigating backgrounds.
- The campaign said Talarico messaged only one of the accounts and shared a screenshot of a brief “thank you” exchange.
- Axios reported that the posts viewed from the followed accounts contained no explicit nudity, which Instagram largely prohibits.
- Talarico, a 36-year-old seminarian and state House member with about 1.7 million followers, is a leading Democrat in the 2026 Texas Senate race that could match him against John Cornyn or Ken Paxton.