Democrats X account tells Stephen Miller to shut up after his post on Texas candidate
Katie Miller called a reply from the official Democrats account on X violent political rhetoric. The exchange followed Stephen Miller’s claim about Texas Senate candidate James Talarico.
The IndependentKatie Miller said a reply from the official Democrats account on X that told her husband Stephen Miller to “shut up” amounted to violent political rhetoric. ”
response Katie Miller stated the account was anonymous and later identified its operator as Paulina Mangubat, describing her as a 30-year-old unmarried woman without children and sharing a photo of her. Mangubat replied by posting a photo of herself in a wedding dress and noting she had placed a deposit on a venue.
U.S. Senate seat in Texas in the November midterm elections. The original Democrats post featured a photo of Talarico with the caption “Fired up. Ready to go.
It’s time to take back Texas,” posted after the Republican primary in which Ken Paxton defeated John Cornyn.
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Story Timeline
5 events- After Republican primary
Democrats X account posted photo of James Talarico.
1 sourceThe Independent - Same day
Stephen Miller posted claim that Talarico was transgender Senate candidate.
1 sourceThe Independent - Same day
Democrats account replied to Miller telling him to shut up.
1 sourceThe Independent - Later that day
Katie Miller appeared on Fox News and identified account operator.
1 sourceThe Independent - Later that day
Mangubat posted wedding-dress photo and replied to Miller.
1 sourceThe Independent
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