Third Party Attack Ad Against Talarico Backfires Hilariously

An attack ad by Protecting America's Future Super PAC was aimed at James Talarico and his Rep. Brandon Gill right between the eyes.
By Chris capper Liebenthal — September 20, 2026

Protect America's Future Super PAC, a right-wing, dark-money, special-interest group, released an attack ad against James Talarico and accidentally hit Rep. Brandon Gill.

The ad shows Gill driving a car and saying all sorts of nasty and untrue allegations against Talarico, such as that he supports child rapists, that he supports child mutilation, etc. The only problem is that the captions don't mention Talarico. All they show is a picture of Gill's ugly face next to the words "protects child predators."

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Oh well, Gill can always say that it shows how much he supports Trump.

The moral of the story is to always use a good comms person before releasing an ad.

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