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Mark Cuban Gripes About High California Taxes Before Endorsing James Talarico in Texas Senate Race

Billionaire Mark Cuban recently blasted Democrat Ro Khanna and his crazy ‘wealth tax.’ But just when we thought Cuban was seeing the light, he fell right back into praising a Democrat who’s not much different than Khanna. In a recent interview on Kara Swisher’s Pivot podcast, Cuban complained about exorbitant taxes in California, then excitedly […]

By deepak · August 22, 2026 · 2 min read

Billionaire Mark Cuban recently blasted Democrat Ro Khanna and his crazy ‘wealth tax.’ But just when we thought Cuban was seeing the light, he fell right back into praising a Democrat who’s not much different than Khanna. In a recent interview on Kara Swisher’s Pivot podcast, Cuban complained about exorbitant taxes in California, then excitedly endorsed the person running for U.S. Senate who wants to do the same in Texas.

Mark Cuban: Taxes in California are insane. The billionaire tax is ridiculous. You're driving out companies. You're cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Mark Cuban, minutes later in same interview:

Vote for Talarico. Do what's best for Texas and your wallet. What have Republicans ever done for you?

This can officially put to bed any misguided ideas that Mark had some kind of political epiphany after his dust-up with Ro Khanna.

We really thought Cuban had turned a page, but his gushing over Democrat James Talarico proved us wrong. (WATCH)

Mark Cuban:Taxes in California are insane. The billionaire tax is ridiculous. You're driving out companies. You're cutting off your nose to spite your face.Mark Cuban, minutes later in same interview:Vote for Talarico. Do what's best for Texas and your wallet. What have… pic.twitter.com/Izqs9gQDzk

Mark Cuban has to be one of the smartest, dumb people alive today.

"Democrat run California really sucks"Also"Vote for Democrats in Texas"

If you thought the short clip of Cuban fangirling over Talarico was cringe, wait until you see the whole endorsement. (WATCH)

Mark Cuban: "James Talarico. Let's go. I'm a big fan. He's honest, trustworthy, he cares. He'll do the right thing as opposed to the politically expedient thing.To Texans, do what's best for Texas. You've been voting for Republicans all these years, what have they done for… pic.twitter.com/ovH1p6piBV

Didn’t Mark Cuban just go on the war path against Zohran Mamdani’s government grocery stores? So he doesn’t like Mamdani’s policies but he thinks Talarico’s are going to be any different?? The cognitive dissonance is crazy work 🤯

The Democratic party is positioning in midterms for a federal wealth tax.

It’s not hard to imagine Talarico selecting ‘yea’ on every crazy thing put up for a vote.

Commenters say if you like California, then vote for Talarico.

Source: Read the original article on twitchy.com