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Joe slams VP Vance over 'search history' comment on Talarico

The former president criticized the vice president's remark about Senate candidate Talarico, and outlets abroad picked up the 'disgusting' framing; Washington's browsers are now evidence.

On air: Hank Ledger and Dale Bearman on BBN Newsroom
Published 11:37 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by MS NOW: “Joe slams VP Vance for implying Talarico is gay, weird ‘search history’ comment”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 11:37 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger and Dale Bearman.

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MS NOWJoe slams VP Vance for implying Talarico is gay, weird ‘search history’ comment

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMS NOW reports that Joe slammed Vice President Vance for implying Senate candidate Talarico is gay, in a comment about his search history.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe search history. Someone in Washington has decided the browser is the new weapon, and everyone's is loaded.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorModern Ghana's headline calls the comment disgusting, which is a stronger word than I would pick for a browser.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMine is mostly tide tables and old shipwrecks. I like to know how it ends.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShipwrecks.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorResearch, Hank. Pure research.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMine would probably get me in trouble with someone in this town.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIs that an emergency?

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