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However, on Oct. 11, conservative influencers Nick Sortor and Rhein Amacher said in separate posts on X that they had called the Lindner Center of Hope, a mental health center and hospital in Mason, Ohio, and were told that Talarico had just been there as a patient.

"During my recorded call, an individual identifying themselves as a female facility employee reportedly stated that Talarico was no longer a patient and had been discharged within the previous 24"48 hours," Amacher wrote in his post. He also posted audio from the conversations that he said took place on Oct. 10.

Amacher's and Sortor's claims were then amplified in posts by other conservatives, as well as X owner Elon Musk, who has spent millions of dollars supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Talarico's Republican opponent in the Senate race.