Democrat James Talarico is running for the Senate in Texas, and the 36-year-old is not playing around.
Talarico caught my attention in 2024 when he spoke out against the Christian extreme-right. In the video above he said:
“Christian Nationalists walk around with a mouth full of scripture and a heart full of hate.”
and
“They’ve turned [Jesus] into a gun-toting, gay-bashing, science-denying, money-loving, fear-mongering fascist.”
The young Democrat served multiple terms as a Texas State Senator in the Austin area while attending seminary to become a Presbyterian pastor.
Talarico says being a Christian isn’t about guns and hating immigrants. He says it’s pretty simple: “to love God and love neighbor.”
Why Talarico is a Different Kind of Democrat
The young Texas middle-school teacher turned politician has been fighting the “moral madness” happening in Texas.
Talarico talks like a regular person while changing minds about what it really means to be a Christian. Spoiler alert: MAGA is doing it wrong. It turns out the actual words of Jesus urge followers to welcome the stranger and love other people.
Talarico is making waves, and people like his approach to political issues.
