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(DC Pundit) – If you’re a Texas Christian voter trying to figure out what James Talarico actually stands for, buckle up, because it’s quite the ride.
Talarico, a Democratic state representative and Presbyterian seminarian running against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton for the U.S. Senate, made waves when a New Yorker profile revealed he’d called Christianity the “most violent” religion and claimed it has done “more damage” to Islam than to any other faith. Let that sink in for a moment. A man studying for the ministry. Running for Senate in Texas. Calling Christianity the most violent religion on earth.
The data shows otherwise. According to the Cato Institute, radical Islamic terror has killed at least 3,100 Americans on U.S. soil since 1975, along with thousands of U.S. soldiers overseas, and has accounted for 87 percent of all terrorism-related deaths over the past half-century. But sure, Christianity is the problem.
Talarico addressed the Pakistani American Council of Texas and took direct aim at President Trump for restricting immigration from countries identified as radical Islamic terrorism hotspots. He called Trump “a threat to all of us” and declared he stands with his “Muslim brothers and sisters.” Back in 2017, he posted on social media: “Proud to stand with our Muslim neighbors today. Texas is big enough for all of us. #NoBanNoWall.” In 2016, he bragged about campaigning for a progressive Muslim-American candidate and said he did so “just to piss off” Trump. Real mature stuff.
Talarico’s spiritual flexibility apparently knows no bounds. During a 2021 invocation on the Texas House floor, he prayed to “Holy Mystery,” referenced the Torah, Koran, Gita, Dharma, and First Epistle of John, and wrapped up by praying in “all your many names.” He has also declared “God is non-binary” and stated that “trans children are God’s children.” In a 2022 church sermon, he claimed abortion restrictions meant “every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the state” and that “nothing, nothing is more unchristian than that.” In May of this year, he argued that the Bible is “silent on abortion.”
He has fought against displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools, calling a Texas law requiring such displays “deeply unChristian” and saying he didn’t want religion forced “down my throats.” He has also attacked private school vouchers as part of what he called a “Christian Nationalist movement.”
And the cherry on top? Talarico’s mentor, Rev. Jim Rigby of Austin’s St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, declared after an attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that the MAGA movement’s “heart” is the Confederacy.
Texans have a clear choice in this race. Ken Paxton isn’t perfect, but he’s not out here calling your faith the most dangerous religion in human history either.
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