Democrat James Talarico is running for the Senate in Texas, and the 35-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

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