James Talarico and His Church

 By Rich Kozlovich

Talarico is alleged to be a devout church going Christian, claiming his "Christian faith as a justification for far left policies", but his theological views can hardly be viewed as an embrace of traditionally foundational Christian thinking or values.  It seems to me he's a heretic of the first order.  Others are more specific saying his views are a "perversion, of Christianity.”  Let's take a quick look.

1.  He insists the Bible requires the government to provide health care.  It appears he and John Kasich apparently went to the same Bible classes.  
2. He claims the Bible is silent on abortion, 
3. Supported a gay pride event alongside an 11 YEAR-OLD child drag queen. 
4. Believed.... at least until he backtracked... there are six biological sexes. 
5. Believes and any effort to prevent  “gender-affirming healthcare to trans children as Christofascism.
6. Accuses Christianity of being the “most violent” religion that has done “more damage” to Islam."
7. Defends convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony.
8. Wants to redefine faith and God Is Not a Christian’. 
9. God is non binary 
10. He's convinced Jesus is not the only way to truth and that Islam leads to the "same" truth.

For some time I've watched Talarico's theological views playing out and I wondered how the membership of his church felt about those views.  Now I know.  They're just as strange as Talarico. 

He and his "Woke Church harbored illegal aliens to hide them from ICE, and it turns out members of his church wishes the Trump shooter in Butler, PA ‘had been more successful".  

What kind of members belong to this "church"?  Well, if we're to believe the female pastor of this church, most the members of the congregation are agnostic or atheist.  Make sure to scroll down to see the video of this pastor. 

What I find incredible about these people is why they bother to go to church at all.  If they're atheists what value do they receive from attending, it certainly can't be of a spiritual nature?  Also,  I assume they must pray during their services but if they're atheists or agnostics, who exactly are they praying to and why?  I think there are two words that define these type of people.  Like all members of the Church of Wokeness, they're strange and sick. 

Update, 9/17/26:

• CAUGHT ON TAPE: Talarico’s Own Church Minister Says His Sudden “Moderation” Is A Con – “Once He Gets Elected, He’ll Change His Tune Back to Where He Was” - An undercover video obtained by The Daily Wire has blown a hole in Texas Democrat James Talarico’s latest campaign makeover. Rev. Babs Miller, the “Minister to the Parish” at Talarico’s longtime Austin congregation, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, was recorded telling an undercover journalist that the Senate candidate’s new talking points on transgender ideology are political theater, and that the old Talarico will be back the minute the votes are counted.  “I can guarantee you that once he gets elected, he’ll change his tune back to where he was,” Miller said.  That is not a Republican talking point. That is Talarico’s own minister.......

Update, 9/18/26:

• Exclusive: Undercover Video Shows James Talarico’s Pastor Supporting Atheists, if You ‘Hate Religion We’re on the Same Team’ - Undercover video obtained by Breitbart News shows Texas Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico’s pastor and mentor, Rev. Jim Rigby, saying he welcomes atheists to join his church and “if you love humanity and love nature and that’s why you hate religion then we’re on the same team.”.....

Yessir, That Little Jimmy Talarico Knows How to Appeal to Texans

 By Rich Kozlovich 

On August second I published this piece, Is This The Best You Have? James Talarico, and as time passed, and more came out about him I kept making updates to show that little Jimmy Talarico really "knows" what Texans like and how to appeal to them, especially Christian Texans with a traditional bent.  At this point there are so many updates I thought it best to publish them separately as the controversies surrounding Talarico keeps mounting.  

The RNC Chairman defined Democrat candidates for the midterms as creeps and freaks, and I'm guessing.... just guessing mind you....... there just may be substantial number of Texans who feel that defines Talarico particularly.   Just a thought! 

Updates:   

• Texas Leftist Talarico Gains Two-Point Edge over Paxton in Senate Race - Talarico has been in the news for claiming Scripture requires the government to guarantee health coverage, insisting the Bible is “silent on abortion,” saying a bill banning “gender-affirming healthcare to trans children” was “Christofacsim,” and accusing Christianity of being the “most violent” religion that has done “more damage” to Islam, per Breitbart News. (My Take - This is Texas, and we're to believe Texans approve of this?  Another reason why I stopped believing in polls over 30 years ago. RK)
• Exclusive—RNC Chairman Joe Gruters: Creeps, Freaks, and Cousin-Kissers: The Democrats’ Midterm Ticket - In Texas, James Talarico may be the most alarming candidate in Democrats’ parade of horribles. This “trans kid lover” encouraged middle school students to read sexually explicit material, text him about it after dark, and campaigned with a surgeon who abused children. Republicans have Ken Paxton – a MAGA warrior who’s proven as state Attorney General that he will relentlessly defend Texas values against the Left’s open border and radical ideology.
• Talarico Refuses Questions After Report Finds He Voted Five Times Using Parents’ Address - Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico is refusing to answer questions about his residency and voting history after publicly demanding that Republican opponent Ken Paxton answer questions about allegations concerning his conduct......
• REPORT: James Talarico Headlined a Gay Pride Event Alongside an 11 YEAR-OLD Child Drag Queen - James Talarico, the bizarre Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Texas, reportedly headlined a gay pride event in Taylor, Texas that featured an 11 year-old drag queen. If you believe the liberal media, this person is leading in polls for this race against Republican Ken Paxton. How is that even possible? This story is very easy to believe because Talarico is on the record in multiple instances talking about how much he cherishes trans kids.The Washington Free Beacon has the story.....
• WATCH: James Talarico Brags About His Woke Church, Says They Have Harbored Illegal Aliens “Who Were Close to Being Deported” and Running From ICE - James Talarico, the far-left Presbyterian Democratic Senate candidate from Texas, once bragged about how progressive his church is and revealed that they harbored illegal aliens evading ICE in an unearthed interview.  During a June 2023 appearance on Texas Impact’s “Weekly Witness” show, Talarico was asked, “How do you use your faith to guide your policy principles?” “I mean, my faith is why I’m in politics,” Talarico said before boasting about how woke and secular his church has been for decades.  “Our church was really in active in LGBTQ rights in the 90s. We caught some attention by letting an atheist join our church in the 2000s,” he noted.......
•  WATCH: Talarico Says Banning ‘Gender-Affirming Health Care to Trans Children’ Is ‘Christofascism’ - Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico was caught on video describing a “Christofascism movement” as he criticized legislation restricting gender-affirming care for transgender minors and the state’s abortion law.
•  James Talarico’s church pushes transsexual ideology on kids -  At James Talarico's church, where he said in a sermon that the "trans community" needs "abortion care," they're pushing trans books on kids Among the books in the church library is “This Book Is Gay,” which lays out the “ins and outs of gay sex" for kids....
•  Democrat Pastors: Infiltrating Republican Pews For The 2026 Midterms - James Talarico, the Presbyterian seminarian running for Texas Senate, is the poster child for the strategy. He brandishes his faith credentials while twisting Scripture to bless every left-wing priority from “reproductive justice” to expansive welfare. His record shows exactly where the priorities lie: rainbow flags at church events, sanctuary policies for illegal immigrants, and silence on the biblical view of life and marriage. Mainline denominations that have already drifted far from historic Christian orthodoxy on these issues are now the perfect recruiting ground for Democratic campaigns. ..............This isn’t the first time the left has tried to co-opt religious language. Progressive “social gospel” efforts have been around for decades, and they’ve consistently failed to move the needle among the devout. Raphael Warnock’s success in Georgia is the exception that proves the rule ‒ it relied on heavy black church turnout in a state trending left, not a broad conversion of white evangelicals or traditional Catholics.
• Talarico is too radical for Texas.  (Video)
• Talarico Wants to Bring Back Asylum Claims at the Border, Which Absolutely Guarantees a Mad Rush [VIDEO]
• Antifa Merchandise Distributed at James Talarico's Latest Campaign Rally - Merchandise promoting the left-wing terror group Antifa were given out for free at Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico’s latest rally, according to Current Revolt.   Some of the stickers and buttons read “Anti Fascist Social Club” and “Auntifa,” while others printed the word “Antifa” onto a graphic. Additional merchandise portrayed President Donald Trump as Marie Antoniette, the Queen Consort of France who was executed during the French Revolution, while another ominously read “He’s on the List.” A final sticker read “It’s Okay to Punch Nazis,” sparking reminders to the language used on Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson’s ammunition that conservatives have argued has been used to demonize right-wing Americans to justify violence.....
• John Cornyn Staffer Joins Democrat James Talarico’s Campaign - A longtime aide to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has joined Democrat James Talarico’s Senate campaign as he tries to defeat Republican nominee Ken Paxton in Texas......
• James Talarico Is Trying to Redefine Faith in Senate Campaign - An August 17 ABC News report speaks volumes about the Senate race in Texas. It's headline, “Some Democrats trying to reclaim the issue of faith from the Republican Party,” raises a number of questions about what happens at the intersection of religion and politics. The first question is obvious: when and why did Democrats abandon faith in the first place? But a deeper question, one that is increasingly prominent in the Texas Senate campaign, is whether Democrats are trying to reclaim faith or redefine it. .....
• This Star-Studded Progressive Event Featuring James Talarico and Kamala Harris Was a Complete Flop - The Democrat Party’s youth movement appears to be in complete shambles as the DemocracySummit 2026, what was slated to be a “a powerful day of organizing, learning, and civic renewal,” had absolutely abysmal attendance in Austin, Texas....Despite boasting a star-studded slate of progressive speakers like former Vice President Kamala Harris, Sens. Mark Kelly and Chris Murphy, Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, and Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin, the venue appeared to be completely empty.......
• James Talarico Rushes to the Defense of Convicted Murderer Karmelo Anthony - Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico is finally commenting on the case involving convicted-murderer Karmelo Anthony, and he’s siding with the killer.  Talarico joined the popular podcast and radio show The Breakfast Club, where he announced his belief that Anthony was found guilty for the murder of Austin Metcalf because of racial bias on the jury. “Right now we’ve got a system that doesn’t serve all Americans equally,” Talarico said. “We know that black Texans have not gotten the justice they deserve.”...... My Take -  So.... we now must assume the fact all the potential black jurors said they wouldn't find a black man guilty no matter the evidence apparently doesn't matter to Talarico?  Did I get that right?  RK
•  James Talarico: ‘God Is Not a Christian’ - “God is not a Christian,” declared Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico (D), in a recently unearthed sermon from October 22, 2023 at his home church, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian. Talarico’s self-assigned task was to condemn Christian nationalism, but he went about it by attacking Christianity in general. Especially when giving a critique, it’s always best to take a speaker’s comments in the fullest possible context. Talarico said:.....
• In Texas, Senate Democrat candidate James Talarico opposes voter ID - Are voters aware of how extreme this clown is?  This one, from 2021, came out yesterday:.......Talarico wants to enable voting fraud in Texas by banning voter ID.......
• James Talarico Ain’t Choosin’ Texas - The Democratic state lawmaker who says he wants to represent the Lone Star State in the U.S. Senate might be a Texan by birth, but he’s certainly not one by disposition. If he’s elected this fall, he will legislate more like the third senator from California than a delegate from Texas.
• ‘Just Perfect’! Guess Where James Talarico Is Taking His ‘Grassroots’ Campaign to Rake in Some Cash —Texas Senate candidate and newfound meat, truck, and Cracker Barrel aficionado James Talarico has been bragging about his grassroots campaign in The Lone Star State.  You see, Talarico is going to represent every day Texans and not out of state interests and the wealthy elite: ...........6 months ago we launched this grassroots campaign for the US Senate to bring working people together.........."Grassroots," eh? This month, Talarico, joined by Georgia's Jon Ossoff, will head to California to extract some money from some of their "grassroots" supporters in Los Angeles: ...
•  WATCH: James Talarico Denies Jesus Is the Only Way, Says Allah Leads to Same Truth - Democrat Texas Senate candidate James Talarico denied that Jesus Christ is the way to truth, saying Allah and other religious paths can lead people to the same divine truth............“I find that they’re all kind of equal pathways to truth. You know, that’s how I think, you know, I always think of all of the world’s faith traditions as like a circle with,” Talarico said. “That divine mystery of the universe in the middle. And we all have different names for that mystery.”.........

Yessir, that Jimmy Talarico really knows how to appeal to Texans, and it's being claimed he's ahead in the polls against his Republican opponent Ken Paxton, who also has issues, but remains popular in Texas.  Does anyone besides me find that just a little bit strange?  Or perhaps we just can't trust polls?  

Is This The Best You Have? James Talarico

By Rich Kozlovich

In Texas the Democrats keep working to turn the state blue with their choices for Congress.  However, when the two who were running, James Talarico and crazy Jasmine Crockett, who apparently has a serious issue with blacks who support Trump, and inexplicably appears beloved by the black community, ya just gotta wonder what's wrong with their party.  Is this really the best they have?  

Time and truth are on the same side, but they're not on Talarico's side.  While he claims to be an ardent Christian he says everything he needed to know about Christianity he learned from Muslim mystics.

• Talarico Credits “Islamic Mystics” for Influencing His Christian Beliefs

He also claims the Bible requires the passage of a government-run healthcare system, which believe it or not was a position of former Governor of Ohio John Kasich, who claimed he could define conservatism as he saw fit.   Like Talarico, he was a disgrace also.  And just like every other Democrat running, he's an ignoramus regarding economics.  It's now being claimed he may have violated Texas election law regarding his official residence to overcome redistricting while serving in the Texas legislature.  His shares his only bank account with his mother and believes God is nonbinary.

•  Mama’s Boy Talarico Appears to Have Broken Texas Election Law

And finally, it turns out one of his largest financial backers was tied into Epstein:

• It’s been a tough week for Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico on the sexual abuse front, who is now battling with the public learning that his largest financial backer is listed in the Epstein files, is facing condemnation from an abuse victim’s family for lying, and is refusing to condemn a political ally who consorts with a sexual predator.

Yessir, he really knows how to appeal to Texans.  

Why do people think that way they do?  The truth of the matter is people hate having to think because thinking is hard work, and the conclusions can be unpleasant. 

Updates:   

• Texas Leftist Talarico Gains Two-Point Edge over Paxton in Senate Race - Talarico has been in the news for claiming Scripture requires the government to guarantee health coverage, insisting the Bible is “silent on abortion,” saying a bill banning “gender-affirming healthcare to trans children” was “Christofacsim,” and accusing Christianity of being the “most violent” religion that has done “more damage” to Islam, per Breitbart News. (My Take - This is Texas, and we're to believe Texans approve of this?  Another reason why I stopped believing in polls over 30 years ago. RK)
• Exclusive—RNC Chairman Joe Gruters: Creeps, Freaks, and Cousin-Kissers: The Democrats’ Midterm Ticket - In Texas, James Talarico may be the most alarming candidate in Democrats’ parade of horribles. This “trans kid lover” encouraged middle school students to read sexually explicit material, text him about it after dark, and campaigned with a surgeon who abused children. Republicans have Ken Paxton – a MAGA warrior who’s proven as state Attorney General that he will relentlessly defend Texas values against the Left’s open border and radical ideology.
• Talarico Refuses Questions After Report Finds He Voted Five Times Using Parents’ Address - Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico is refusing to answer questions about his residency and voting history after publicly demanding that Republican opponent Ken Paxton answer questions about allegations concerning his conduct......
• REPORT: James Talarico Headlined a Gay Pride Event Alongside an 11 YEAR-OLD Child Drag Queen - James Talarico, the bizarre Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Texas, reportedly headlined a gay pride event in Taylor, Texas that featured an 11 year-old drag queen. If you believe the liberal media, this person is leading in polls for this race against Republican Ken Paxton. How is that even possible? This story is very easy to believe because Talarico is on the record in multiple instances talking about how much he cherishes trans kids.The Washington Free Beacon has the story..... (My Take - Yessir, that Jimmy Talarico really knows how to appeal to Texans!  RK)
• WATCH: James Talarico Brags About His Woke Church, Says They Have Harbored Illegal Aliens “Who Were Close to Being Deported” and Running From ICE - James Talarico, the far-left Presbyterian Democratic Senate candidate from Texas, once bragged about how progressive his church is and revealed that they harbored illegal aliens evading ICE in an unearthed interview.  During a June 2023 appearance on Texas Impact’s “Weekly Witness” show, Talarico was asked, “How do you use your faith to guide your policy principles?” “I mean, my faith is why I’m in politics,” Talarico said before boasting about how woke and secular his church has been for decades.  “Our church was really in active in LGBTQ rights in the 90s. We caught some attention by letting an atheist join our church in the 2000s,” he noted.......
• James Talarico, A Classic Polanski Villain? - Talarico’s political ascent, built on distortions of Christianity, is pure wickedness.   I find it odd that shortly after seeing a cult film by Roman Polanski, the 1999 flick “The Ninth Gate,” my thoughts went straight to James Talarico......In “The Ninth Gate,” the Devil-worshipping advocates show loving kindness towards strangers. They say “please” and “thank you,” hold doors for the elderly, and are polite to a fault. They are nice because the Devil usually wears a smiling face, and because Lucifer was the most beautiful of the fallen angels.......