Kevin Bass's list of 63 quotes from James Talarico

Posted Oct 14, 2026 · Read the post (@kevinnbass)

James Talarico's page: record cards, statements and every list checked

50 confirmed
10 confirmed, trimmed
0 worded differently
3 not found

The post writes the name as “James Talafreako”.

“insane and deranged” is Kevin Bass's characterization of the quotes. Kleory gives no verdict on it.

For each quote we looked for James Talarico's own words: the statement ledger, James Talarico's own posts, recordings of the event the post names, and established outlets' reports. Not found means we searched and no public record turned up. It is not a ruling on the quote.

“Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six”
As posted: Apr 20, 2021, Texas House Public Education Committee
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“Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes; in fact, there are six”
Fox News · Mar 5, 2026 · Read
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Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes; in fact, there are six.
Later said
“I've missed the mark on some of my past statements. I will be the first to admit it. What I meant is that there are two sexes, and then there's a small percentage of people with genetic abnormalities. … There are not six sexes. There are two.”
Fox Business · Sep 11, 2026 · Watch · Both statements
“God is non-binary.”
As posted: Oct 14, 2021, Texas House
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“God is non-binary”
X · Oct 15, 2021 · Read the post
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told them in my faith, God is non-binary.
“Our campaign has officially become a non-meat campaign.”
As posted: Feb 2022, Texas Humane Legislation Network fundraiser
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“our campaign has officially become a non-meat campaign”
Texas Humane Legislation Network (THLN) · “Rep James Talarico Speech | Better Laws and Enforcement Against Animal Abuse Fundraiser” · Apr 25, 2022 · at 3:39 · automatic captions · Watch
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And so I I am proud to say that our campaign has officially become a non-meat campaign.
“I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity, right?”
As posted: Mar 4, 2021, Activist Theology
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“I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity”
Fox News · Jun 23, 2026 · Read
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I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity.
“In context of abortion … God asks for Mary's consent … So, to me that is a an affirmation in one of our most central stories, that creation has to be done with consent. You cannot force someone to create.”
As posted: Jul 18, 2025, The Joe Rogan Experience
Confirmed, trimmed
In the record
“But I say all this in terms of in context of abortion because before God um comes over Mary and and we have the incarnation, God asks for Mary's consent, which is remarkable. I mean, go back and read this in in in Luke. I mean, the the angel comes down and asks Mary if this is something she wants to do, and she says, "If it is God's will, let it be done. Let it be. let it happen. So to me that is a an affirmation in one of our most central stories that creation has to be done with consent. You cannot force someone to create.”
PowerfulJRE · “Joe Rogan Experience #2352 - James Talarico” · Jul 18, 2025 · at 23:52 · automatic captions · Watch
“Radicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist threat in our country.”
As posted: Mar 18, 2021, Twitter/X
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“Radicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist threat in our country”
X · Mar 18, 2021 · Read the post
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adicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist threat in our country.
“#AhmaudArbery is the latest American killed by the virus of racism. The virus kills our black neighbors if they’re jogging, playing music, sitting in church, selling CDs, or carrying a bag of Skittles... White skin gives me and every white American immunity from the virus. But we spread it wherever we go”
As posted: May 8, 2020, Twitter
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“#AhmaudArbery is the latest American killed by the virus of racism. The virus kills our black neighbors if they’re jogging, playing music, sitting in church, selling CDs, or carrying a bag of Skittles... … White skin gives me and every white American immunity from the virus. But we spread it wherever we go—through our words, our actions, and our systems. We don’t have to be showing symptoms—like a white hood or a Confederate flag—to be contagious.”
Newsweek · Mar 5, 2026 · Read
“Young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and white supremacy and capitalism in our country and I think only by understanding the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together, are we going to be able to begin the process of dismantling them.”
As posted: Sep 1, 2020, Austin Sierra Club climate forum
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“young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and White supremacy and capitalism in our country. … I think only understanding the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together are we going to be able to begin the process of dismantling them”
Fox News · Sep 2, 2026 · Read
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I’m so thankful that you asked this question and also thankful that young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and White supremacy and capitalism in our country. … I think only understanding the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together are we going to be able to begin the process of dismantling them.
“Restoration, repairing past harms, is part of my faith tradition. … it's exactly why we need … to invest in black communities, to invest in black Texans”
As posted: Jul 20, 2026, DeSoto town hall
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In the record
“Restoration, repairing past harms, is part of my faith tradition. It’s part of the values I was raised with, and it’s exactly why we need a lot of the policies we’ve been talking about here to invest in black communities, to invest in black Texans — whether it’s tuition relief, whether it’s homeownership grants, whether it is baby bonds to ensure that we are helping to build that generational wealth”
Blaze Media · Jul 30, 2026 · Read
“I think the Confederate flag is a symbol of treason and terrorism, but the American flag is such a complicated symbol for most of us.”
As posted: Sep 2019, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“I think the Confederate flag is a symbol of treason and terrorism but the American flag is such a complicated symbol for most of us”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “Searching for Humanity - James Talarico” · Sep 17, 2019 · at 1:02:47 · automatic captions · Watch
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I think the Confederate flag is a symbol of treason and terrorism but the American flag is such a complicated symbol for most of us and in many ways like Jesus, like the cross, it's been co-opted and and um and and uh and in some ways its true meaning has been betrayed.
“Defund the police is considered off limits in our political debate when defunding health services, defunding public education has been the stated policy of our state government for decades now.”
As posted: Aug 2, 2020, Texas Rising
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“defund the police is considered off limits in our political debate when defunding um health services defunding public education has been the stated policy of our state government for decades now”
Texas Rising · “Fireside Chat: TX State House Champions” · Sep 14, 2020 · at 21:45 · automatic captions · Watch
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sing their power corporations who are using their money and their power to crush people go to law school be a lawyer and and save people um you know it's it's uh as an educator always rich to me that defund the police is considered off limits in our political debate when defunding um health services defunding public education has been the stated policy of our state government for decades now um and uh you know we dr gonzalez really talked about using kind of the organizer ethic um and i think that's so critical in this conversation because i consider although i'm a politician and many of
“Governor Abbott has filled this special session agenda with far right conspiracy theories about trans children causing problems on sports teams, which we know does not occur in the state of Texas”
As posted: Jul 19, 2021, FOX 7 Austin
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“governor abbott has filled this special session agenda with with uh far-right conspiracy theories about uh about trans children causing problems on sports teams which we know does not occur in the state of texas”
FOX 7 Austin · “TX State Rep. James Talarico provides update on Texas House Democrats in D.C. | FOX 7 Austin” · Jul 19, 2021 · at 2:49 · automatic captions · Watch
“Are districts getting, you know, almost hopefully near unanimous consent for students to learn about [sex education,] maybe the most important topic that they'll learn about in school?”
As posted: Jul 2022, Texas House Public Education Committee
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“Are districts getting … almost hopefully near unanimous consent for students to learn about maybe the most important topic that they’ll learn about in school”
Townhall · Sep 24, 2026 · Read
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Are districts getting … almost hopefully near unanimous consent for students to learn about maybe the most important topic that they’ll learn about in school?
Words in brackets are the post's, not Talarico's.
“Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the state.”
As posted: Oct 2, 2022, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the state”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St Andrew's Worship Service, October 2, 2022 / James Talarico” · Nov 15, 2022 · at 36:59 · automatic captions · Watch
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nomy for every woman in this room 50 years later the Texas legislature took that away I know because I was there I saw it happen this summer more than half our population became second class citizens every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the state and nothing nothing is more unchristian than that before we go further I want to acknowledge that our trans Community needs abortion care too defending trans Texas is something we have to do every da
“God is not a Christian.”
As posted: Oct 22, 2023, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“God is not a Christian”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St. Andrew's Worship Service, October 22, 2023 Rep. James Talarico” · Oct 23, 2023 · at 40:07 · automatic captions · Watch
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all there are so many Pathways to the sacred the Islamic Mystic roomies said every religion has love but love has no religion God is so much bigger than our human categories God is not a presbyterian God is not a Christian God is not a noun at all God Is A Verb God is not a being God is being itself God is love and that's why Jesus is against anything that gets in the way of that love between neighbors including religi
“So, this idea that to be a Christian means you have to be anti-gay and anti-abortion, there really is no historical, theological, biblical basis for that opinion.”
As posted: Jul 18, 2025, The Joe Rogan Experience
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“So this this idea that to be a Christian means you have to be anti-gay and anti-abortion, there really is no historical, theological, biblical basis for that opinion”
PowerfulJRE · “Joe Rogan Experience #2352 - James Talarico” · Jul 18, 2025 · at 20:42 · automatic captions · Watch
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So this this idea that to be a Christian means you have to be anti-gay and anti-abortion, there really is no historical, theological, biblical basis for that opinion.
“Jesus is the prophetic voice in my own life, but it could be for you a different prophetic voice from a different faith tradition.”
As posted: Sep 2019, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“Jesus is the prophetic voice in my own life, but it could be for you a different prophetic voice from a different faith tradition”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “Searching for Humanity - James Talarico” · Sep 17, 2019 · at 17:00 · automatic captions · Watch
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Christianity is the tradition in which I was raised, it's the vocabulary I know, Jesus is the prophetic voice in my own life, but it could be for you a different prophetic voice from a different faith tradition.
“I oppose voter ID.”
As posted: Jul 13, 2021, Fox News Primetime
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“i oppose voter id”
Fox News · “Pete Hegseth grills Texas Democrat on 'fleeing' state in heated debate” · Jul 13, 2021 · at 10:22 · automatic captions · Watch
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rrently required in the state of texas i i opposed having to how about having to send your ballot in should you have to prove who you are because that's what democrats are opposing dude i just said i i oppose voter id currently it's a law in texas but i oppose that law because i think you don't post voter id you don't think the most sacred obligation of our republic you should have to prove who you are in order to
“Leasing federal property to abortion clinics on federal lands or in federal offices”
As posted: Jun 24, 2022, Letter to President Biden
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Searched: statement ledger (8 items); search "Leasing federal property to abortion clinics on federal lands" James Talarico (7 results); lifenews.com could not be read; search "on federal lands or in federal offices" Talarico (2 results).
“Did they teach you in Sunday school that Jesus Christ himself was a radical feminist?”
As posted: Oct 2, 2022, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“did they teach you in Sunday School that Jesus Christ himself was a radical feminist”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St Andrew's Worship Service, October 2, 2022 / James Talarico” · Nov 15, 2022 · at 43:18 · automatic captions · Watch
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they teach you in Sunday School that men and women are created equally in the Book of Genesis did they teach you in Sunday school that the Bible sometimes describes God as a female calling her Sophia did they teach you in Sunday School that Jesus Christ himself was a radical feminist I don't claim to know what Jesus thought about abortion he never mentions it either which maybe that should tell us something right there but what I do know is that Jesus believed a woman is a full p
“I don't want you in my school doing discipline.”
As posted: Feb 2019, The Trey Blocker Show
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“I don’t want you in my school doing discipline”
Fox News · Apr 9, 2026 · Read
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Just like, as a certified educator, they wouldn’t want me roaming the streets in a cruiser, you don’t want that, and I don’t want you in my school doing discipline.
“For me, prophetic voices like Jesus have helped me reckon with my own whiteness, my own masculinity, my own certainty, my own ego.”
As posted: Sep 2019, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“For me, prophetic voices like Jesus have helped me reckon with my own whiteness, my own masculinity, my own certainty, my own ego”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “Searching for Humanity - James Talarico” · Sep 17, 2019 · at 34:43 · automatic captions · Watch
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For me, prophetic voices like Jesus have helped me reckon with my own whiteness, my own masculinity, my own certainty, my own ego.
“That [oil and gas] industry is not gonna last.”
As posted: Sep 1, 2020, Austin Sierra Club climate forum
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“that industry is not gonna last”
CNN · Sep 1, 2026 · Read
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that industry is not gonna last.
Words in brackets are the post's, not Talarico's.
“Our system of policing is deeply broken. We must replace it with something new and something better.”
As posted: Sep 2, 2020, Honest Austin
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“Our system of policing is deeply broken. We must replace it with something new and something better”
Fox News · Oct 5, 2026 · Read
“The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage”
As posted: Oct 22, 2023, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“the Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St. Andrew's Worship Service, October 22, 2023 Rep. James Talarico” · Oct 23, 2023 · at 37:15 · automatic captions · Watch
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affirmation today Christian nationalists obsess over people's private parts while the planet Burns eight men own as much wealth as 3.6 billion people and Christian nationalists are boycotting Barbie the Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage but it goes on and on about forgiving debt liberating the poor and Healing The Sick Christian nationalists like to say this is a Christian Nation not only is that historically inaccurate not only is
“I'm not an expert on this particular case, but I know that there were no Black members of the jury [in Anthony’s case].”
As posted: Aug 5, 2026, The Breakfast Club
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“I'm not an expert on this particular case, but I know that there were no black members of the jury”
Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM · “James Talarico on Texas Senate Race, Ken Paxton, Jasmine Crockett, Black Voters & Businesses + More” · Aug 28, 2026 · at 41:03 · automatic captions · Watch
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>> Well, I've done a lot of work in the state house on justice reform, and right now we've got a system that doesn't serve all Americans equally, and and we know that black Texans have been um have not gotten the justice they deserve um in many cases, and you know, I'm I'm not an expert on this particular case, but I know that there were no black members of the jury.
Words in brackets are the post's, not Talarico's.
“Our office is the first in the history of the Capitol to add pronouns to our official business cards.”
As posted: Mar 31, 2021, Twitter/X
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“Our office is the first in the history of the Capitol to add pronouns to our official business cards”
X · Mar 31, 2021 · Read the post
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ur office is the first in the history of the Capitol to add pronouns to our official business cards.
“If we took just half of what we spend on wars, prisons, and policing, and spent it on education, healthcare, and jobs, we could make prisons obsolete.”
As posted: Apr 11, 2022, Ferguson prison graduation
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“if we took just half of what we spent on Wars prisons and policing and spent it on education Healthcare and jobs we could make prison obsolete”
James Talarico · “Ferguson Prison Graduation Speech” · Apr 11, 2022 · at 13:17 · automatic captions · Watch
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o evil with good anti-prison activist Ruth Wilson Gilmore said prisons are a catchall solutions to our social problems prisons allow us to ignore the consequences of systemic racism global capitalism if we took just half of what we spent on Wars prisons and policing and spent it on education Healthcare and jobs we could make prison obsolete research tells us that expanding Medicaid reduces crime increasing SNAP benefits reduces crime education reduces crime clean air and clean water reduces crime a less violent government leads to a les
“Jesus came to transform the world. Christian nationalism is here to maintain the status quo. They have co-opted the son of God. They've turned this humble rabbi into a gun-toting, gay-bashing, science-denying, money-loving, fear-mongering fascist.”
As posted: Oct 22, 2023, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“Jesus came to transform formed the world Christian nationalism is here to maintain the status quo they have co-opted the Son of God they've turned this humble Rabbi into a gun toing gay bashing science denying money loving fear-mongering fascist”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St. Andrew's Worship Service, October 22, 2023 Rep. James Talarico” · Oct 23, 2023 · at 33:52 · automatic captions · Watch
“In Genesis, God creates life by breathing life into the first human being, which we later call Adam. That life starts when you take your first breath.”
As posted: Jul 18, 2025, The Joe Rogan Experience
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“in Genesis, God creates life by breathing life into the first human being, which we later call Adam. that life starts when you take your first breath”
PowerfulJRE · “Joe Rogan Experience #2352 - James Talarico” · Jul 18, 2025 · at 22:09 · automatic captions · Watch
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>> So one, you know, uh in Genesis, God creates life by breathing life into the first human being, which we later call Adam. that life starts when you take your first breath and that is actually the the the the mainline position in Judaism is that that's when life starts.
“ICE executed a man in broad daylight on our streets just this morning. It's time to tear down this secret police force and replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety.”
As posted: Jan 24, 2026, Texas AFL-CIO debate, Georgetown
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“ICE executed a man in broad daylight on our streets just this morning. It's time to tear down this secret police force and replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety”
Progress Texas · “Special LIVE Pod: The First Crockett/Talarico Debate” · Jan 24, 2026 · at 13:18 · automatic captions · Watch
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ICE executed a man in broad daylight on our streets just this morning. It's time to tear down this secret police force and replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety.
“I'm Season 2 [of Judaism, Christianity and Islam]—the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they've done to each other.”
As posted: Feb 23, 2026, The New Yorker
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“I’m Season 2—the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they’ve done to each other”
The New Yorker · Feb 23, 2026 · Read
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I’m Season 2—the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they’ve done to each other.
Words in brackets are the post's, not Talarico's.
“I think there are some folks … that would think that if you deny your child's gender identity that that's incredibly harmful. And whether or not we can—we label it with the term abuse, I mean, it's abusive for sure.”
As posted: Apr 3, 2019, Texas House Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee
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“I think there are some folks that would think that if you deny your child's gender identity, that's incredibly harmful. And whether or not we label it with the term abuse, it's abusive for sure”
Fox News · Sep 14, 2026 · Read
“Our system, our public education system, particularly here in Texas is not built for poor students. It's not built for students of color.”
As posted: Aug 2, 2020, Texas Rising
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“our public education system particularly here in texas is not built um for poor students is not built for students of color”
Texas Rising · “Fireside Chat: TX State House Champions” · Sep 14, 2020 · at 9:02 · automatic captions · Watch
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hemselves and their families all the things that we all know on this on this uh call are are more important than whether or not you memorize the you know quadratic equation um and you know our system our public education system particularly here in texas is not built um for poor students is not built for students of color and so you know one thing i was proud to do as a freshman um was introduce a package of bills that i called the whole student agenda and i did this along with a bunch of my other colleagues but the i
“I felt like I didn't have the time or space or training or resources to have the really important conversations with my students … I was trapped in a system that was focused purely on academics, reading, writing, arithmetic.”
As posted: Aug 2, 2020, Texas Rising
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In the record
“i felt like i didn't have the time or space or training or resources to have the really important conversations with my students that would um allow them to to live a fulfilling life um i was so i was trapped in a system that was focused purely on academics uh reading writing arithmetic”
Texas Rising · “Fireside Chat: TX State House Champions” · Sep 14, 2020 · at 8:17 · automatic captions · Watch
“Prison is violence.”
As posted: Apr 11, 2022, Ferguson prison graduation
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“prison is violence”
James Talarico · “Ferguson Prison Graduation Speech” · Apr 11, 2022 · at 6:28 · automatic captions · Watch
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hologically spiritually we all recognize domestic abuse as violence but we don't always recognize the ways in which our systems hurt people every day poverty is violence pollution is violence and yes prison is violence as a government official I can say the government has a monopoly on violence and through mass incarceration our government inflicts a toxic level of violence on its own citizens on the same black and
“But inevitably we're going to spend hours hearing bills that are just kind of conspiracy theory, right, driven, and kind of kooky stuff.”
As posted: Jul 26, 2022, Texas House Public Education Committee
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“We’re going to spend hours hearing bills that are just kind of conspiracy theory-driven and kind of kooky stuff”
Fox News · Sep 30, 2026 · Read
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We’re going to spend hours hearing bills that are just kind of conspiracy theory-driven and kind of kooky stuff. And we’re going to hear some of that today, I think, in the public testimony — not the invited testimony, but the public testimony
“I know personally that I've learned as much about my faith from Salman's tradition, from the Islamic mystics, from poets like Rumi, as much as I have from Christian authors and Christian writers.”
As posted: Sep 16, 2023, The State of Belief
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Searched: statement ledger (8 items); YouTube "James Talarico The State of Belief 2023" (14 fitting of 14); search "I know personally that I've learned as much about" James Talarico (4 results); search "as much about my faith from Salman's tradition, from" Talarico (18 results).
“God is a verb.”
As posted: Oct 22, 2023, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“God Is A Verb”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St. Andrew's Worship Service, October 22, 2023 Rep. James Talarico” · Oct 23, 2023 · at 40:09 · automatic captions · Watch
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Islamic Mystic roomies said every religion has love but love has no religion God is so much bigger than our human categories God is not a presbyterian God is not a Christian God is not a noun at all God Is A Verb God is not a being God is being itself God is love and that's why Jesus is against anything that gets in the way of that love between neighbors including religion that's why he's always breaking reli
“And again, I haven't studied this enough to say this definitively, but there are interpretations of certain passages from the Torah where some folks will even say that there is a, there is some subtle instructions for how to perform an abortion in the ancient world.”
As posted: Jul 18, 2025, The Joe Rogan Experience
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“and again, I haven't stated this enough to to say this definitively, but there are interpretations of certain passages from the Torah where some folks will even say that there is a um there's some subtle instructions for how to perform an abortion in the ancient world”
PowerfulJRE · “Joe Rogan Experience #2352 - James Talarico” · Jul 18, 2025 · at 21:02 · automatic captions · Watch
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There there >> well, there's some there's and again, I haven't stated this enough to to say this definitively, but there are interpretations of certain passages from the Torah where some folks will even say that there is a um there's some subtle instructions for how to perform an abortion in the ancient world, certain things to drink, things like that.
“People who're like, "You're in seminary, you're studying to become a minister. Why wouldn't you want the Ten Commandments in every classroom?" … I said I thought the bill was un-Christian.”
As posted: Jul 18, 2025, The Joe Rogan Experience
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In the record
“People who are like, you're you're in seminary, you're studying to become a minister. Why wouldn't you want the Ten Commandments in every classroom? So, I recognize that it's kind of a a weird position to be in, but I grew up in a tradition that cherished the separation of church and state. Um, not just because it protects the church or um protects democracy, but it is what allows this um this democracy to happen where we can all have different faith traditions and live together in peace. Um, and so any attempt to erode that boundary, I feel like I have a special obligation to speak out again…”
PowerfulJRE · “Joe Rogan Experience #2352 - James Talarico” · Jul 18, 2025 · at 1:05 · automatic captions · Watch
“Incarnation, by the way, is not just limited to Jesus, it's everybody.”
As posted: Jul 18, 2025, The Joe Rogan Experience
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“incarnation, by the way, is not just limited to Jesus. It's everybody”
PowerfulJRE · “Joe Rogan Experience #2352 - James Talarico” · Jul 18, 2025 · at 40:48 · automatic captions · Watch
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When when God takes human form, incarnation, by the way, is not just limited to Jesus. It's everybody, right?
“The Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Galatians, said that in Christ there is neither male nor female. And so, if someone's got a problem with that statement, they shouldn't take it up with me. They should take it up with the Apostle Paul.”
As posted: Apr 22, 2026, CNN The Lead
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“the Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Galatians, said that in Christ there is neither male nor female. And so, if someone's got a problem with that statement, they shouldn't take it up with me. They should take it up with the Apostle Paul”
CNN transcript · Apr 22, 2026 · Read
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In fact, the Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Galatians, said that in Christ there is neither male nor female. And so, if someone's got a problem with that statement, they shouldn't take it up with me. They should take it up with the Apostle Paul.
“An assault weapon ban, a large capacity magazine ban”
As posted: 2020, Virtual voter meet-and-greet
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“an assault weapon ban, a large capacity magazine ban”
The Reload · Jul 9, 2026 · Read
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I think universal background checks, I think closing the gun show loophole, an assault weapon ban, a large capacity magazine ban, I think restricting large firearm purchases, I think even we should start to think about handgun design safety standards as well
“I don't care what taxes you have to raise, but you're not going to make our students and our teachers, you're not going to make the sick and the elderly pay for this pandemic.”
As posted: Aug 2, 2020, Texas Rising
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“i don't care what taxes you have to raise but you're not going to make our students and our teachers you're not going to make the sick and the elderly pay for this pandemic”
Texas Rising · “Fireside Chat: TX State House Champions” · Sep 14, 2020 · at 42:02 · automatic captions · Watch
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on not just democrats but progressives and anybody with a functioning heart should be able to to make cuts to health and education taboo take them off the table i don't care where you get the revenue i don't care what taxes you have to raise but you're not going to make our students and our teachers you're not going to make the sick and the elderly pay for this pandemic we are not going to balance our budget off of the most vulnerable people in this state and and that kind of line in the sand needs to be drawn now not in january not in february not when the first dr
“Platforms like YouTube, 4chan, and Parlor are radicalizing an entire generation of white boys.”
As posted: Mar 18, 2021, Twitter/X
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“Platforms like YouTube, 4chan, and Parlor are radicalizing an entire generation of white boys”
X · Mar 18, 2021 · Read the post
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Platforms like YouTube, 4chan, and Parlor are radicalizing an entire generation of white boys.
“Trans children are God's children, made in God's own image. There's nothing wrong with them. Nothing at all. They are perfect. They are beautiful, and they are sacred.”
As posted: Oct 14, 2021, Texas House
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“trans children are God’s children, made in God’s own image. There’s nothing wrong with them. Nothing at all. They are perfect. They are beautiful and they are sacred”
Fox News · Mar 10, 2026 · Read
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trans children are God’s children, made in God’s own image. There’s nothing wrong with them. Nothing at all. They are perfect. They are beautiful and they are sacred.
“The only person to teach Jesus something was a woman. Even the son of God had something to learn from one of God's daughters.”
As posted: Oct 2, 2022, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“the only person to teach Jesus something was a woman even the son of God had something to learn from one of God's daughters”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St Andrew's Worship Service, October 2, 2022 / James Talarico” · Nov 15, 2022 · at 45:12 · automatic captions · Watch
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ogy instead of doing housework Jesus affirms her decision Jesus honors her choice in fact the the only person to ever beat Jesus in a debate in the Bible was the syrophoenician woman think about that the only person to teach Jesus something was a woman even the son of God had something to learn from one of God's daughters the churches start to listen to them again his closest relationships were with women particularly Mary Magdalene his most loyal lieutenant the only disciples who didn't desert Jesus during the crucif
“We only have Jesus because a woman consented to creating him.”
As posted: Oct 2, 2022, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“we only have Jesus because a woman consented to creating him”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St Andrew's Worship Service, October 2, 2022 / James Talarico” · Nov 15, 2022 · at 49:53 · automatic captions · Watch
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n history says behold I am the Lord's servant let it be done to me as you say let it be done Let It Be and I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me speaking words of wisdom Let It Be we only have Jesus because a woman consented to creating him the story of Jesus the story of Christianity begins with a single simple extraordinary Act of feminism something I love about Catholics is that they can put Mary at the center of their faith not beca
“Resurrection is when we see Christ in everyone and everything.”
As posted: Apr 20, 2025, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“Resurrection is when we see Christ in everyone and everything”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St. Andrew's Worship Service: Divine Losers: Resistance and Resurrection - James Talarico. 4/20/2025” · Apr 20, 2025 · at 49:34 · automatic captions · Watch
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Resurrection is when we see Christ in everyone and everything.
“Billions of people across the globe celebrate Passover, Easter, and Ramadan. We may use different lyrics, but we are singing the same hymn.”
As posted: Apr 20, 2025, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“Billions of people across the globe celebrate Passover, Easter, and Ramadan. We may have different lyrics, but we're singing the same hymn”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St. Andrew's Worship Service: Divine Losers: Resistance and Resurrection - James Talarico. 4/20/2025” · Apr 20, 2025 · at 55:20 · automatic captions · Watch
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Billions of people across the globe celebrate Passover, Easter, and Ramadan. We may have different lyrics, but we're singing the same hymn.
“The current administration has grown the size of ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, except it's not people doing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It is a secret police force that is terrorizing communities.”
As posted: Dec 14, 2025, Jubilee: Surrounded
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“The current administration has grown the size of ICE, immigration and customs enforcement. Except it's not people doing immigration and customs enforcement. It is a secret police force that is terrorizing communities”
Jubilee · “James Talarico vs 20 Undecided Texas voters | Surrounded” · Dec 14, 2025 · at 32:35 · automatic captions · Watch
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The current administration has grown the size of ICE, immigration and customs enforcement. Except it's not people doing immigration and customs enforcement. It is a secret police force that is terrorizing communities.
“I will use every bit of financial and diplomatic leverage that this country has to end the atrocities in Palestine. … I will not use your tax dollars to fund these war crimes.”
As posted: Dec 19, 2025, Houston campaign town hall
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“I will use every bit of financial and diplomatic leverage that this country has to end the atrocities in Palestine … I will not use your tax dollars to fund these war crimes. I will vote to ban offensive weapons to Israel.”
Jewish Insider · Dec 22, 2025 · Read
“I would not vote to send any offensive weapons to Benjamin Netanyahu that he is currently using to slaughter children in Gaza.”
As posted: Jan 24, 2026, Texas AFL-CIO debate, Georgetown
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“I would not vote to send any offensive weapons to Benjamin Netanyahu that he is currently using to slaughter children in Gaza”
Progress Texas · “Special LIVE Pod: The First Crockett/Talarico Debate” · Jan 24, 2026 · at 42:31 · automatic captions · Watch
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I would not vote to send any offensive weapons to Benjamin Netanyahu that he is currently using to slaughter children in Gaza.
“And I taught a lot of undocumented students. And those students tended to be my most patriotic students.”
As posted: Mar 19, 2026, The Bulwark Podcast, Dallas
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“And and I taught a lot of undocumented students. And those students tended to be my most patriotic students”
The Bulwark · “James Talarico: I Know EXACTLY Why Voters Stopped Trusting Democrats | The Bulwark Podcast” · Mar 19, 2026 · at 16:19 · automatic captions · Watch
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And and I taught a lot of undocumented students. And those students tended to be my most patriotic students.
“I think the Supreme Court needs to be overhauled. … I am open to a discussion about expanding the number of justices.”
As posted: Sep 9, 2026, Fox Special Report, Dallas
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“Well, I think the Supreme Court needs to be overhauled. We have seen that corruption has infected the judicial branch, just as it's infected the legislative and executive branches. And so you're going to expect that I will vote for overhauls of the Supreme Court. That'll include binding codes of conduct for our justices. It'll include term limits. And I'm open to a discussion about expanding the number of justices.”
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“The first thing is to elect candidates who recognize institutional racism and are committed to dismantling it.”
As posted: 2018, Reddit AMA
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“The first thing is to elect candidates who recognize institutional racism and are committed to dismantling it”
The American Conservative · Mar 13, 2026 · Read
“As a Texas legislator, they’re also my constituents. Like so many immigrants throughout our history, undocumented Americans came to this country for the same simple reasons: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
As posted: Jul 12, 2019, Twitter
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“As a Texas legislator, they’re also my constituents. Like so many immigrants throughout our history, undocumented Americans came to this country for the same simple reasons: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
X · Jul 12, 2019 · Read the post
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@papi4481 @UNITEDWEDREAM As a Texas legislator, they’re also my constituents. Like so many immigrants throughout our history, undocumented Americans came to this country for the same simple reasons: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
“This bill [SB 14, restricting gender-transition care for minors,] I think is the most dangerous bill that's being heard on this floor this session.”
As posted: May 12, 2023, Texas House
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“the most dangerous bill that’s being heard on this floor this session”
Townhall · Sep 29, 2026 · Read
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“Meet Tim Dunn & Farris Wilks—two billionaires from West Texas. … Their ultimate goal is even more ambitious: transforming Texas into an authoritarian, Christian Nationalist state.”
As posted: Oct 5, 2023, Twitter/X
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“Meet Tim Dunn & Farris Wilks—two billionaires from West Texas. They bought Paxton’s acquittal for $3 million. Now they’re pushing a private school voucher scam. Their ultimate goal is even more ambitious: transforming Texas into an authoritarian, Christian Nationalist state.”
X · Oct 5, 2023 · Read the post
“Jesus lost, and Trump is obsessed with winning. … And on Good Friday, Jesus lost his reputation, lost his ministry, lost his friends, lost his life.”
As posted: Apr 20, 2025, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“Jesus lost. And Trump is obsessed with winning. That last part got people really mad. So many of our fellow Christians couldn't understand how I could say Jesus lost. In this morning's scripture reading, Jesus's top student, makes the same mistake. Peter, the lead disciple, the rock on which the church is built, misunderstands what Jesus is all about. In the first century, the Jewish people were oppressed by the Roman Empire. Peter had an expectation of what a savior would do, what salvation would look like. He expected a warrior who would violently overthrow their oppressors, a general who w…”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St. Andrew's Worship Service: Divine Losers: Resistance and Resurrection - James Talarico. 4/20/2025” · Apr 20, 2025 · at 38:50 · automatic captions · Watch
“Matthew 25 tells us how we will be judged and saved: by feeding the hungry, by healing the sick, by welcoming the stranger, by visiting the prisoner. Nothing about being a Christian. Nothing about going to church. Nothing about reading the Bible.”
As posted: Apr 20, 2025, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Austin
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“Matthew 25 tells us clearly how we will be judged and saved. by feeding the hungry, healing the sick, welcoming the stranger, visiting the prisoner. Nothing about being a Christian, nothing about going to church, nothing about reading your Bible”
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church · “St. Andrew's Worship Service: Divine Losers: Resistance and Resurrection - James Talarico. 4/20/2025” · Apr 20, 2025 · at 50:04 · automatic captions · Watch
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Matthew 25 tells us clearly how we will be judged and saved. by feeding the hungry, healing the sick, welcoming the stranger, visiting the prisoner. Nothing about being a Christian, nothing about going to church, nothing about reading your Bible, just helping people, just loving.
“It was a new state curriculum that would teach Christian Bible stories as historical fact, as the only truth to our youngest students, … And to push propaganda, to push indoctrination on those youngest students is deeply immoral and should trouble all of us.”
As posted: Aug 5, 2025, Faithfully (CAP Action / Interfaith Alliance)
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“It was a new state curriculum that that would teach Christian Bible stories as historical fact, as the only truth, to our youngest students. And I mean kindergarten, first graders. These are kids who who aren't able to to think for themselves yet. They haven't formed their own world views. And and to push propaganda, to push indoctrination on those youngest students uh is deeply immoral and should trouble all of us.”
Center for American Progress Action Fund · “Faithfully: A Conversation About Religion and Politics With Rep. James Talarico” · Aug 6, 2025 · at 27:54 · automatic captions · Watch