Talarico is very obviously just lying about what he supports in order to try and win an election.
We have his voting record and things he has said. He’s hoping people don’t understand these things.
They're fact-checking James Talarico's own ad. It's not just brutal, it's a public execution. When your whole campaign is built on lies, you don't just bend the truth. You burn it to the ground.
Watch the bait-and-switch:
A) When the Bible is used to advance a “conservative” cause, it’s “evil Christian Nationalism” (that he’s spent his entire campaign decrying) or it’s “forcing your religion on other people” and must be FORECEFULLY DENOUNCED.
But when the Bible is used to advance a progressive cause, aw shucks it’s just me being Christlike, “speaking truth to power”, and seeking “justice” or “compassion.”
His whole campaign is, ”Christian Nationalism for ME, but not for THEE” and hoping you won’t notice.
B) What progressives do is take the commands Jesus gave to INDIVIDUALS and apply them to the GOVERNMENT.
When Christians use words like “caring” or “generous” they mean caring for people and being generous with their own resources.
When progressives use the words “caring” and “generous”, they mean “vote for the government to forcibly take OTHER PEOPLE’S RESOURCES at gunpoint and redistribute it against their will.”
Of course, this *always* backfires because governments do not work like people and churches, so with governments you tends to get more of what you INCENTIVIZE and less of what you PENALIZE.
This is why cities and states that throw billions of $ at “solving homelessness” end up with MORE HOMELESSNESS, they do not “solve homelessness.”
This is a theology-nerd thing, but in general progressives want the government to do the roles of the church and individual (charity, compassion, care), and they want NOBODY to do the role of the State (administer justice and be a “terror to the wrongdoer”).
^^^this always results in societal chaos and darkness.
Further…
What Talarico (and other progressives) always do is selevtively edit Jesus, so that he becomes a mascot for their cause.
I can do a “when Jesus…” list too, but James won’t like mine…
- When Jesus defined marriage, he defined it as only between a man and a woman
- When Jesus talked about gender, he rooted it in biology, saying “he made them male and female”
- When Jesus talked about harming children (abortion), he said it would be better for you to have millstone tied around your neck and be cast into the ocean
- … that time when Jesus encouraged his followers to buy weapons for self-defense (Luke 22:36)
- Jesus’ family strictly obeyed the government’s border / migration / census laws.
- When Jesus talked about salvation, he said belief in him was the ONLY WAY
- When Jesus healed the sick, he didn’t need a deductible… there were no insurance companies in AD 30, and Jesus was using miraculous power, not paying doctors. This would be like an anti-vaxxer saying “JESUS WASNT VACCINATED!” as justification for their position)
- When Jesus fed the hungry, he FED THE HUNGRY. He did not vote for the government to forcibly take other people’s stuff at gunpoint and redistribute it against their will.
I could go on and on and on and on…
The point is, Jesus is a LORD of the universe, not a MASCOT for your cause.
BREAKING: Talarico Pastor: ‘People in This Church’ Wish Would-Be Trump Assassin ‘Had Been More Successful’
“We still have people in this church who wish that the young man had not just nicked his ear, but had been more successful,” Talarico’s pastor said.
How bad can James Talarico be? Each day brings a new discovery for Texas voters. And that has led some Republicans to tell their own party: "Stop your bitching" about Ken Paxton and support the GOP nominee. https://t.co/RNwtT7SRo1
This was written the day of the Dobbs decision. One can understand opposing Dobbs. One can understand wanting to overturn it. But advocating for what would, in effect, be a Federal Abortion Service, staffed by a Federal Abortion Corps, seems...out there. But classic Talarico.
@TodaysDAR Interesting that genealogy matters so much, yet biology does not. You are not patriots, but willing to oppress women in order to bend the knee to the woke mob. Shame on you.
So disappointed in an org. I was truly honored to be a part of. To erase real women and Daughters from what has been an org. made by them and for them is awful. To have women doing this to women is brutal. The history of this great org. has been tossed to the side of the road @MZHemingway
From what I’ve heard, the top officers all advocated for trans inclusivity. They kept this issue hidden from the chapters and only the voting delegates were told about the resolution. They then instilled fear in the delegates that if they passed the resolution defining a woman as the gender on the original birth certificate, Washington DC would consider it discrimination and they would lose their tax exempt status as well as the building where they host congress. A complete snow job, scaring conservative women into voting in favor of trans inclusivity. Had it been a simple yes or no “do you want them or not” it would have been 10 to 1 not to include trans. But with fear of DAR financial ruin, many voted to include them for that sole reason. I doubt this is over.
How destructive for DAR that it is marginalizing ACTUAL daughters of the revolution in favor of men who assert they are women. Institutionally catastrophic.