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While some might pray for hope or peace in such dark times, others are praying for the death of Texas Democrat James Talarico, who is running for the U.S. Senate. During a recent episode of the right-wing Protestant podcast Reformation Red Pill, host Joshua Haymes told the pastor Brooks Potteiger that he prays that “God kills” Talarico, given that the politician seems to be possessed by demons. Potteiger agreed, offering that Talarico should be “crucified with Christ.” Both Haymes and Potteiger later insisted that their remarks were not sincere expressions of violent intent, but rather metaphorical calls for Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian, to find salvation in their brand of Christianity. Talarico shrewdly responded by offering forgiveness: “You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me.”

Elizabeth Bruenig

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Are the consultants who created this ad and decided to spend millions on it releasing it to show Democrats nationwide how hard they're fighting to win this seat? Or did they create and promote this ad to reassure billionaire Democratic donors that Talarico isn't one of those Democrats -- the ones who want to tax the rich and stir up (justifiable) populist anger?

DO DEMOCRATIC CONSULTANTS EVEN WANT DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES TO WIN?

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Jesus Couldn't Win in Texas

What the Paxton-Talarico race reveals about evangelical Christianity

Some evangelical readers will object here that “the least of these” in Matthew 25 refers specifically to fellow believers, not to humanity broadly. This is a real interpretive debate, and not a new one. It is also a convenient one, given that the Catholic organization Paxton sued and the Austin church ministry he targeted were both explicitly Christian organizations doing explicitly Christian work in Jesus’s name. The argument that Matthew 25 does not apply to them collapses on contact with what those organizations actually were.

Ken Paxton sued a Catholic organization for housing immigrants. He sued a church for sheltering the unhoused in Austin. On the criteria Jesus describes in Matthew 25, he appears to have been working against the program rather than with it.

James Talarico distributes “Love thy Neighbor” signs at his rallies. He frames his politics explicitly through the Sermon on the Mount. He may be wrong about abortion. He may be wrong about gender. But the candidate whose record more closely resembles what Jesus is described as caring about in the Gospels is the one failing the evangelical litmus test.

This is not only a political argument. It is a textual one. And the text belongs to the evangelical community.

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Breaking down Democrats’ chances to beat Ken Paxton in Texas | CNN Politics

It’s a question that has been asked for a very long time now: Can Democrats finally end their decades-long statewide losing streak in Texas?

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Breaking down Democrats’ chances to beat Ken Paxton in Texas | CNN Politics

It’s a question that has been asked for a very long time now: Can Democrats finally end their decades-long statewide losing streak in Texas?

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Of course, what Texans will actually decide is simpler: whether they want more of the same or are persuaded by the alternative Talarico represents. But because of who Talarico is, the race is unavoidably inflected with religion and morality, and with stakes for the remainder of Trump’s presidency. Talarico’s candidacy comes as Pew reports that a majority of Americans view their fellow citizens as morally bad, making the United States an outlier among the twenty-five countries it surveyed—a pretty distressing indictment. Then there’s the Trump administration’s unjust war in Iran; its unapologetic embrace of violent, theocratic tropes; its antagonism toward Pope Leo; its disastrous and inhumane program of mass deportation; and its disdain for any policy or posture that hints at compassion—an attitude that has come to characterize Republican “governance” in general.

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

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James Talarico’s Tough Sell

In deep-red evangelical Texas, does his brand of Christian politics have a chance?

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