{"id":2584138,"date":"2026-03-26T14:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-talarico-responds-to-pastor-saying-he-should-be-crucified\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:47:33","slug":"james-talarico-responds-to-pastor-saying-he-should-be-crucified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-talarico-responds-to-pastor-saying-he-should-be-crucified\/","title":{"rendered":"James Talarico responds to pastor saying he should be &#8216;crucified&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjames-talarico-responds-to-pastor-saying-he-should-be-crucified%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2584138&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas state sen. James Talarico,a Democrat,responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >controversial remarks<\/a> by Pastor Brooks Potteiger after Potteiger suggested Talarico isn\u2019t a born\u2011again Christian.Potteiger, leader of Pilgrim Hill Reformed Fellowship in Tennessee, made the comments on the Reformation Red Pill podcast, were host Joshua Haymes allegedly said, \u201cI pray that God kills him,\u201d and Potteiger added, \u201cRight, right, we wont him crucified with Christ.\u201d Talarico replied on X with a post emphasizing love and criticizing Christian nationalism: \u201cJesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me.\u201d The article notes Talarico\u2019s progressive views on abortion, feminism, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlyn-jenner-rules-out-running-for-governor-amidst-california-recall-effort\/\" title=\"Caitlyn Jenner Rules Out Running For Governor Amidst California Recall Effort\">transgender issues<\/a> in a deeply Republican state. It also references Pete Hegseth as a parishioner connected to Potteiger and mentions a Pentagon prayer service in 2025.The piece includes embedded media and links to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parler-pushes-back-after-apple-blocks-social-media-site-from-app-store\/\" title=\"Parler Pushes Back After Apple Blocks Social Media Site From App Store\">related stories<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">James Talarico responds to pastor saying he should be &lsquo;crucified with Christ&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2537387\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Texas state Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-talarico\/\">James Talarico<\/a> (D) is sending &ldquo;love&rdquo; back to Pastor Brooks Potteiger, after the pastor made controversial comments insinuating Talarico is not a born-again <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christian\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17741\">Christian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"253\">Texas<\/a> Democratic U.S. Senate candidate responded with a post on X: &ldquo;Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4504326\/bill-maher-kennedy-center-comedy-award-despite-white-house-denial\/\">Bill Maher to get Kennedy Center comedy award despite White House denial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4502846\/stephen-colbert-co-writing-new-lord-of-the-rings-film-with-son\/\">Stephen Colbert co-writing new Lord of the Rings film with his son<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4502708\/late-night-comedy-butt-of-joke\/\">Late-night comedy is the real butt of the joke: Joe Concha<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills.<\/p>\n<p>You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you.<\/p>\n<p>I love you more than you could ever hate me. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ejQg3U2Yq6\">https:\/\/t.co\/ejQg3U2Yq6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Talarico (@jamestalarico) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamestalarico\/status\/2036647988182036730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Potteiger, leader of Pilgrim Hill Reformed Fellowship in Tennessee, made his comments on the <em>Reformation Red Pill<\/em> podcast, hosted by Joshua Haymes, last week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Potteiger and Haymes were responding to clips of Talarico articulating his views on abortion, feminism, and transgenderism in relation to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christianity\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christianity\/\">Christianity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yb8aenaZ-4k?si=nkw17mNvCgJD9Iny\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Haymes said, &ldquo;I pray that God kills him.&rdquo; Then, he continued by saying, &ldquo;ultimately, that means killing his heart and raising him up to new life in Christ.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Potteiger responded with &ldquo;Right, right, we want him crucified with Christ.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>War Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> is a known parishioner of Potteiger. In 2025, Hegseth hosted a prayer service with Potteiger, which was dubbed the first in a series of monthly religious sermons at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4498225\/james-talaricos-mentor-preached-about-true-jihad-at-pro-palestinian-rally\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4498225\/james-talaricos-mentor-preached-about-true-jihad-at-pro-palestinian-rally\/\">JAMES TALARICO&rsquo;S MENTOR PREACHED ABOUT &lsquo;TRUE JIHAD&rsquo; AT PRO-PALESTINIAN RALLY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a progressive Democrat in a deeply Republican state, Talarico has drawn controversy for his views on religion and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/culture\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/culture\/\">culture<\/a> that challenge conservative norms.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico&rsquo;s team did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talarico: Jesus loves; decries Christian nationalism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2584139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/talarico.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[76601,59577,76602],"class_list":["post-2584138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-crucified-remark","tag-james-talarico","tag-pastor-controversy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/talarico.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584142,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584138\/revisions\/2584142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}