{"id":2643219,"date":"2026-08-11T15:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-another-talarico-clip-comes-back-to-bite-him-as-he-characterizes-christians-as-causing-trouble\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:43:21","slug":"watch-another-talarico-clip-comes-back-to-bite-him-as-he-characterizes-christians-as-causing-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-another-talarico-clip-comes-back-to-bite-him-as-he-characterizes-christians-as-causing-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Another Talarico Clip Comes Back to Bite Him as He Characterizes Christians as &#8216;Causing Trouble&#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\">32<\/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%2Fwatch-another-talarico-clip-comes-back-to-bite-him-as-he-characterizes-christians-as-causing-trouble%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=2643219&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>The content appears to be a webpage featuring a lengthy article that criticizes James Talarico, a political figure, for misrepresenting Christianity to serve his political ambitions. It compares him unfavorably to Al Sharpton, emphasizing that Talarico&#8217;s claims about his religious beliefs are superficial and hypocritical. The article highlights his inconsistent statements-such as believing God is nonbinary,supporting LGBTQ rights,and housing undocumented families-while concurrently mischaracterizing Christianity as a troublemaker&#8217;s religion,which the author argues is heretical and contrary to biblical teachings. <\/p>\n<p>The piece underscores that genuine Christianity revolves around doctrines like salvation through Jesus Christ, reverence for the Bible, and adherence to biblical morals rather than using faith as a political tool. It contends that Talarico&#8217;s version of faith is distorted and that his actions and statements do not align with true Christian principles. The article also criticizes the media for covering for him, asserting that his claims would be discredited without such support, and warns that his election could negatively impact religious communities and societal morals.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>At this point, I think it\u2019s safe to say that James Talarico has gotten more unearned mileage out of \u201cPresbyterian seminarian\u201d than Al Sharpton has gotten out of \u201cReverend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OK, so Rev. Al has been around for quite a bit longer, and Talarico hasn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/1995\/1211\/11032.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inspired a race riot<\/a> via anti-Semitic saber-rattling yet. But you actually do have to <em>earn<\/em> the title \u201creverend\u201d somehow, whereas \u201cPresbyterian seminarian\u201d is vague enough to hide that Talarico\u2019s clerical training is thin and, from all available evidence, dodgy. Sharpton also never managed to get himself elected to anything. Talarico hopes to become Texas\u2019 first Democratic senator in over 30 years by riding his alleged piety to an upset victory over state Attorney General Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, that piety disappears mighty quick when Talarico opens his mouth. He seems to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-deserves-better-5-jaw-droppingly-weird-statements-democrat-james-talarico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believe that God is nonbinary<\/a>. He apparently holds some regard for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/begins-conservative-nevertrumper-praises-radical-talarico-christian-x-ray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heretical \u201cgospel\u201d of Thomas<\/a>. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/2083623192497996163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thinks<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-dem-senate-candidate-announces-support-for-medicare-for-all\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Dem Senate Candidate Announces Support for Medicare for ...l\">single-payer health care<\/a> is somewhere in the Bible. He\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Gl8D7IosQU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against<\/a> the Ten Commandments being displayed in Texas classrooms, or classrooms anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>So, what kind of Christianity does he believe in? One where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jesus-christ-way-heaven\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesus Christ<\/a> came to earth and became man, was crucified for our sins, and rose on the third day? Or one where it\u2019s an organized vehicle for \u201ccausing trouble?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, we don\u2019t have to ask, because he told us, and you\u2019ll not be stunned to discover it\u2019s not the former.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on a podcast in 2023, back when he was just a Texas legislator and not a senatorial nominee, he discussed his very woke church and the work it was doing out in the community.<\/p>\n<p>That church itself bears some scrutiny \u2014 and, indeed, it\u2019s already gotten plenty of it, including in these pages \u2014 but the relevant part is what he thinks the role of the church ought to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur church was really active in LGBTQ rights in the \u201990s,\u201d Talarico told the host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe caught some attention by letting an atheist join our church in the 2000s, and then in the 2010s, again stirred some controversy by housing an undocumented family \u2014 a mother and son who were close to being deported by ICE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so again, the idea that Christianity is just another word for causing trouble,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd so that was the tradition that I was brought up in.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep.304 Subverting Democracy, Perverting Faith: The Struggle Against Christian Nationalism\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DNL-Tnhcr0Y?start=207&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Now, let me just be clear for starters: Christianity can, and at times should, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judges-side-pro-life-activists-ruling-protesting-abortion-clinics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cause trouble<\/a>, particularly when it stands as a bulwark against a sinful society. But it isn\u2019t just an excuse for <em>any<\/em> kind of trouble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristianity\u201d is not a word for painting graffiti on the side of the local Chipotle. \u201cChristianity\u201d is not an excuse for smuggling a few pounds of ecstasy through customs at Kennedy. \u201cChristianity\u201d is not a defense for filming a pornographic movie in the town square. There are definite limits to this, something a \u201cPresbyterian seminarian\u201d should know by looking in that book seminarians are supposed to be studying, the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, it\u2019s impossible, farcical, and heretical to collapse Christianity down to \u201cjust another word for causing trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve probably heard the most effective distillation of the tenets of the faith, the Apostle\u2019s Creed. (\u201cI believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary; He suffered under Pontius Pilate \u2026\u201d) \u00a0At no point in that creedal statement from antiquity do you hear \u201cI believe that the word \u2018Christianity\u2019 is just another word for causing trouble.\u201d In fact, you hear a lot that <em>directly contradicts those words<\/em>. Almost all of it, in fact!<\/p>\n<p>Some \u201cseminarian,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/talarico-judaism-christianity-islam-different-seasons-show-christianity-violent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this Talarico fellow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, we must talk about the \u201ctrouble\u201d he\u2019s causing, because it\u2019s directly anti-biblical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur church was really active in LGBTQ rights in the \u201990s.\u201d Let\u2019s even just forget about the Old Testament for second here and go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Timothy%201%3A8-11&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Timothy 1:8-11:<\/a> \u201cNow we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, <strong>men who practice homosexuality<\/strong>, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, they\u2019re right up there with murderers and enslavers, even after Jesus came. Turns out that\u2019s not just an Old Testament thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe caught some attention by letting an atheist join our church in the 2000s.\u201d Jesus\u2019 own words, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%203%3A16-18&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John 3:16-18<\/a>: \u201cFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A]nd then in the 2010s again stirred some controversy by housing an undocumented family.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%2013%3A1-3&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 13:1-3<\/a>: \u201cLet every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/viral-clip-proves-jasmine-crockett-still-cant-blame-senate-primary-loss-talarico-racist-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Talarico<\/a>, Christianity is just another word for \u201cI\u2019m going to do whatever the heck I like and call it holy, Bible be damned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We all know why he\u2019s playing the faith card. Part of it is because, for a Democrat to get elected in Texas, they can\u2019t just be some sort of AOC clone. Part of it is that, in this particular cycle, Attorney General Paxton would normally be the choice of evangelicals but for what gets euphemistically lumped under the aegis of \u201ccharacter issues,\u201d particularly his wife divorcing him on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ken-paxtons-senator-wife-files-divorce-biblical-grounds-shakes-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what she said were biblical grounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But this is the danger of getting caught up in the \u201ccharacter issues guy\u201d vs. the \u201cPresbyterian seminarian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At his hypothetical <em>worst<\/em>, Paxton is a Christian man who has fallen into sin on several very public occasions \u2014 like every man but one who has ever lived.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico, meanwhile, is nothing but a woke ideological snake cloaking himself in the false garments of a religion he doesn\u2019t seem to slightly comprehend, much less believe in. And, if he gets elected, he will do everything in his power to make life statutorily worse for every Christian in America, not to mention for most of the rest of the nation, as well.<\/p>\n<p>All you need to do is compare a short clip of Talarico describing his version of the faith to Bible verses familiar to any man who pretends to have a claim to the cloth \u2014 Al Sharpton included \u2014 to figure out that this man views Christianity as a prop, albeit one that he has no idea how to use properly. 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