{"id":2687994,"date":"2026-10-19T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-posts-from-talaricos-adoptive-dad-unearthed-show-best-man-dem-knows-joked-about-impaling-jesus-wearing-image-as-jewelry\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T23:57:00","slug":"report-posts-from-talaricos-adoptive-dad-unearthed-show-best-man-dem-knows-joked-about-impaling-jesus-wearing-image-as-jewelry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-posts-from-talaricos-adoptive-dad-unearthed-show-best-man-dem-knows-joked-about-impaling-jesus-wearing-image-as-jewelry\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Posts from Talarico&#8217;s Adoptive Dad Unearthed &#8211; Show &#8216;Best Man&#8217; Dem Knows Joked About Impaling Jesus, Wearing Image as Jewelry"},"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\">42<\/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%2Freport-posts-from-talaricos-adoptive-dad-unearthed-show-best-man-dem-knows-joked-about-impaling-jesus-wearing-image-as-jewelry%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=2687994&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 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><\/p>\n<p>The most notorious seminarian in Texas is getting a little more notoriety.<\/p>\n<p>James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in the Lone Star State, has built a campaign attempting to highlight his religious background.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico\u2019s past public statements have already raised questions about that, but an article linking him to a social media account reportedly tied to his adoptive father could be raising even more.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4769931\/james-talarico-adoptive-father-mocking-christianity-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a> on Sunday published quotes from the account on the social media platform X that is purportedly run by Mark Talarico.<\/p>\n<p>The X account in question limits users who are allowed to view its contents, and the Washington Examiner did not explain how it obtained the quotes, but they contain material likely to be offensive to even many non-religious Texan voters.<\/p>\n<p>One in particular quoted by the outlet purports to show a response by the account to an X post mocking the crucifixion of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>The user, an apparent resident of Canada who last posted in August of 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkTalarico\/status\/1703598650402705488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speculated offensively<\/a> in 2023 about whether the impact of Jesus\u2019 death would have been different had it involved anal impalement instead of nails and a cross.<\/p>\n<p>To many Christians, the deliberate, flippant blasphemy lands anywhere from irritating to annoying to enraging. Apparently, the account linked to Talarico\u2019s father took that as a setup for a joke.<\/p>\n<p>It would \u201cdefinitely make for some interesting James Avery jewelry,\u201d the account responded, according to the Washington Examiner. (James Avery Artisan Jewelry is a noted jewelry manufacturer based in Kerrville, Texas.)<\/p>\n<p>In another post, according to the Washington Examiner, the account linked to Talarico\u2019s adoptive father mocked Ash Wednesday \u2014 the beginning of the Lenten season \u2014 by responding to an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkTalarico\/status\/1628596736573816836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X post<\/a> featuring Fox News personalities with ashes on their foreheads. The response showed a video with the word \u201ctwat\u201d written on his forehead, the Washington Examiner reported.<\/p>\n<p>In yet another post, this one from January 2024, the account responded <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkTalarico\/status\/1750988526425162071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to an image<\/a> of then-Arizona Senate contender Kari Lake and other women with the caustic comment that the group was \u201clike the afternoon shift at a strip club,\u201d the Washington Examiner said.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico and his campaign have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/false-moderates-part-two-james-talarico-tried-fooling-texas-voters-blowing-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried to sell voters<\/a> on his background as a Presbyterian seminarian, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/james-talaricos-twisted-rhetoric-faith-makes-sense-listen-pastors-easter-message\/\">his religious influences<\/a> aren\u2019t exactly of the orthodox variety.<\/p>\n<p>And his statements as a Texas state lawmaker about God <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/unearthed-interview-james-talarico-called-christianity-violent-religion-saw-atheists-christlike\/\">being<\/a> \u201cnon-binary\u201d or his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-bible-silent-abortion-james-talarico-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comments about abortion<\/a> while on the campaign trail would also do little to attract anything close to traditional Texas voters to his cause.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico\u2019s opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, emerged victorious in a grueling campaign against Sen. John Cornyn that made for plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republican-senatorial-committee-quietly-tries-cover-past-attacks-ken-paxton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">negative publicity<\/a> coming from Paxton\u2019s own side of the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico is getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/senate-candidate-james-talarico-reports-eye-popping-fundraising-haul-seen-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">huge financial support<\/a> from Democrats nationally and is far from guaranteed to lose, as Texas Democrats have been so often before.<\/p>\n<p>That means interest in the race is high outside Texas borders, even if the fates of the Talarico and Paxton campaigns are going to be decided within them, so Americans all over the country are learning more about the Presbyterian seminarian trying to win the first Texas statewide race as a Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/election\/texas-democrat-statewide-senate-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since 1994<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if the Washington Examiner\u2019s report about the ownership of the account is correct, it might shed some light on Mark Talarico, who is obviously an important figure in James Talarico\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>In March of this year, at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, James Talarico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@profgalloway\/video\/7619826890366356767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called his adoptive father<\/a> \u201cthe best man that I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the account the Washington Examiner covered is truly linked to Talarico\u2019s adoptive father, and if the posts there truly reflect his views on Christianity, on religious individuals, or on women, there\u2019s a strong possibility that many millions of Texas voters would have a different opinion.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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