{"id":1667665,"date":"2026-03-06T00:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1667665"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:15:58","slug":"texas-dems-senate-bid-hits-turbulence-god-is-nonbinary-zealot-hands-republicans-a-golden-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/texas-dems-senate-bid-hits-turbulence-god-is-nonbinary-zealot-hands-republicans-a-golden-ticket\/1667665\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Dem’s Senate Bid Hits Turbulence: ‘God is Nonbinary’ Zealot Hands Republicans A Golden Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Dem’s Senate Bid Hits Turbulence: ‘God is Nonbinary’ Zealot Hands Republicans A Golden Ticket<\/span><\/p>\n

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Democrats needed a winner in Texas. They may have nominated a liability instead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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James Talarico<\/strong> barely had time to savor his primary win over Rep. Jasmine Crockett <\/strong>before the Republican opposition research machine started doing what it does best. Within hours of the Associated Press calling the race, an avalanche of old tweets and video clips had already begun circulating – and Republicans are practically giddy.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first batch of video ammunition came courtesy of Senate Republicans, who surfaced a clip of Talarico invoking Scripture to defend gender ideology. “God is both masculine and feminine<\/strong> and everything in between. God is nonbinar<\/strong>y,” he said in the footage.<\/p>\n

Meet James Talarico, Texas\u2019 Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

He thinks \u201cGod is nonbinary.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/PTXKT6GdeK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Senate Republicans (@NRSC) March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

He also said, \u201cTrans children are God’s children, made in God’s own image<\/strong>. There’s nothing wrong with them, nothing at all. They are perfect, they are beautiful, and they are sacred. Bullying children is immoral. It’s a sin, a special kind of sin.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is James Talarico, who just won the Texas Democratic primary for U.S. Senate:<\/p>\n

“Trans children are God’s children, made in God’s own image. There’s nothing wrong with them. Nothing at all.”pic.twitter.com\/w7mIVcyA1B<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Another clip shows Talarico describing the southern border with the kind of metaphor that writes campaign ads for the other side: “Our southern border should be like our front porch.<\/strong> There should be a giant welcome mat out front.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

James Talarico, Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas: \u201cOur southern border should be like our front porch. There should be a giant welcome mat out front.\u201d<\/p>\n

pic.twitter.com\/3CXcNI6HaI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

He separately described Jesus as a “radical feminist.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

JAMES TALARICO: “Did they teach you in Sunday school that Jesus Christ himself was a radical feminist?”<\/p>\n

This is the Democrat nominee for Senate in Texas. pic.twitter.com\/caVqHhxvoY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Senate Republicans (@NRSC) March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2021, he delivered a floor speech at the Texas statehouse, claiming that “modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six, which honestly, Rep. Hefner, surprised me, too.”<\/p>\n

Texas Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico says there are 6 sexes.<\/p>\n

TALARICO: “Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes, in fact there are six.”pic.twitter.com\/w2ryke0QoQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

He also insisted the “trans community” needs “abortion care.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

JAMES TALARICO: “Our trans community needs abortion care too.”<\/p>\n

This is who Democrats just nominated as their senate candidate. pic.twitter.com\/INHeOteRYs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0He’s also suggested that atheists can be more “Christ-like” than some of his Christian colleagues.<\/p>\n

Texas Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico says atheists are more Christ-like than Christians:<\/p>\n

TALARICO: “I have met so many Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jews, Muslims, atheists, agnostics who are more Christ-like than some of the Christians I serve with.” pic.twitter.com\/3Hmz9YbdwY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Talarico is also being criticized for a social media posts in which he claims that his \u201cwhite skin\u201d is giving him \u201cimmunity\u201d from the \u201cvirus of racism.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

“White skin gives me and every white American immunity from the virus,\u201d he wrote on Twitter back on May 8, 2020. \u201cBut we spread it wherever we go\u2014through our words, our actions, and our systems. We don’t have to be showing symptoms\u2014like a white hood or a Confederate flag\u2014to be contagious.” The metaphor was framed around early COVID-19 language and the outrage following the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. It went largely unnoticed at the time. It is not going unnoticed now.<\/p>\n

White skin gives me and every white American immunity from the virus. But we spread it wherever we go\u2014through our words, our actions, and our systems. We don\u2019t have to be showing symptoms\u2014like a white hood or a Confederate flag\u2014to be contagious.<\/p>\n

\u2014 James Talarico (@jamestalarico) May 8, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n

He also wrote “Radicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist threat in our country.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Americans in a church.<\/p>\n

Mexican Americans in a store.<\/p>\n

Asian Americans in a spa.<\/p>\n

Radicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist threat in our country.<\/p>\n

\u2014 James Talarico (@jamestalarico) March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n

Democrats were counting on Talarico to be an electable Democrat who could finally flip Texas. Now, Republicans are laughing.<\/p>\n

“If this is a real Talarico post, he is toast<\/strong>,” Gov. Greg Abbott said<\/a> on X. “This is Tim Walz clone territory. He could win in Minnesota, but not in Texas.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sen. Ted Cruz wasn’t<\/a> subtle either. “Left-wing zealots are very, very different from ordinary Americans. Among other things, they are open racists<\/strong>,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Texas Democrats likely passed on Crockett because she was too combative, too polarizing, too much of a guaranteed loss in a state Republicans have held in the Senate since 1988. Talarico was supposed to be the reasonable one who could peel off disenchanted Republicans and make the suburbs competitive. Democrats thought they had momentum with Talarico, but now it looks like all they have is a lot of baggage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 03\/05\/2026 – 19:15<\/span><\/p>\n

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