James Talarico

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158 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 4 Aug

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The Rachel Maddow Show · 'Troubled' candidates burden GOP already saddled with Trump's baggage · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

And it's become kind of cliche, but it really is a radical teaching.

One, it acknowledges that you're going to have opponents, right?

I mean, if you're trying to do right by your neighbors, if you're trying to speak truth to power, you're going to run into some resistance, some people who disagree with you.

But you're called to love those opponents, those enemies, just as much as you love the people you're fighting for.

And so in the state legislature, like I've been able to form real friendships, real relationships with my Republican colleagues.

And we're fighting, you know, one day tooth and nail.

You know, if you see me on the on the back mic and in the well of the state house, I have no problem going toe to toe when I need to.

But then the next day.

we may find a piece of common ground that we can actually get something done on.

And I'm always going to seize that common ground whenever I can.

And so we're told that it's a choice between people who fight and people who get things done.

I think the people of Texas deserve a senator who can do both.

And I've shown in the statehouse that I can do both.

Yeah, it's why a tax on voting rights is a red line for me, and it should be a red line for all of us, right?

We can disagree on all kinds of issues, issues of moral importance, issues of life and death,

But the key is that we always have a shot in the next election to make our case to the people and get a shot at winning political power.

And attacks on voting rights, this redistricting power grab, those are attempts to rig the rules of the game so that we don't have a shot at making our case to the people in the next election.

And so it's why a year ago, a year ago today,

my colleagues and I in the state house broke quorum to shine a national spotlight on this redistricting power grab.

I mean, that's an extraordinary step, right?

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