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

I mean, we have to love democracy even when we lose.

And the people of Texas, at least at a statewide level, have voted for Republicans historically, at least over the last 30 years.

And when you break quorum, you are disrupting representative democracy.

But it is a tool in our constitution, in our state,

Because it's an important check on the abuses of the majority.

And when you manufacture the lines of a district to guarantee a certain outcome, you are robbing our neighbors of their God-given rights at the ballot box.

And I say God-given intentionally, you know, it doesn't matter if you're religious or not, but I think we can all agree that these rights don't come from politicians.

They are inherent to us as human beings, as citizens of this country.

And when you are robbing someone of those God-given rights, you're robbing them of their ability to shape their own destiny for us.

as a community, as a state, to shape our own destiny.

Here's where we disagree, because you mentioned that this is LBJ's Senate seat.

And if we win this seat in Texas, of all places,

I think we can build the political will to restore the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law by Lyndon Johnson.

And so it's only appropriate that winning his seat could be the key in restoring federal voting rights protections for all Americans, banning gerrymandering in every state, blue states and red states alike, so that we can truly have free and fair elections in every community.

I mean, I don't think we win by selling people out.

And we're refusing to do that in this campaign.

This is a campaign of, by, and for all Texans.

And I think people are really tired of these culture war fights that are designed to tear us apart, designed to get us angry.

I mean, there are difficult issues.

Trying to figure out trans athletes in sports, that's an issue where we could actually come to a policy solution

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