James Talarico

Where do we come from?

Why are we here?

How should we live?

The politics should go out of that.

And so, yes, I mean, that's why I'm in politics.

I really do feel like this is a way that I can love my neighbor at scale through good public policy, reducing the cost of prescription drugs, reducing the cost of childcare, the cost of housing, all the things I've worked on in the legislature.

It was to love my neighbor, make their lives easier and better, help them become who they're supposed to be, to give the gift that they're supposed to give.

I think if we can infuse our politics with more of this spirituality, I think we could treat politics like a sacrament.

We could have an incarnational politics.

Because like I said— What does that mean?

If you take seriously—and again, you don't have to be a Christian.

You don't even have to be part of an organized religion.

I do think that everyone is religious.

I think we all put our trust in something.

Sometimes it's, you were talking earlier about whether Donald Trump was religious.

And I think I disagreed with you because Donald Trump does put his trust in money and in power and in status.

And a lot of us do.

I said he wasn't pious.

You're kind of joking, but... I'm not joking.

I mean, that's exactly right.