James Talarico

Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes.

In fact, there are six.

God is non-binary.

I find this to be a deeply offensive bill.

Biological men compete against our girls in their sports.

Kamala is for they, them.

You know, I think most Texans have seen the extremism in the Texas legislature.

Instead of allowing local sports officials and school district officials to make decisions about if trans athletes can play in a certain sport, if it maintains fairness and safety, which I think is what we all want, some common sense rules about when it's appropriate, when it's not.

The Republican legislature passed a bill that would

ban it in every instance across every age group, even T-ball, right, before kids even hit puberty, because their goal was not to solve a problem.

Their goal was to score political points off the backs of a vulnerable community, which is a classic tactic in the politics of division.

I'm all here.

I'm here to have that conversation about how do we maintain safety and fairness in sports when it comes to trans athletes.

And there are going to be rules where sometimes it's not allowed.

That's actually how you solve a public policy problem with love for trans folks, but also for our athletes who need a fair shot at competition.

So what I was doing was speaking out against that kind of extremism because it wasn't actually trying to solve a problem.

But anyway, but outside of that issue, you know, I think my track record in Texas is pretty clear.

I won a district that no one thought was winnable.

I have done this before, building a coalition that includes new voters and includes voters from the other side of the aisle, which is the only way to win in Texas is doing both of those things.

Well, I'm very proud to be from a border state.