James Talarico

People need to feel safe in their neighborhoods.

They need to feel safe in their homes.

And I have a record in the state legislature of supporting policies that promote public safety, supporting law enforcement.

Supporting border security because I take public safety so seriously.

And I do believe that's a part of loving thy neighbor.

Wanting security and safety for your neighbors is how you show love.

And if a neighbor threatens that security, then that person needs to be kept away from others.

for their own benefit, because you don't want them hurting other people.

At the same time, in our justice system, we have to be focused on rehabilitation whenever possible.

I think those two things are not mutually exclusive.

You can both ensure that violent criminals are locked up

and be fighting for rehabilitation programs that can help people get back on their feet when that's possible.

And I've fought for both those policies at the state capitol, fought to have resources to crack down on crime, and fought for justice reforms to ensure that we are rehabilitating more inmates than we are now.

Do you want to know a fun fact?

Yeah.

John Cornyn was first elected to public office six years before I was born.

Yeah.

So yeah, he's been there for a while.

Well, so I actually don't think it matters who comes out of this runoff because we already know who we're running against.

We're running against those billionaire mega donors who have corrupted our political system and have rigged the rules of this economy.