Talarico Faces GOP Backlash Over 2023 Interview on Church Housing 2 Undocumented Immigrants
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 9
Talarico Faces GOP Backlash Over 2023 Interview on Church Housing 2 Undocumented Immigrants
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 9
Summary
A resurfaced June 2023 interview shows Texas Democrat James Talarico saying his church housed an undocumented mother and son who were close to deportation by ICE, adding that “Christianity is just another word for causing trouble.”
The clip also captured Talarico attacking “Christo-fascism” in Texas and linking it to laws on Ten Commandments displays, school chaplains, vouchers, gender care for minors and abortion.
Republicans seized on the remarks in the Senate race, with the RNC and Ken Paxton’s campaign casting Talarico as extreme on immigration, religion and social issues.
Talarico’s campaign called those attacks lies, saying he backs stronger border security, more border patrol agents and deporting violent criminals and traffickers, not families.
The flare-up lands in a high-stakes Texas contest where Fox News polling recently showed Talarico leading Paxton, even as Republicans argue his past statements will hurt him.