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I’m running for the U.S. Senate.
Billionaires have taken over Texas and taken over America — but together, we can take power back for working people.
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James Talarico
@jamestalarico
Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
Joined September 2009
- 3 years ago I almost slipped into a coma and died. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I paid $684 for my first 30-day supply of insulin. Some pay $1000+ a month. Many die without it. Today I introduced legislation to cap the price of insulin at $50 a month. #txlege
- “I think if Donald Trump and JD Vance met Jesus today, they would ridicule him as a single, childless hippie.”
00:00 - WE DID IT!! We capped the out-of-pocket cost of insulin in Texas! Our bill is headed to the Governor’s desk for a signature! #txlege3 years ago I almost slipped into a coma and died. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I paid $684 for my first 30-day supply of insulin. Some pay $1000+ a month. Many die without it. Today I introduced legislation to cap the price of insulin at $50 a month. #txlege
- I’m going viral in Brazil right now... Apparently “talarico” is Brazilian slang for “wife-stealer.” 😂 Olá, Brazil! 🇧🇷 I’m just making good public policy here in Texas — I promise I won’t steal your girl.
- I just went on Fox News to tell the truth about the redistricting power grab in Texas. I asked a simple question: “If Republican policies are so popular, why do they need to redraw these maps; why not run on their policies?” He refused to answer — and cut the interview early.
00:00 - “You can’t be the party of freedom and control women’s bodies. You can’t be the party of family and love your guns more than our kids. You can’t be the party of faith and worship at the feet of Donald Trump.”
00:00 - UPDATE: Thousands of Texans called their local school boards demanding they say NO to school chaplains—and it worked. The 25 largest school districts in Texas all rejected replacing counselors with chaplains. This is a big win in the fight against Christian Nationalism.Texas Republicans passed legislation to replace school counselors with untrained religious chaplains. But you can stop them at the local level. Tell your school board to say NO to chaplains in our public schools.
00:00 - Greg Abbott is pushing the “FURRIES Act” claiming schools are giving litter boxes to students who act like cats. But when I asked the bill author, he couldn’t name one school providing litter boxes to kids. This is all part of Abbott’s smear campaign against our public schools.
00:00 - “Christian Nationalists walk around with a mouth full of scripture and a heart full of hate…”
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