Talrarico is a certified loon and neither David French in particular nor the MSM in general is going to be able to hide that fact.
Posted on 03/09/2026 10:40:41 AM PDT by Rummyfan
James Talarico’s fake tent show preacher act has been a joke since the moment he began it, and every living animal with a central nervous system is aware of this. For that matter, the geranium on your front porch may be aware of it. Pro-abortion, pro-trans, pro-trans-abortion for all six genders, Talarico’s much-derided sermonizing on the far-left Jesus he made up somewhere inside his cotton candy mind is ludicrous, appalling, embarrassing, and give me a minute while I load up all the pejoratives I can fit on this forklift. See, if you haven’t already, this discussion at First Things: “James Talarico’s Backward Christianity.” No one is dumb enough to buy this stuff.
In a moment we should have seen coming, New York Times columnist David French has just gushed out a shameless celebration of Talarico’s insane nonsense, every word of which should qualify the worst op-ed prostitute in America for urgent psychiatric intervention. Here’s a whole paragraph: “Or, to put it another way, Talarico is one of the few openly Christian politicians in the United States who acts like a Christian, and by acting like a Christian he reveals a profound contrast with so many members of the MAGA Christian movement that’s dominated American political life for 10 years.”
A challenge: Find the evidence French offers for the claim that Talarico “acts like a Christian.” He cites some speeches, but speeches aren’t actions. How, in David French’s conception, does James Talarico live like a Christian, by his actions, and what does he think that means? Hang onto this point, because we’ll be coming back to it.
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Talrarico is a certified loon and neither David French in particular nor the MSM in general is going to be able to hide that fact.
Regarding David French, writer John Zmirak came up with the greatest nickname for that insufferable character: “Vichy French.”
So Talarico is viable cause you know… Trump. Good grief.
David French has followed the path that every other “conservative” columnist at the Times has followed. Start at some allegedly conservative publication. Move to the Times. Start trashing Republicans and conservatives. Then start explaining how Dems and Dem positions actually are conservative.
The one related argument I always hate is the "Jesus was a Socialist" crap. People will start quoting the Bible and talk about how Jesus cared for the poor. So I ask "show me where Jesus urged Herod, or Pilate, or any other person in government to raise taxes, so the government could give more money to the poor and render private charity unnecessary."
Silence. Of course.
Jesus urged private, voluntarily charity to alleviate suffering. That is completely consistent with conservatism, but completely inconsistent with socialism.
Cliff Notes on David French of the New York Times:
His article heaps praise on Talarico and John Cornyn, yet condemns Ken Paxton.
The New York Times fears a Paxton victory.
Case closed.
David French is a joke. The fact that Bill Kristol once floated this buffoon as a presidential candidate who could challenge Trump should tell us all that.
You know how the Bible says you can not serve God and Mammon?
Yeah.
He chose Mammon.
Dont forget, Jesus was also an illegal immigrant.
Honestly, what passes for insightfulness with these people is mind blowing
Wrong french.
I cannot believe hey picked someone even stupider than Crockett!!!!!
Looked Talarico up on wiki for their bio. No mention of a wife or family in the usual capsule summary. Google says “his marital status is ambiguous.” Never heard that one before.
And there are multiple studies that show conservatives give not only much more of their money, but much more of their time, to charitable causes than do liberals...the figure is not even close.
Agree!
This should tell any TX voter all they need to know.
Exactly.
David French and Bill Kristol love John Cornyn.
Just search for “David French drag queen story hour.” The man also voted Kamala I think. He’s a nut.
True dat.
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