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Rather than citing football, barbecue, or another typical Texas pastime, Talarico said:
“I love the trans children who showed up yesterday at the state Capitol to advocate for their humanity.”
The video has become a staple in Republican strategy meetings, running on repeat in campaigns and war rooms nationwide.
God Is Non-Binary—And Other Controversial Positions
Talarico’s podcast comments are just the tip of the iceberg. In 2021, during a Texas House debate over protecting girls’ sports, he told Republican colleagues:
“God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is non-binary.”
He added, “Trans children are God’s children, made in God’s own image.” That same year, Talarico called the Texas State Capitol a “hostile environment for our trans neighbors” and made history by adding pronouns to his office’s official business cards.
In committee hearings, Talarico went further, asserting, “modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six.”
He also championed policies allowing males to compete in female sports, opposed Texas laws restricting children from gender transition procedures, and even encouraged President Biden to use federal facilities in red states to provide abortions post-Dobbs.
RNC spokesman Zach Kraft reacted sharply after Talarico’s primary win:
“James Talarico is a sick freak obsessed with talking to kids about sex changes.”
Why Republicans Are Feeling Confident
Talarico defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett 53% to 46% in the Democratic primary last Tuesday. Immediately, mainstream media painted him as a “moderate” because he is soft-spoken, a seminary student, and often mentions Jesus. But his record tells a very different story.
Texas voters have rejected Democrats in every statewide race for more than 30 years. Former President Trump carried the state by nearly 14 points in 2024—his largest Texas margin since 2012. The Senate seat Talarico now targets has not gone Democratic since Lloyd Bentsen’s 1988 victory, a year marked by Die Hard in theaters and George H.W. Bush’s White House win.
Despite repeated attempts to run candidates touting non-binary theology and six biological sexes, Texas has consistently voted Republican. The trend shows no signs of changing.
Talarico appears to be hoping that the intense Republican primary runoff—already consuming over $122 million in ad spending between Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton—will drain resources and give Democrats a chance in November. But to succeed, voters would have to ignore what Talarico has publicly said, on camera, from the floor of the Texas Legislature and on podcasts.
That 2023 podcast clip praising “trans children” is not going away—it will shadow him all the way to Election Day.
