THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO JAMES TALARICO, BY JAMES TALARICO
James Talarico says his old remarks are getting "clipped." Fine. Here are the clips, ranked by how many times people have watched them on X: more than 190 million views and counting.
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1. "To the trans kids watching at home, I just want to say, I love you."
Texas House floor, Oct. 14, 2021, in the debate on HB 25. 44.3 million views.
Video: America (@america)
2. Police, guns, ICE and prisons
- "It's always rich to me that 'defund the police' is considered off-limits in our political debate." A Texas Rising call, 2020.
- Is an assault weapons ban still on the table? "Absolutely." NewsNation, September 2026.
- On ICE: "Tear down this secret police force." February 2026.
- "Poverty is violence. Pollution is violence. And yes, prison is violence." A 2022 speech.
32.2 million views.
Video: KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat)
3. "God is non-binary."
- "God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is non-binary." Texas House floor, Oct. 14, 2021.
- "Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six." A Texas House Public Education Committee hearing, 2021.
- "Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the State." A 2022 sermon.
- On parents who won't accept a child's gender identity: "abusive for sure." A Texas House committee hearing, 2019.
31.6 million views.
Video: KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat)
4. "I'm a border security Democrat."
That's how he describes himself now, at a CNN town hall in October 2026. The clip plays his older border remarks in his own voice. 27.6 million views.
Video: KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat)
5. "With every border wall, with every bathroom bill, we degrade our reputation and we dishonor our legacy."
His swearing-in speech, Texas House, Nov. 20, 2018. 21.9 million views.
Video: KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat)
6. "I said I oppose voter ID."
Fox News Primetime with Pete Hegseth, July 13, 2021. 20.8 million views.
Video: Western Lensman (@WesternLensman)
7. "Jesus Christ himself was a radical feminist."
- "Did they teach you in Sunday school that Jesus Christ himself was a radical feminist?" A 2022 sermon.
- "Our trans community needs abortion care too." A 2022 sermon.
- The American flag is "such a complicated symbol for most of us." A 2019 sermon.
4.1 million views.
Video: America (@america)
8. "Blessed are the trans children."
"What would Jesus do if he visited the Texas legislature? I think he would tell us 'blessed are the trans children.'" A Texas Impact interfaith service, 2023. 3.2 million views.
Video: Daily Wire (@realDailyWire)
9. "Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the State."
A 2022 sermon on abortion. 2.8 million views.
Video: America (@america)
10. "Prison is violence."
"Poverty is violence. Pollution is violence. And yes, prison is violence." And: "Just because it's hard to imagine doesn't mean you shouldn't." A 2022 speech. 2.7 million views.
Video: America (@america)
11. "The most inarticulate of those things"
"When you pull out maybe the most inarticulate of those things to make an attack ad, you know, I certainly regret not articulating my position more clearly." The New York Times podcast "The Daily," Oct. 20, 2026. 531,000 views.
Video: Western Lensman (@WesternLensman)
12. "My position hasn't changed."
"The way I fought for trans kids in the legislature is how I will fight for them in the U.S. Senate. And my position hasn't changed." Recorded by an undercover Daily Wire reporter at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, September 2026. 414,000 views.
Video: KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat)
13. "A giant welcome mat out front, and a lock on the door."
"Our southern border should be like our front porch. There should be a giant welcome mat out front, and a lock on the door." The Texas Democratic Senate primary debate, Jan. 24, 2026. The clip sets that line against his Texas House voting record, as tallied by the poster. 394,000 views.
Video: KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat)
14. "A Comprehensive Guide to James Talarico, by James Talarico"
"Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six." A Texas House Public Education Committee hearing, 2021.
Video: John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre)
15. "Such a complicated symbol for most of us."
On the American flag. A 2019 sermon at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin.
Video: KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat)
16. The soft-spoken seminary student, in his own words
"God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is non-binary." Texas House floor, Oct. 14, 2021.
Video: John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre)
The full tapes
The whole 2021 House floor speech ("God is non-binary"), as posted by Texas Impact:
Video: Texas Impact on YouTube
The full Fox News interview with Pete Hegseth, July 2021 ("I said I oppose voter ID"):
Video: Fox News on YouTube
All quotes are his own words, from public videos. View counts are from X as of Oct. 30, 2026.
_Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons_
