James Talarico: ‘The People of Texas Deserve a Senator Who Can’ Fight and Get Things Done

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TALARICO: “Yeah. And and so I’ve passed 60 bipartisan bills through the Texas legislature. And these are not, you know, nibble around the edges incremental bills. I mean, I passed the largest early childhood education bill in our state’s history. I passed the first ever cap on insulin copays in our state, passed a major reform to our justice system, allowing incarcerated minors to earn a high school diploma. So these are these are major bills that are making a real impact on on Texans. And I think the key, you know, my faith is, is central in my life. It’s central in my public service. And there’s a teaching from my tradition to love your enemies. And it’s a, it’s a, it’s become kind of cliche, but it really is a radical teaching one. It acknowledges that you’re going to have opponents, right? I mean, if you’re trying to do right by your neighbors, if you’re trying to speak truth to power, you’re going to run into some resistance, some people who disagree with you, but you’re called to love those opponents, those enemies, just as much as you love the people you’re fighting for/"