Jimmy’s interview with Democratic Senate candidate from Texas James Talarico was not televised because of threats from the FCC so we’re hosting their discussion here on YouTube. James talks about Republicans being scared of him winning, Jesus being co-opted by MAGA, the RNC Convention being held in Texas, not taking money from corporate PACs, Trump calling him a “freaky guy” and having second thoughts about endorsing his opponent Ken Paxton, and the GOP making it harder for people to vote.
Streisand the shit out of this everyone. Also, Talarico is a very religious person, heads up.
I find that how much I care about how religious a person is, is directly proportional to how much they care that I am not.
I tend to agree. I listened to the interview a few hours ago, so I don’t even remember if he brought up religion or if Jimmy did. Of course Talarico is going to talk about religion if people ask him about it, it’s something he seems very passionate about. He said he’s from like 5 generations of people that have been devoted to the church and he’s in seminary school himself. If he’s going to be a publicly religious person, he at least seems against the hypocrisy so prevalent in most public figures when he talks about his “faith.”
I wasn’t going to listen to the interview because I think of him as “that religious guy from Texas” and I’m from across the country so it doesn’t really affect me, but I was bored and put it on while driving to work. He was calm and professional, and was very tasteful, respectful, and non-preachy nor creepily patriotic about his beliefs. If people want to believe in sky daddy, that is their prerogative, as long as they don’t try to force it on others. Fred Rogers was a very publicly religious man and we don’t talk smack on him for it cuz he didn’t bombard us with it and he practiced what he preached.
Is being publicly religious worse than all Paxton has done and will do? Texans are going to get one or the other, and Paxton is leading the polls with the 50yo+ that actually turns out to vote. Some people’s moral high ground really seems out of sync with reality. For as politically active and informed as people here like to talk, so many of you guys really confuse me sometimes what you feel you’re accomplishing with some of the things you say. (Not you, IrateAnteater!)
Im not into religion, but its pretty clear talarico is a live and let live kinda guy. Im 100% voting for him and I dont even have to hold my nose to do it.
It feels so much better voting for someone you actually believe in. Thanks for doing your part!
Yeah I’m trans and I don’t trust him at all.
you may be trans but you’re not an idiot are you?
you’d vote for him over a trumper right
or would you vote green?
tricky one. no, no it’s not
I voted for the ghouls who used skinwalking names Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Kamala Harris, why would I stop the merry go round for a youth-pastor-arrested-for-inappropriate-texts-looking religious loon?
You are the reason ppl hate trans
I’m with you on that. I’m a straight, cis, white guy and I don’t trust him at all. He talks a decent game now, but if he does get elected and actually walks the walk afterwards… he’d be one of a vanishingly small group of people. Far more likely that he isn’t who he says he is.
Even if he’s 100% genuine, though… dude brings up God waaaay too often for my liking in an elected official. Makes me worried he’d legislate based on the bible.
You really have to learn to pick your battles if you’re in Texas.
Yeah, I mean like I said elsewhere in this thread - if I lived in Texas, I’d 100% vote for him over Paxton. I’m just saying I don’t trust the guy, is all.
He actually believes in the separation of church and state.
Right. And nobody has ever lied on the campaign trail before.
He said this years ago
He’s a Texas politician. And Texan rubes LOVE people who talk about god all the time. So there’s a non-zero chance that Talarico is simple reflecting what Texas voters like in what he talks about.
He has since done an interview where he expressed regret over his vaguely supportive statements on gender.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/james-talarico-says-missed-mark-cringey-comments-texas-general-electio-rcna347174
So yea
Exactly what you’d expect
Edit: also this video (1:40) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS9Ct2uA9sk
You’re linking fox news. What are we doing here?
I guess he didn’t say those things then, false alarm everyone.
Little fucker
Little fucker
But on the other hand Paxton hates us with a rabid passion
Neither does Kimmel.
That’s why he dumped the interview on youtube.
Same
he is not the run-of-the-mill far-right evangelical whackjob that gets all the media attention. you can be religious and be a decent person.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Talarico#Political_positions
Christians give Christ a bad rep.
I have met a lot of people who go to church. I have not met many Christians.
Yeeeeeah. I know Kimmel is fighting for first amendment but I’m still over going what happened to separation of church and state?
You can be any religion and still keep them separate. He’s just talking about the golden rule kind of stuff.
I actually like that. I’m not religious, but if he is he might sway actual Christians. Because I agree with all his messaging.
It already has more views than the average weekly TV performance ratings for this show of around 1.5M views.
I wonder if the recent change in how views are counted is the real source of that. Instead of needing to watch a portion of the video, even seeing a single frame is counted as a view now, apparently even if it’s just auto-playing from mouseover
I think what metrics we need to see are “engaged views” which is watching at least 30 seconds and “average watch time” for the interview.
I watched last night on YT, unsure which channel but it had 2.2 million views at 8pm PST
Watching even a fraction of a second of a video now counts as a view.