James Talarico, the state representative hoping to be the Democratic nominee for the Senate seat of Republican John Cornyn, has made his Christian faith a centerpiece of his campaign in a way that is unusual for white Democratic candidates in recent years.
Mr. Talarico, 36, has pitched himself as an opponent of Christian nationalism from within Christianity, an emissary for a Christian politics defined “by feeding the hungry, by healing the sick, by welcoming the stranger,” as he told Stephen Colbert in a widely watched interview in February. His slogan is “It’s time to start flipping tables,” a reference to the New Testament depiction of Jesus in righteous anger, ousting merchants and moneylenders from the temple in Jerusalem.
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