Democratic Texas Senate nominee James Talarico’s previous interviews and statements are going viral since he won his party’s nomination. Talarico, a Texas state representative, became the Senate nominee for the state after beating Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) in Tuesday’s primary race and is campaigning as a Christian Democratic lawmaker. The candidate discussed religion with Politicon co-hosts James Carville and Al Hunt in February and proposed people “look inward” to find out how to become “more Christ-like.” This segment of the interview is being widely spread on X. “I have met so many Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jews, Muslims, atheists, agnostics who are more Christ-like than some of the Christians I served with in the Texas legislature,” Talarico said. “It is about how you treat other people.” Talarico also joked about Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running in the Republican primary for this Senate race, saying, “He follows the Ken Commandments, not the 10 Commandments.” He added that Matthew 25 says “nothing about being a good Christian” and is instead about how to treat others, arguing non-Christians “embody” this teaching better than “the really loud Christians” serving in office. Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon, a member of the Sikh religious community, shared this clip on X, saying Talarico is “faker than Impossible burgers.” This guy is faker than Impossible burgers…. https://t.co/lPg53R5rwh— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@HarmeetKDhillon) March 9, 2026 Another old Talarico interview that is going viral after his primary win is a Fox News interview he did in 2021, debating with the War Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Fox News anchor at the time, about voter identification. Talarico said he opposes voter ID even though it is current Texas law, and he pushed Hegseth to tell his viewers that President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. The Washington Examiner contacted Talarico’s campaign to ask what its strategy will be if Republicans aim to use these clips against him this November. “John Cornyn, Ken Paxton, and the billionaires who prop them up are scared of James Talarico for good reason: our campaign is building a movement poised to change the politics of this state and take power back for working people,” Talarico spokesman JT Ennis told the Washington Examiner. “While they lob stale attacks to mislead Texans, we are uniting the people of Texas to win in November.” GOP RUSHES TO DEFINE TALARICO AS CORNYN-PAXTON RACE GOES INTO OVERTIME: ‘TRUMP-HATING RADICAL’ Talarico’s primary victory has instilled hope among Democrats that they can unseat Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who is seeking a fifth term in office. Former Vice President Kamala Harris initially backed Crockett in the primary race but is now offering her “full support” to Talarico in the general election. Cornyn and Paxton are engaged in a runoff election set for May 26, after neither candidate earned 50% of the vote on primary election day. Trump has yet to endorse either, though he said he intends to on Truth Social, asking whoever does not get his backing to drop out.

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Join EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn in conversation with 404 Media Cofounder Jason Koebler to discuss Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, Cindy’s personal story of standing up to the Justice Department, taking on the NSA, and tangling with the FBI to protect our right to digital privacy. The highly anticipated book asks the fundamental question: Can we still have private conversations if we live our lives online? Join the livestream for a live discussion followed by by Q&A. EFFecting Change Livestream Series:Privacy's DefenderThursday, March 19th11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PacificThis event is LIVE and FREE! Accessibility This event will be live-captioned and recorded. EFF is committed to improving accessibility for our events. If you have any accessibility questions regarding the event, please contact events@eff.org. Event Expectations EFF is dedicated to a harassment-free experience for everyone, and all participants are encouraged to view our full Event Expectations. Upcoming Events Want to make sure you don’t miss our next livestream? Here’s a link to sign up for updates about this series: eff.org/ECUpdates. If you have a friend or colleague that might be interested, please join the fight for your digital rights by this link: eff.org/EFFectingChange. Thank you for helping EFF spread the word about privacy and free expression online. Recording We hope you and your friends can join us live! If you can't make it, we’ll post the recording afterward on YouTube and the Internet Archive! About the Speakers    Cindy Cohn Cindy Cohn is the Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. From 2000-2015 she served as EFF’s Legal Director as well as its General Counsel.  Ms. Cohn first became involved with EFF in 1993, when EFF asked her to serve as the outside lead attorney in Bernstein v. Dept. of Justice, the successful First Amendment challenge to the U.S. export restrictions on cryptography. Ms. Cohn has been named to TheNonProfitTimes 2020 Power & Influence TOP 50 list, honoring 2020's movers and shakers.  In 2018, Forbes included Ms. Cohn as one of America's Top 50 Women in Tech. The National Law Journal named Ms. Cohn one of 100 most influential lawyers in America in 2013, noting: "[I]f Big Brother is watching, he better look out for Cindy Cohn." She was also named in 2006 for "rushing to the barricades wherever freedom and civil liberties are at stake online."  In 2007 the National Law Journal named her one of the 50 most influential women lawyers in America. In 2010 the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California awarded her its Intellectual Property Vanguard Award and in 2012 the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awarded her the James Madison Freedom of Information Award.    Jason Koebler Jason Koebler is a cofounder of 404 Media, a journalist-owned investigative tech publication. He reports on surveillance and privacy, the ways that artificial intelligence is changing the internet, labor, and society, and consumer rights. Before 404 Media, he was the editor-in-chief of Motherboard, VICE's technology publication and an executive producer on Encounters, a Netflix documentary about the search for alien life.