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22
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Texas’ Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico dismissed his past comments referring to God as "nonbinary" and using the Bible to justify his pro-choice stance on abortion during a Wednesday night CNN town hall.
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candidate → dismiss → hall
Participating in a "Jubilee"-style town hall in which voters confronted him one-on-one, Talarico met with a fellow Christian from Texas who pressed him on his past statements.
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who → participate → statements
"You've said some concerning things in the past kind of related to faith and social issues.
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You → say → issues
Things such as God is nonbinary, questions about how many genders there really are and your justifications using the Bible for abortion
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God → use → abortion
," Sarah Gardner, a small business owner, said to Talarico.
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Gardner → say → Talarico
"And so, I think that's led a lot of Christian voters to question the authenticity of your faith.
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that → think → faith
And I wanted to ask you a very direct question.
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I → want → question
Do you believe that the Bible is the absolute source of truth and God's final authoritative word, even when our culture says otherwise?" she asked.
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she → believe → truth
"Yes," Talarico replied.
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Talarico → reply → ?
"And I think it's important to remember that even the early church, the disciples who actually knew Jesus of Nazareth, the early church, we often talk about as a singular body when, in reality, was more like early churches because there was a lot of disagreement, there was a lot of debate."
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we → think → debate
Talarico then went on to explain his past comments as being "provocative," drawing a parallel to his own interpretation of scripture to Charlie Kirk’s.
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Talarico → go → Kirk
"I actually want to clarify a few of the things that you said, because I know that this has been used in these attack ads all over the state," he began.
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he → want → state
The first comment about God not being defined by gender, when I said that I was being provocative.
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I → define → gender
And I want to admit that and come clean about that.
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I → want → that
But I think what I was saying is actually not controversial theologically.
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saying → think → what
The idea that we can't define God using human categories, not only did I say that, but the late Charlie Kirk said that, the late Pope Benedict said that.
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Benedict → define → that
And so, yes, I was doing it, maybe in an annoying way, I can admit that," he said.
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he → do → that
Talarico, a state senator in Texas, previously said, "God is both masculine and feminine, and everything in between.
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God → say → between
In Genesis 1:26, God speaks of God's self in the plural, saying, 'Let us make man in our image.'
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us → speak → image
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He also dismissed the notion that the Bible refers to abortion.
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Bible → dismiss → abortion
"The idea that there is a set Christian orthodoxy on the issue of abortion is just not rooted in Scripture," he said during a 2025 appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience.
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he → be → Experience
Fox News Digital reached out to the Talarico campaign for further comment.
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Digital → reach → comment
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