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What Jesus would say to the Senate according to James Talarico: ‘I was sick and you kicked me off Medicaid’
September 21, 2026
“Because Jesus was advocating for all of those government programs.”
Democrat Texas Senate nominee James Talarico is once again attempting to rewrite the gospel, and this time it was while sitting down with Jimmy Kimmel — who claimed that they could only air it on YouTube “because of Trump.”
In the interview, he explained to Kimmel that Scripture “tells us that you can’t love God and hate other people.”
“You can’t love God and abuse the immigrant. You can’t love God and oppress the poor. You can’t love God and bully the outcast,” he began.
“Matthew 25 tells us Christians exactly how we’re going to be judged and how we’re going to be saved: by feeding the hungry, by healing the sick, by welcoming the stranger,” he said. “I often wonder: What would Jesus do if he visited the U.S. Senate?”
“I think he would tell the senators on the floor, ‘Depart from me, for I was hungry and you cut my food assistance. I was sick and you kicked me off Medicaid. I was a stranger and you deported me and my family,” he added.
BlazeTV host Pat Gray “can’t” with Talarico’s bizarre interpretation of God’s word.
“No more,” he says.
“Because Jesus was advocating for all of those government programs. Really?”
“That is so unbelievably stupid and wrongheaded and not the gospel. This guy is an antichrist. Again, he may not be the antichrist, but is an antichrist,” he continues.
“He is continually preaching the opposite of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He is unbelievable. Wow,” he adds.
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