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James Talarico: “I fought the bill to require the Ten Commandments posted in…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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James Talarico's Beautiful Answer to Christian Nationalism | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 22:08

I define it that way because I, I want us to see it as part of a very long tradition. How do they define it? They being the people who would self identify with it, I would think they I fought the bill to require the Ten Commandments posted in every classroom. And I've often wondered, instead of posting the Ten Commandments in every classroom, why don't they post money as the root of all evil in every boardroom? (22:08–22:12)

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Asserts he opposed a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in every classroom.

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