CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 16, 2026
JAMESTALARICO, THE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE FOR SENATE FROM TEXAS, APPEARED ON A CNN TOWN HALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TRIED AN OLD BILL CLINTON TRICK WHEN THE SUBJECT OF ABORTION CAME UP. A WOMAN DESCRIBING HERSELF AS CATHOLIC CONFRONTED TALARICO SAYING ABORTION IS VIOLATION OF THE COMMANDMENT NOT TO MURDER.
TALARICO CLAIMED THE BIBLE IS SILENT ON ABORTION. HE MADE THE PREDICTABLE COMMENT ABOUT WANTING TO LIMIT THE PROCEDURE. THE FOLLOWUP SHOULD HAVE BEEN “WHY LIMIT ABORTION IF IT IS NOT HUMAN LIFE?”
THERE ARE OTHER VERSES THAT REFER TO GOD KNOWING US BEFORE WE WERE FORMED IN OUR MOTHER’S WOMB. JEREMIAH 1; THE OCCASION WHEN A PREGNANT ELIZABETH VISITED HER PREGNANT COUSIN MARY AND THE UNBORN JOHN THE BAPTIST LEAPED IN HER WOMB. ELIZABETH SAID: “HOW AM I SO HONORED THAT THE MOTHER OF MY LORD SHOULD COME TO VISIT ME?” NOTICE SHE DIDN’T SAY POTENTIAL LORD, BUT MY LORD – PRESENT.
THE MEDIA DESCRIBE TALARICO AS A “SEMINARY STUDENT,” BUT IT’S A VERY LIBERAL SEMINARY AND MORE WORLDLY THAN BIBLICAL. FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN HALL, VISIT THE CNN WEBPAGE. IT SHOULD BE AN EYE-OPENER FOR ANY TEXAN WHO THINKS TALARICO IS HONEST. I’M CAL THOMAS.
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is correct in saying the more Texans know about James Talarico, the less they like him. Unfortunately the same could be said about Paxton with his mile long list of scandals (eg being impeached by his own party, cheating on his wife in favor of another man’s wife) that make this race competitive in an otherwise ruby red state. You should address why many Texans view Talarico as the lesser of two evils and also what it says about Trump.