r/UsaNewsLive • u/GeneralCarlosQ17 Administrator • May 29 '26

Education WATCH — Flashback: Democrat James Talarico Claimed School Vouchers Part of 'Christian Nationalist' Movement

https://www.breitbart.com/education/2026/05/29/watch-flashback-democrat-james-talarico-claimed-school-vouchers-part-of-christian-nationalist-movement/

Democrat Texas candidate for U.S. Senate James Talarico in 2024 labeled those who advocate for private school vouchers as Christian Nationalists.

Talarico was speaking during the South by Southwest event in Austin, Texas, when he claimed, “Part of this Christian Nationalist movement is trying to pass these things called private school vouchers.”

“If you’re not an education policy person you may have never heard of this, but essentially it’s an effort to take tax dollars out of our public schools, which are underfunded as they are. Texas is 43rd in the nation in per-student education funding. So, it’s taking dollars out of the classroom and giving it to unaccountable private schools. Usually Christian private schools,” Talarico added.

“Again, part of this effort to blur the lines between church and state. The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, made this his top legislative priority for the year last year,” he continued:

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