‘David Had A Slingshot’ James Talarico’s FIERY Message Ahead Of Texas Senate Midterms

Going up against a lot of money. This race reminds me of that story in the Bible of a shepherd boy who goes up against a giant. For 40 days, Goliath taunts and teases. On the day of the fight, he shows up in full armor. He's carrying so many weapons, he has to get someone else to hold his shield. We are going up against our own Goliaths, those billionaire mega donors, those corporate PACs, the entire Washington, D.C. establishment. Their power is real. but so is ours. David may not have been as big or as strong as Goliath. He may not have had as many weapons, but he had hope and he had a slingshot. You are my slingshot. The people of Texas are my slingshot. And on November 3rd, those Goliaths aren't going to know what hit them. I am so, so happy to be back home in Central Texas. Last night, last night I was in Fort Worth for a live town hall with CNN where i took questions directly from Texas voters because if you're applying for the job of U.S. Senator if you're applying for the job of representing 31 million Texans you should show up to the job interview but as you probably know one person wasn't there Attorney General Ken Paxton Ken Paxton showed up in London for the Fourth of July to party with the British he showed up he showed up in Dubai for New Year's Eve to party with his fugitive friends he will literally show up anywhere but a debate stage here in Texas you you have my word i will always show up for you i will always listen to you and i will always fight for you we are building a movement to take back our state and take back our country We are uniting Texans from all backgrounds and beliefs onto one team to take on this broken, corrupt political system. I have traveled to every corner of this state over the last year. I've gone from Beaumont to El Paso. I've gone from Amarillo to Brownsville and everywhere in between. big cities and small towns red areas and blue areas alike and we have had tens of thousands of Texans showing up to rally with us i stay till the very end of all these events i get to hear from folks directly i cannot tell you the number of people who come up to me at the end of these events and whisper i'm not a democrat like they're in the witness protection program i can't tell you the number of young people who come up to me and say it's the first political event they've ever attended. That, that, that is how we change the politics of this state and of this country. We, we have recruited more than 60,000 volunteers who are knocking on doors and making phone calls and writing text messages. And if you haven't yet, when you go home tonight, I hope you will visit our website and sign up to volunteer yourself and we have shattered grassroots fundraising records all without taking all all without taking a dime from corporate PACs this is a people-powered campaign and on november 3rd we are going to do something extraordinary we are going to do something historic we are going to end 30 years of one party rule in this state and and we are going to elect a senator who's going to serve all 31 million texans we we've we've forgotten that that's what politics is supposed to be about it's supposed to be about service elected officials aren't supposed to serve themselves they're not supposed to serve their mega donors they are supposed to serve us they are supposed to serve the people we have strayed from that. I first learned the meaning of service from my great-grandfather, my Papi. He was a barber in Port O'Connor, Texas on the Gulf Coast, and he served this country in World War II in the Pacific Theater. Papi was a member of the greatest generation, a group of Americans who asked not what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country. and whether he was cutting his neighbor's hair or fighting fascism on the other side of the world poppy was always serving other people he was a a faithful man that's the best word i can think of to describe him, he was a devout Christian and he tried to actually live like Jesus who in the words of scripture came not to be served but to serve and that's how my poppy lived his life, my poppy came not to be served but to serve and that's that's what inspired me to go into public service first as a public school teacher on the west side of San Antonio and now as a public official in the Texas House, I entered the classroom in the fall of 2011 right after the Texas Legislature cut more than five billion dollars from public education I saw the impact of those cuts firsthand. I saw programs get eliminated. I saw students slip through the cracks. I saw class sizes grow. At one point, I had 45 students in one classroom. There weren't enough desks for all those kids, so I had students sitting on the air conditioning unit. In the wealthiest country in human history in the 21st century children sitting on the air conditioning unit and that made me mad I ended up leading an education non-profit here in Central Texas and then when a seat in that very same legislature that had cut those five billion dollars from our public schools opened up in my hometown of Round Rock, Texas, I threw my hat in the ring, shout out Round Rock biggest donuts in the world, I threw my hat in the ring, I was 28 years old, I had never run for office before, I was a Democrat running in a Trump district in a county that was so red it hadn't voted for a Democrat for president since Jimmy Carter. I was told by the powers that be in the Democratic Party that that race was a lost cause. I was told that even if it was possible to flip a district like that, I was too young. I didn't have the money. I didn't have the political connections to pull off an upset like that. But my neighbors and I, we ran an aggressive, authentic, at times unorthodox campaign that brought people together and on election night we flipped that district with 51% of the vote and now and now I'm in my fourth term in the Texas House where I have brought Democrats and Republicans together to pass 60 bipartisan bills bills that lower the cost of housing the cost of child care the cost of prescription drugs including insulin bills that raise teacher pay and cut property taxes. I ran for office not to be served, but to serve And then there's Ken Paxton, the most corrupt politician in Texas. You may know that three years ago, Ken Paxton was impeached by his own party, by his fellow Republicans for using his public office his position of public trust to enrich himself and his donors at the expense of the people of Texas Ken Paxton represents everything that's wrong with this broken corrupt political system he doesn't serve us he serves himself you may have seen the reporting that since taking office Ken Paxton has increased his net worth by 27 million dollars you may have seen the reporting that as a public official Ken Paxton now owns 15 homes while most Texans struggle to afford one it's it's hard it's hard to get 15 homes in a game of Monopoly I don't know how Ken Paxton got 15 homes he has taken bribes from wealthy donors all while he blocks overtime pay for Texas workers and guts our healthcare this this is the rot at the core of this broken system. It's why so many Texans can't get ahead no matter how hard they work. It's why we can't afford the basics in this economy. We have an affordability crisis because we have a corruption crisis. We can't afford because for five decades now, billionaire mega donors have been buying politicians in both political parties. And then those puppets turn around and rig the rules of the economy in favor of those mega donors at our expense they've been doing it they've been stealing from the American people for five decades with their bribes with their bailouts with their billionaire tax breaks trickle down economics is not a theory it is theft we we can't afford gas or groceries or health care because the system has been rigged by billionaires and corrupt politicians like Ken Paxton I in the state house have brought both parties together to cut your taxes and cap the cost of insulin but we got to do a lot more than that this election is about whether we will have a senator who puts money in your pocket or puts money in their own together we can beat the most corrupt politician in Texas and make life affordable again we are going up against a lot, these mega donors have already spent 200 million dollars to try to defeat this movement that we're building in Texas, they are pouring so much money into this race, they're spending money on attack ads making me look like a real scary guy, they are spending their money misleading the people of this state, they are spending their money to buy this election and we can't let them, the reason they're doing this is because they know that I don't work for them I don't take corporate PAC money and I never will. They, they know, they know, they know that when we win this race, we are going to ban corporate PACs and super PACs so they can't flood our elections with their money. they know, they know, they know that we are going to ban members of Congress in both parties from trading stocks and enriching themselves while they're in public office, they know, they know we are going to ban gerrymandering in every state in the union, red states and blue states, oh and they know that we are gerrymandering in every can you hear me now? And they know that we are going to pass term limits so we can show career politicians going up against a lot of money this race reminds me of that story in the Bible of a shepherd boy who goes up against a giant for 40 days Goliath taunts and teases, on the day of the fight he shows up in full armor, he's carrying so many weapons he has to get someone else to hold his shield, we are going up against our own Goliaths, those billionaire mega donors those corporate PACs, the entire Washington DC establishment. Their power is real, but so is ours. David may not have been as big or as strong as Goliath. He may not have had as many weapons, but he had hope and he had a slingshot. You are my slingshot. The people of Texas are my slingshot. And on November 3rd, those Goliaths aren't going to know what hit them. We have so much work to do, San Marcos, so much work to do, but I am confident I feel it in my bones that if we do that work we are going to win this election on November 3rd and we're going to elect a senator who will serve for being God bless let's go win this thing thank you subscribe to OneIndia and never miss an update download the OneIndia app now