General Discussion

By portraying Talarico as a liberal so-called “Christian” it’s a back door way of hinting that Ken Paxton is not even trying to be religious, without actually having to say that Ken Paxton is not religious. He’s making arguments that Paxton wouldn’t be able to make as effectively in a general. It also paints the upcoming race in November as inevitable, though both candidates have tough primaries to get through first.