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Ben Shapiro
It's been brought to my attention that the Democrat Party is literally running registered sex offenders for office in the year of our Lord 2026. What are we doing? Am I allowed to make an observation at this point? The bar to run for office as a Democrat in America is so low that it is basically in the toilet. Ew. And I don't know where they're finding these people out there in the world, but you actually couldn't invent worse fictional characters, worse dystopian novel villains if you tried. And let me be clear. Let me be clear.
James Talarico
So let me be clear.
Ben Shapiro
These people are not just out there existing. They are running to be your elected representative in some sort of publicly held office in America today. The Democrat Party of Barack Obama is gone. It disappeared a long time ago. And that era of Democrat politics is probably what got us here. Thanks Obama.
Brendan Steinhauser
Thanks Obama.
Ben Shapiro
But it's honestly getting to the point that I'm seeing clips of these people running for office. And I'm thinking to myself, there's no way. There is no way that half the country actually supports this. You cannot convince me of that. So that leaves us at an interesting conclusion. More likely than not, the vast majority of people on the political left in this country are now politically homeless because they don't have people that actually represent classical liberalism as the modern face of the Democrat Party anymore. Instead, they have psychos like these people. Let's just start off strong right where we need to in the heart of the crazy deep in the heart of Texas with former middle school teacher, current Presbyterian south seminarian and Texas state representative, soon to be hopeful senator for the great state of Texas, James Talarico, who basically is the walking, living, breathing embodiment of if a coexist bumper sticker were a person. This guy looks so CIA fed to me. Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley. You can't make this stuff up. Who has gone viral all over again for the past several days by people reminding America that this guy actually believes God is non binary. What? That we have to defeat gender entirely by looking at woman through the prism of understanding how to defeat the patriarchy like racism, who thinks that illegal immigrants are more patriotic than American citizens, has talked about how he thinks there are six genders, says Jesus was pro abortion and so so so much more. This guy makes Jasmine Crockett look like a Rhodes scholar. And that's actually saying something because Jasmine Crockett is dumb. I said listen, you should hire me. He said why? I because I'm black. Poor girl having lost her election. But this guy is just straight up evil. Actually he knows better. Compilation videos like this one continue to go viral on my social media this week after he won the primary against Jasmine Crockett to potentially be the next senator for the state of Texas. And if this doesn't just straight up terrify you about the trajectory of American politics, I don't know what else possibly could.
James Talarico
Do you know any undocumented immigrants? No, I do not. When I was a teacher on the west side of San Antonio, I taught a lot of students who were undocumented and I don't want to stereotype but those students tended to be the most patriotic, the hardest working students that I had in the classroom.
Ben Shapiro
So the children of illegal immigrants are far more patriotic than the children of American citizens, says a hopeful U.S. senator.
James Talarico
And again, I haven't stated this enough to say this definitively, but there are interpretations of certain passages from the Torah where some folks will even say that there is a there's some subtle instructions for how to perform an abortion in the ancient world. Certain things to drink, things like that.
Ben Shapiro
Ah yes, the Torah. The instruction manual for how to perform an abortion in the ancient world. Every time I hear this from these insane woke Christians, I just have to ask does thou shalt not murder mean nothing to you people? That's like basic science of Jewish values in ancient Judaism and of course Christian values now the fulfillment of Judaism but go off I guess Presbyterian seminarian. Here's my personal favorite clip of him preaching from the pulpit in front of the altar in church about how we must defeat the patriarchy by erasing womanhood entirely.
James Talarico
Before we go further, I want to acknowledge that our trans community needs abortion care too. Defending trans Texans is something we have to do every day at the state capitol, and you better believe I'll be giving sermons on that too. So when I use the word woman, it should not be understood as an exhaustive term, but rather as a. As a lens through which to understand, examine and interrogate patriarchy, similar to how we specify anti black racism.
Ben Shapiro
Nothing says we believe in women and we're the side of women and we empower women more than the other side. Like erasing women, to instead say to exist as a woman is merely a lens through which to understand and examine and interrogate patriarchy. Hey, James Tallarico. I am a woman. I am not a lens through which to understand, examine and interrogate patriarchy. Nor am I a person with a uterus or a person who menstruates or a chest feeder or a womb facility. Okay. Or my personal favorite from a few weeks ago, person with eggs. Yeah. No, but wait. There's more I want us all to
James Talarico
be aware of is that that modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six.
Ben Shapiro
Six biological sexes. Says who? What modern scientists are out there saying
James Talarico
this is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is non binary.
Ben Shapiro
This guy is training to become your pastor as well as potentially your United States senator. I. I don't. I don't know anymore. Nothing is everything and everything is nothing, I guess.
James Talarico
So this, this idea that to be a Christian means you have to be anti gay and anti abortion. There really is no historical, theological, biblical basis for that opinion. And if you think about it from a Christian perspective, what something interesting that Jesus does throughout his ministry is, he is breaking first century norms about women, talking with women, learning from women, having women lieutenants in his movement. And this was something that was kind of unheard of in the first century. The longest conversation Jesus has with anybody in the whole Bible is with the Samaritan woman at the well. And so this affirmation of women as full and equal people is a huge part of the Jesus movement, especially the early church. And then the last, I think, story I would go to is the story of Mary. Mary is probably my favorite figure in the Bible, the mother of Jesus. And you know, she is. She's an oppressed peasant teenage girl Living in poverty under an oppressive empire as a Jew. And she, she has a vision from God that she's going to give birth to a baby who's going to bring the powerful down from their thrones, going to scatter the proud, who's going to send the rich away empty. I mean this, this revolutionary song that she sings, it's called the Magnificat. It's actually been banned by certain authoritarian regimes because it is so radical. But I say all this in terms of, in context of abortion because before God comes over Mary and, and we have the incarnation, God asks for, for Mary's consent, which is remarkable. I mean, go back and read this in Luke. I mean, the angel comes down and asks Mary if this is something she wants to do. And she says if it is God's will, let it be done. Let it be, Let it happen. So to me, that is an affirmation in one of our most central stories that creation has to be done with consent.
Ben Shapiro
Creation has to be done with consent. On one hand, I'm very pleasantly surprised to see someone who is so deeply Protestant coded speaking so beautifully about Mary. It's indicative to me that there is a larger cultural change happening. Charlie Kirk talked about this regularly at the end of his life. That Mary is something special that American Christianity has really forgotten about throughout our nation's history. And there's something very, very important to be learned from the story of Mary the mother of God. She has an important role and a potential for an important relationship with all of us as our heavenly mother. I love that he's talking about the Magnific in the Annunciation and these beautiful, important components of the story of the incarnation of Christ. But what about any of that is pro abortion? The most famous unexpected pregnancy in all of human history is probably the most pro life story of all time. If anything, what you're trying to say really is that rape is wrong and non consensual creation of a new baby is wrong, which some. Same page, buddy, same page. I agree. But to twist the story of Mary the mother of God, to justify abortion and the slaughter of more than 1 million innocent children in our country every single year is disgusting and is not Christian, nor is it progressive or feminist or pro woman. What really scares me about James Talrico, this guy's a crazy person, obviously, like goes without saying, but what really scares me about him is that he seems so normal. Like, he seems like such a nice person, person, such a chill guy, somebody you'd love to hang out with after church on Sunday morning and is capturing the attention of people in a very unexpected way because he seems so normal. It's terrifying. It's kind of like if they plugged Pete Buttigieg into an algorithm and said, make this guy more normal and potentially straight. I guess not here for it. Not here for it. He is infinitely scarier to me than Jasmine Crockett, but there are people who espouse the exact same viewpoints and who are leaning into this radical, authoritarian, socialistic leftist worldview that don't seem so cool on the surface and don't have this facade of normalcy that I honestly can't even believe we have to talk about today. Let's start with Maxine Durand running for governor for not New York, not Colorado, not California, Oregon or Washington, Idaho, or should I say the idahome for those of us who are from Idaho, who is a trans identifying man, calls himself a woman and is running as an independent socialist to become the next governor of Idaho. Listen to this campaign commercial put out by this guy voluntarily.
Brendan Steinhauser
Hi, I'm Maxine Durand and I'm running for governor of Idaho in 2026 as an independent socialist candidate. Republicans will tell you that they're cutting your taxes while they also cut your social services like they did with HB93 and how they gutted public education. And Democrats will just point to Republicans and talk about how mean they are. Those aren't options. Those aren't policies. I'm offering you a chance to get behind something new for Idaho, something that actually tries to look to the future and what Idaho needs. I'm running as an independent socialist. I'm also running as a proud member of Democratic Socialists of America. I'm a member of the Southern Idaho DSA chapter, but I've also been endorsed by the chapters in Boise and the Idaho Falls and Pocatello area. It's important to me to talk about what I am because I think it's important to take that name back for ourselves. People say socialist like it's just automatically a bad word. And the reality is it does have a meaning. Look at my platform. Take a look at what I'm running for. Yes, it's socialism, but these are the kinds of policies that I think most Idahoans agree we need right now. And that means more to me than a label. You can find my full platform on duran fouridaho.com, but some of the big issues that I'm championing are a universal health care system in the form of an Idaho based Medicare for all, expanding our K 12 public school system to undo the damage of House Bill 93 and expand the curriculum options so that if you graduate from an Idaho high school, you'll walk out with a two year associate's degree at a college or university of your choice and expanding our public housing system so that we'll have additional mixed income public housing and universal tenants rights. Everyone belongs in Idaho and I belong in that building.
Ben Shapiro
Surface level seems kind of reasonable with some of the things talked about there. I actually think the idea of an associate's degree by the time you graduate high school is a fantastic idea, but if we type this person's website in here, you'll find out Maxine is exactly who he says he is, a socialist and is not hiding it. Under the platform section of this website there is an entire subsection called Abortion, Reproductive Medicine and Transgender health Care. Under this proposed Idaho Medicare for All, the government would cover all health care needs, including abortion on demand, reproductive health care, whatever that's supposed to mean. Just a euphemism for abortion on demand and transgender health care for everyone in Idaho. This is the same state that right now is literally debating whether or not to outlaw gay marriage. And these ideas are coming out of Idaho. Idaho's Medicare for All plan would include access to pregnancy terminating drugs, hormone replacement therapy for all transgender patients, and coverage for reproductive care for those who cannot conceive on their own. Of course, he also is promoting an end to the war on drugs by legalizing all marijuana. We know how that has gone for Colorado universal housing, establishing statewide rent controls tied to state minimum wage and a national housing per diem rate. Must have been on the phone with Zoran Mamdani. A proposed amendment to the Idaho Human Rights act to add the word sexual orientation and gender identity to enshrine protections for LGBTQ individuals at the state level. AKA force women to be okay with men using their bathrooms or boys playing girls sports.
James Talarico
No, no.
Ben Shapiro
But again, what's really scary is even though these ideas are hyper radical and are unabashedly socialist, no apologizing for it. Mr. Maxine Durand has even received an endorsement from an organization called Mormons with Hope for a Better World. The Mormons, hello. Traditionally like the most Republican group on the planet, are endorsing the ideas of actual legitimate card carrying socialism. And if all of this isn't bad enough for you, the abortion on demand, the trans rights for everyone, the fact that the government will pay for it, or in the case of James Talarico, that Jesus would be for all of these things. The Democrats, Democrat party bar for running for office is now so low that while they lecture you about protecting children from Donald Trump because he's in the Epstein files, they are actually running for office. Convicted and now released sex Offenders for City Council Renee Campos in Fresno is making history in America. Should he be elected to be the first ever registered sex offender elected into office running for the Fresno City Council. Maybe it's time we actually have a serious conversation about protecting our kids from the Democrat Party. And on the note of protecting our kids, really quick, a message to you from our friends at Instagram. If you are anything like me, you love the good parts of the Internet, but you're also probably side eyeing all of the questionable stuff out there for teenagers. I have a little girl at home now and I know we are light years away from when she's having her own phone, but I'm already thinking about what it's going to look like when she eventually, inevitably asks, mom, can I have an Instagram? No Someday. This is why I'm so, so glad that Instagram teen accounts now build in automatic protections for all teenagers. By default, teen accounts limit who is contacting teenagers on Instagram in the first place so that they're getting messages from people that they actually know, not just random strangers sliding into their DMs. It's also designed to keep their content experience positive and more importantly, age appropriate. And for younger teenagers who are under 16, they can't loosen those default safety settings without a parent's approval, which means you stay involved in the big decisions about how your teenager is using Instagram. As a mom myself someday I want to actually guide my daughter's online life instead of just reacting after something has gone horribly wrong. And Instagram's teen accounts give us more tools to do exactly that. So if you've got a teen in your life, or a future teenager like I do, check out Instagram teen accounts to see how these automatic protections can help them connect more safely online. You can learn more@instagram.com teenaccounts and he's not apologizing for this. He's not ashamed of any of it. He's actually using this as his platform to run for office, to rehabilitate the court system and the system of incarceration in California and potentially beyond. This is. This is crazy.
James Talarico
Are you people insane?
Ben Shapiro
If this guy wins his race for Fresno City Council, it will still be illegal for him to go into a building with children or a school as a registered sex offender. Oh, and in case you're confused, why He's a registered sex offender. Yeah, he was arrested for possession of child and he pleaded no contest, so. Which if you're not a legal junkie nerd like I am, doesn't necessarily mean you are accepting guilt, but you are accepting the conviction, so it's great. Pretty sure if you weren't a sex offender, it might be important for you to want to prove your innocence in a situation like that. But you know, videos of Kitty just do it for some people, I guess. Here's what he's saying on the campaign trail in California right now. I believe Fresno deserves the leaders that are honest from the very beginning, not the end. So going into this, I am putting my life out there up front about his status as a registered sex offender. Rene Campos is not running from his past as he runs for office. I've been given the chance to rehabilitate through the courts and back into the system. Charged with being in possession of child sex abuse material back in 2018, the Fresno native says he pled no contest to a misdemeanor charge. Now launching his campaign to represent District 7 on the Fresno City Council, he says his focus is on safety. So I say let's choose somebody outside the box, somebody who knows the system from inside out. Because me, I've experienced the laws that we are trying to reform right now. Fresno county clerk and registrar voters James Coos says state law does not prevent a registered sex offender from running for office. Can I ask, am I allowed to ask, am I an evil person? If I ask what laws related to child protection fee possession, possession of child sexual abuse material are you trying to reform? What does it mean to reform the laws against registered sex offenders? Can any, can anyone explain this to me? I will wait, like, is everybody just okay with this? Honestly, California state law does not prohibit a registered sex offender from running for public office. And maybe I shouldn't even be surprised, honestly, because this has been the writing on the wall for a very, very, very long time. You guys know how frustrated I am living in Virginia right now? Virginia over D.C. or Maryland in the DMV, despite my husband's job with the federal government. Because the general rule of thumb for the last several decades has been this is the most friendly environment for young families. We moved here when we were about six, seven months pregnant. Sorry, I didn't even mean to do that with our daughter. And now with the arrival of totally normal, super moderate, your average next door neighbor, Abigail Spanberger, we are now basically living in a totalitarian, expensive Islamic hell hole. So that's that's nice. But even super moderate ran on affordability. Your friendly next door neighbor, Abigail Spanberger, her government here in Virginia is currently attempting to eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing for child possession and rape, by the way, and manslaughter and you know, all of the lovely things that are out there. So it's a Democrats world you're living in if you're really angry about Donald Trump being potentially accused by people who were discredited in the Epstein files. And keep your kids away from Donald Trump. But you should move them to Virginia where your next door neighbor is probably in possession of child and won't go to prison for it and also won't go to prison for it if he rapes your kids. So and then can run for office and is the new face of the Democrat Party in this country. I mean, honestly, I meant what I said at the beginning of this video. There is genuinely not a political home for the average classical liberal in this country. Amen. That is wildly concerning. I mean there is actually a home for you. It's just called the right now because the bench posts have moved so substantially. Why do you think Tulsi Gabbard and RFK are serving in a Donald Trump administration? But I think America has a deep, deep look within that. We all have to examine our consciences over for the next several months leading up to the midterm elections and of course 2028 to ask ourselves, are we actually comfortable with this? Are we okay with half the country supporting a political party that is running registered sex offenders and pro abortion pastors and trans Democratic socialists for public office? This is not JFK's democrat party anymore. And it certainly isn't even Barack Obama's democrat party anymore. Come on man. I don't like this. I don't like this. I don't like this.
James Talarico
There.
Episode Title: Is This Honestly The Best Democrats Can Do?
Date: March 9, 2026
Host: Isabel Brown (with extensive commentary/voiceover from Ben Shapiro)
Main Theme:
A critical examination of the current state of Democratic political candidates, particularly focusing on candidates with radical or controversial positions and personal histories. The episode questions whether these individuals represent the best that the Democratic Party has to offer in 2026, emphasizing a perceived departure from classic liberalism to more extreme, fringe positions.
| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:03 | Ben Shapiro sets the theme with shock at Democratic candidates | | 03:30 | Introduction and critique of James Talarico | | 05:40 | Talarico’s views on women, gender, and abortion | | 07:05 | “God is non-binary” assertions | | 08:40 | Talarico’s commentary on Mary and consent in the Annunciation | | 12:17 | Maxine Durand’s campaign introduction (Idaho) | | 14:08 | Shapiro explores and critiques Durand’s socialist platform | | 18:00 | Rene Campos introduces himself and his controversial candidacy | | 19:45 | Shapiro outraged at legal and ethical implications | | 22:42 | Reflections on political homelessness for moderates | | 22:56 | Episode thesis restated; expression of concern/disgust |
For listeners:
This episode of The Isabel Brown Show is a polemical tour through Democratic candidate controversies in the 2026 election cycle, offering a pointed critique—blending satire, incredulity, and polemic—meant to rally concern among classical liberals and conservatives. The episode paints a picture of a party unmoored from tradition, urging listeners to reconsider what the Democratic Party now stands for and where, if anywhere, moderate Americans can turn.