There is no more effective way to destroy an institution than to inhabit it, keep its vocabulary, and gut its definitions and convictions. Politicians have done a great job of this regardless of stripe or creed. State Rep. James Talarico (TX D-50) has become the newest architect of this age-old strategy. He is preaching a faith that looks like Christianity on a TikTok feed but functions as a press release for secular progressivism.
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