This is what moral courage sounds like.

"James Talarico didn't hold back when describing what his Republican colleagues in the Texas Capitol have done " banning abortion even in cases of rape, ------, and threats to the mother's life.

Since that day, 26,000 Texas women have been forced to give birth after a rape. Infant and maternal mortality have spiked.

Pregnant women are being told to wait in ER parking lots until they go into sepsis.

And Talarico said he's watched these same politicians pass bills to hurt trans kids " some of the most vulnerable children in our communities " using their immense power to hunt them in plain sight.

He's wrestling with how to love his enemies while fighting back against legislation that's costing real lives.

That's the tension of faith under an authoritarian-leaning GOP."