Texas state Rep. James Talarico is hitting back at a Republican group’s attempt to attack him after the Democrat likened Jesus Christ to an immigrant in a resurfaced clip.

The clip, shared by the National Republican Senatorial Committee account on X, shows Talarico delivering a sermon at his home church — St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Austin — last year as he declares that Christ is present in the “immigrant deported without due process.”

“Christ is the senior deprived of their Social Security benefits,” Talarico continued. “Christ is the protester kidnapped in an unmarked vehicle by plainclothes officers.”

Talarico had just four words for the GOP group, writing on X, “I approve this message.”

The GOP group recently knocked Talarico, who triumphed over Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) in a Senate primary last week, over his religious views.

The account shared a clip of the Democrat saying, “God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between, God is nonbinary.”

Talarico is marching on to November’s general election for the U.S. Senate seat. His opponent will be decided in a GOP runoff between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.

President Donald Trump, who had said after last week’s primary that he would endorse a GOP candidate, is reportedly delaying his seal of approval in the race to pressure Senate Republicans to pass his SAVE America Act on voting restrictions.

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