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HOUSTON — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday said Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Rep. James Talarico will “go to hell” for his interpretations of the Bible, as Talarico has made his Christian faith a cornerstone of his campaign.

Speaking at the Republican Party of Texas’ convention in Houston, Patrick accused Talarico, an Austin state representative, of introducing faith into the contentious Senate race, expected to be expensive and brutal as Democrats seek to capitalize on anti-Trump sentiment to claim the minority party’s first statewide victory in more than three decades.

President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to take over Washington, D.C., on a federal basis if democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George wins next week's Democratic primary for mayor.

Trump told Oval Office reporters he wouldn't like it if Lewis George prevails, reported The Washington Post. Currently, Lewis Georg is leading the polls.

The White House quietly elevated Chris Klomp to chief of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, counselor in February, effectively installing him as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s handler to prevent the vaccine-skeptic from derailing GOP midterm prospects.

Democratic senators suspect Klomp was promoted to babysit RFK because the White House doesn't trust him, sources told Politico, given Kennedy's unpopular vaccine policies and unorthodox beliefs.

Insider editor Michael Weiss cautioned that any Iran deal President Donald Trump signs based on leaked details would constitute a "major humiliation" for the president.

According to Iran's Mehr News Agency, the proposed agreement grants Iran $300 billion in reconstruction money and $24 billion in cash — half before negotiations begin — while addressing only a ceasefire extension with no substantive progress on missile programs, financing, or terrorist proxy support.

The Texas Republican Party created a viral moment in all the wrong ways at their convention when they brought a live elephant out to promote Gov. Greg Abbott's re-election campaign — and it began to urinate loudly and dramatically on the floor.

The incident prompted a predictable round of mockery from commenters on social media.

Annette Dombrowski and Chris Tackett, three-time Trump voters from Ohio, expressed deep disappointment with the president during interviews with MS NOW’s Alex Tabet on Friday, citing economic struggles and unfulfilled campaign promises.

The interviews came as a Conn-Selmer manufacturing plant in Eastlake, Ohio, announced closure, with Trump ally John Paulson sending jobs to China, according to reports by “Morning Joe," co-host Jonathan Lemire.

Ben Domenech, the husband of Meghan McCain and opinion editor at the right-wing Daily Wire, told The New York Times' John Guida in an interview published Friday that the GOP should be a lot more concerned about losing Senate races, and particularly that they are too quick to take the Maine race for granted.

This comes after progressive oysterman and harbormaster Graham Platner sailed to an easy win for the Democratic nomination to take on longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins, overcoming a long series of stories about drama in his life and his unsavory past relationships with women, which the GOP hopes will damage him in the general election.