Sure, but he's talking to Texas voters. Enough of them think of Republican and Christian as fundamentally bonded parts of their identity that it's going to be a real job getting them to vote in a way that will actually serve their interests.

If a person thinks "I am a Republican," it's not enough to just suggest that maybe they ought to change their allegiance. You've got to give them a pathway to consider a compromise so that you can show them a better way.

Of course, if he gets elected and then either he or the Democratic Party don't actually deliver, they'll have truly screwed the pooch, even more than they currently have.