Another Dem/media bogus narrative has gone down in flames, but not before one of the subjects involved got some financial mileage out of it for his campaign in Texas:
BREAKING: Our campaign raised $2.5 million in 24 hours after the FCC banned our Colbert interview. pic.twitter.com/g6v4gzGAhS
— James Talarico (@jamestalarico) February 18, 2026
That's what this hoax was all about in the first place.
Naturally the Democrat/media push has been along the lines of "Trump and the FCC banned CBS/Colbert from airing the interview" because as you know they like to portray the president as a fascist when in fact the TDS crowd on the Left is full of shameless liars.
However, here's one for the Dems' "when you've even lost Brian Stelter" file:
Texas Senate candidate @jamestalarico claimed that the FCC "banned" his interview with Stephen Colbert.
— Media Lies (@MediasLies) February 18, 2026
Even CNN knows this is untrue.
Brian Stelter: "He's wrong about that. The FCC did not ban the interview." pic.twitter.com/pBuJ2vVBBP
One correction for Stelter: Talarico wasn't wrong, he was lying and knew it. So did Colbert.
When you’re getting fact checked by Brian stelter 😂
— Jacktron (@jacktronprime) February 18, 2026
He’s not wrong..he knows the correct answer…he is just a complete liar with no morals.
— 🇺🇸carrie (@american1378) February 18, 2026
And some Democrat will end up doing something similar all over again and much of the media will go right along with it, because that's what they consider their job to be.
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