Texas Senate candidate James Talarico is flying high thanks to Colbert’s war with CBS over his banned interview

Good for both of them.

Right side of history.

Patriots.

If the goal was to make him irrelevant, that backfired spectacularly. Nothing boosts a candidate faster than “they don’t want you to see this.

This is just further proof that speaking out matters. Silence is a fascist best weapon. No kings, Colbert, and all the other people who are making noise are why they’ll fail, if they fail. The majority of Americans don’t share their vision, but as long as we feel isolated nothing will change, so be vocal. Call out the BS when you hear it and let people know they’re not alone.

Controversy grabs attention. It was a good move. In other news, and to the surprise of absolutely no one, comedians are better at political chess then the current admin and their puppets.

If CBS really was worried about clashing with “fairness” policies, then they would’ve allowed this and made Colbert also interview a Republican candidate. The fact they wanted to just bury it instead tells you what their actual agenda is

James is one of those rare Christians that scare the GOP/Christian nationalists.

That’s right I think they just crowned him the new Senator in the state of Texas

[The Interview ](https://youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?si=ghlK61YNc3vtKipF)

These threads are a good opportunity to boost the signal.

This feels like the Streisand effect in real time. Trying to block an interview just turned it into free national exposure.

Talarico is too good at speaking “Christian” for the conservative white people to ignore.

It gives me the ick, and I’m cautious about putting too much weight behind “progressive white men” after all these side-switchers the past decade. Still, I’ll support him until he starts behaving antithetical to what he’s doing now.

I’ve just learned not to trust people who seem too good to be true. It’s a good way to be disappointed.

Bari Weiss once again, fucks up

Then he’ll sneeze funny that one time. Then endless amounts of him sneezing. Forgetting everything else he said come november. Sorry, just so pessimistic about the US.

Put your money on Talrico, or vote for him in the primaries if your Texan. The GOP is terrified of running against this guy and they are trying to boost Crockett.

More people have watched the interview as of this morning than maga halftime … performance?

Colbert should offer to “restore” fairness in broadcasting by inviting Trump onto his show. I’d love to see what Colbert could do to Trump while remaining “polite.”

5.3M views in a day, thanks FCC!

I had no idea who this person was until the nonsense with the FCC and the Trump admin trying to squash this interview. Today I donated to his campaign!

Talarico seems like an excellent candidate from what I’ve seen. If only the rest of us stuck in red states were so lucky.

I would almost say CBS wanted to support Talarico’s campaign.

Got to love unintended consequences when they land on those who created them with a big, fat, thud! Massive miscalculation on CBS’ part.

This is either a complete backfire or malicious compliance at it’s finest 

I love the law of unintended consequences. Oligarchs and scumbag overlords wanted to silence him for speaking rationally and factually and it backfired spectacularly.

Thank you FCC chairman Brendan Carr, I was honestly worried that Crockett was a shoe-in and she was going to get her fucking ass handed to her in the general and I’d be forced to live with 6 years of wonky-eyed Ken Paxton. But this late in the game turn of events has given Talerico the edge. Clearly Republicans are afraid that he has a shot and I hope Texas voters will take that into account when going to The ballot box.

If more Christians were like Talarico, I’d probably still be Christian.

I think we’re due for a big religious realignment in the US—a push toward teaching and practicing the things Jesus ACTUALLY taught and did—and Talarico is the most interesting figure I’ve seen so far.