"I swear, I just wish these Republicans weren't so stupid. I wish they'd listen to me. I'm trying to help them out a little bit here, just to make it a fair fight in the fall. But what did we say? First of all, when they took Colbert off the air? You're going to pay for it. They did pay for it with South Park 3 or 4 days later, deciding they're going to lean in even harder."
"And so here they try to keep Talarico off the show. What happens? They give him a boost. If you talk to Jasmine Crockett, she'll say the same thing—I was ahead until that controversy."
James Talarico, a Texas state representative, won the Democratic primary for Senate after defeating Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who had Harris's endorsement. Talarico will face the Republican runoff winner between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. His primary victory followed national attention from a Stephen Colbert interview controversy involving CBS and FCC equal time rule concerns. Joe Scarborough argued that Republican efforts to suppress Talarico's campaign actually enhanced his profile and contributed to his win. Scarborough compared Talarico's rise to Barack Obama's trajectory and criticized Republicans for strategically miscalculating, suggesting their attempts to limit his media exposure inadvertently helped him secure the nomination.
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