""He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast," Colbert said on his program, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." "Then I was told, in some uncertain terms, that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this.""
""Talarico posted a nearly minute-long clip of his interview with Colbert on X, calling it "the interview Donald Trump didn't want you to see." He planned to have a Tuesday evening rally in Austin. "I think Donald Trump is worried we're about to flip Texas," Talarico said in a statement. "This is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture, the kind that comes from the top.""
Stephen Colbert's scheduled interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was removed from a Monday night broadcast after network lawyers warned it could violate Trump-era regulatory guidance on providing equal time to political candidates. The decision occurred hours before early voting opened in Texas' primary elections, which include competitive Senate nomination contests. Colbert said he was instructed not only to cancel the interview but also not to mention the cancellation, prompting him to publicize the restriction on his program. Talarico posted a clip of the interview on X, criticized the decision as top-down cancel culture, and planned a rally in Austin.
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