Liar Liar: Stephen Colbert Gets His BS Debunked by CBS & A Strong Independent Black Woman

Summary

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Louder with Crowder—Episode Summary

Episode: Liar Liar: Stephen Colbert Gets His BS Debunked by CBS & A Strong Independent Black Woman
Date: February 18, 2026
Host: Steven Crowder
Main Participants: Steven Crowder, Gerald Morgan, Guest/Co-host(s)

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Overview:

This episode of “Louder with Crowder” centers on two major themes:

1. The media's anti-white narrative—Crowder and team address what they see as an overtly hostile trend of mainstream media headlines critiquing "whiteness" and the concept of anti-white racism.
2. Fact-checking Stephen Colbert and the CBS controversy—Crowder systematically debunks recent claims made by Stephen Colbert, Texas candidate James Talarico, and Representative Jasmine Crockett regarding censorship, the FCC, and equal time rules in broadcast media.

Alongside these main topics, the team takes aim at socialist politics in NYC, discusses property taxes and economic migration, and maintains a tone of politically incorrect humor and banter throughout.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The “Unbearable Whiteness” Media Narrative

• Crowder highlights a proliferation of headlines across mainstream publications with themes about the "problem" of whiteness (e.g., “the problem with Vermont’s whiteness” or “Everest is too white”), suggesting these articles foster anti-white sentiment.

• Research Confirmation:

  • The team asserts that over 200 such headlines are real.
  • “We’ve gone through over 100 of these and they all check out.” (Crowder, 13:36)

• Satirical Role Reversal:

  • Crowder flips the narrative:
    • “Let me just change one thing. The problem with Detroit’s blackness... The unbearable blackness of being in nursing.”
    • Emphasizes such language would be unacceptable if targeted at any other group.

• Discussion on the Double Standard:

  • The phrase “the unbearable whiteness of being” is critiqued as inherently racist by Crowder:
    • “The only qualifier that you are offering up as a negative is whiteness. Isn’t it incumbent upon you to explain to me?” (Crowder, 19:27)
  • Crowder argues that positive aspects of “whiteness” (education, ingenuity, low crime rates, technological advancement) are ignored.

Notable Quote:

• “Explain to me how it is not racism—the phrase ‘the unbearable whiteness of being.’” (Crowder, 22:44)

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2. Late Night TV & The Death of Comedy

• Lowest Moment:

  • Crowder and co-hosts riff on what they think is the worst late-night TV moment, unanimously landing on Colbert’s “vaccine Broadway musical.”
  • “That’s the day the funny died.” (Crowder, 04:46)
  • Lampoons hypocrisy and perceived lack of comedic integrity in modern late-night TV.

• Colbert’s Political Agenda:

  • Colbert is accused of “propaganda—poorly done, mind you—to try and get people in line with a policy proposed by the Democratic Party.” (Crowder, 36:15)

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3. Debunking Colbert’s CBS/FCC Claims

Claim 1: CBS Censored Colbert

• Crowder highlights Colbert’s on-air statement that network lawyers stopped him from airing an interview with James Talarico, and claims he couldn't even acknowledge this.
  • Colbert: “We were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers that we could not have him on… I could not mention me not having him on.” (29:33)
• Crowder’s Fact Check:
  • “None of which happened.” (Crowder, 29:58)
  • CBS, Brian Stelter, and Jasmine Crockett each confirm that CBS offered guidance due to the FCC’s equal time rule for candidates—not political censorship.
  • Stelter confirms: “The Late Show was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with Rep. James Talarico…” (31:43)

Claim 2: The Equal Time Rule Exception for Talk Shows

• Colbert and Talarico claim the FCC’s rule shouldn’t apply to talk shows and cite a recent letter from Commissioner Brendan Carr.
• Crowder’s Fact Check:
  • “There’s never been any type of formal exception for talk shows.” (Crowder, 35:39)
  • The FCC affirms no talk show exemption exists unless the program is bona fide news—which late night shows are not.

Claim 3: Censorship or Political Bias?

• The Crowder team notes CBS’ actual legal guidance was to ensure both Democratic primary candidates (Talarico and Crockett) had equal access.
  • “This story in no way involves a Republican… equal time would mean two Democrats.” (Crowder, 34:01)

Claim 4: Crockett Had Already Had ‘Equal Time’

• Colbert argued that Jasmine Crockett had already been featured. Crowder counters by referencing the timeline:
  • Crockett hadn’t announced her candidacy until after her last appearance (Crowder, 45:33)

Media as Victim vs. Bully

• “They claim to be a victim while they are bullying… one of the worst offenders, Colbert and his staff… have hit us with no less than seven BS copyright claims on YouTube…” (Crowder, 46:54)

Notable Quotes:

• “Brian Stelter saying they’re lying. Jasmine Crockett saying that they’re lying, and the FCC saying that they’re lying. Is anybody on their side on this?” (Guest/Co-host, 38:05)
• “This is absolute projection. We’re the victim… while he claims to be a victim and silenced, at $12 million a year, I believe.” (Crowder, 46:54)

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4. Socialism and Taxation in New York City

• Crowder seizes on recent statements by NYC politicians pushing higher taxes on the wealthy and property taxes to cover large city budget deficits (attributed in part to social services for illegal immigrants).

• “The current New York City budget is $127 billion. That’s doubled in the last 15 years. The current gap… $5.4 billion. The low-end annual estimated cost of illegals to NYC: at least $5 billion.” (Crowder, 55:12)

• Crowder contends that increasing property taxes ultimately hurts renters and small property owners, not the billionaires:

  • “For every $1 in property tax increases… landlords pass anywhere from $0.50 to $0.89 per dollar to tenants.” (Philadelphia Reserve Study cited, 61:10)

Notable Quote:

• “This is a plan to hurt you, to make it unpleasant. If you think that Mamdani doesn’t know your rent costs will go up… you’re a fool.” (Crowder, 63:31)

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5. Tone, Humor, and Satirical Commentary

• Throughout, Crowder employs irreverent humor, impersonations, and purposely “politically incorrect” jokes, especially when referencing identity politics, race, and the woke media environment.
• Banter continuously emphasizes their show’s unfiltered, “no-nonsense” style:
  • “My empathy now goes out the window when there’s a pattern, a lifelong pattern of lying. I despise you more than a worthy opponent.” (Crowder, 53:22)

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

On the anti-white headlines:

• “We’ve gone through over 100 of these and they all check out.” (Crowder, 13:36)
• “The only qualifier that you are offering up as a negative is whiteness…You said that our immutable characteristic, whiteness, is unbearable.” (Crowder, 19:27)

On Colbert’s claims:

• “None of which happened.” (Crowder, 29:58)
• “There’s never been any type of formal exception for talk shows.” (Crowder, 35:39)
• “Brian Stelter saying they’re lying…Jasmine Crockett…FCC…Is anybody on their side on this?” (Guest/Co-host, 38:05)

On NYC tax and budget issues:

• “The low-end annual estimated cost of illegals to New York City: at least $5 billion…Found your deficit problem. Solved.” (Crowder, 55:12)

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Important Timestamps for Key Segments

• Anti-white media headlines/whiteness discussion: 13:03–18:57, 19:47–22:44
• Satire on late night TV, Colbert, and vaccine musical: 04:46–06:05, 36:15–37:29
• Breakdown of Colbert/CBS controversy: 29:33–39:38
• Fact-checking CBS, FCC & equal time rule: 34:48–37:54
• NYC socialist politics, property taxes, and economic migration: 54:03–63:31

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Memorable Moments

• The show mocks the “vaccine Broadway musical” as the nadir of TV comedy, fueling a wider critique of late-night shows’ political slant.
• Crowder role-plays the “race swap” headline scenario to highlight alleged anti-white double standards in mainstream media.
• Detailed, documented fact-checking against Colbert’s version of the CBS incident, with supporting audio from Brian Stelter, the FCC, and Jasmine Crockett.
• Repeated references to copyright claims filed by Colbert’s team against Crowder, framing it as hypocrisy.

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Summary Takeaway

The episode argues that mainstream media and left-leaning entertainers like Colbert foster anti-white sentiment and use exaggerated claims of censorship and victimhood for political advantage. Crowder presents sourced fact checks, characterizes the left as “crybullies,” and warns of the consequences of progressive tax policies. The humor is blunt, provocative, and intended to both ridicule and challenge the mainstream narrative.

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Steven Crowder]

Support is available 24. 7 with Verbo Care. We're here day or night, ready whenever you need help. Because a great trip starts with the right support. No, I told you, Gerald. I'm banned for life. Welcome to rumble live. It's 11:00am on a weekday. That means we're here with you and each show rolls into the next Rumble. Really just kind of a to dominate this live game in comparison to YouTube now. And YouTube has no one to blame but themselves for the seppuku. Speaking of which, white people suicidal about their race and let's just call it what it is because for a long time you have people on the left, right, vilifying white people. And then you have people on the right just saying like I don't care about it. And then people on the right going, well, hold on a second, maybe it's not bad to be white. And then the left says what do you mean by white? Well, what do you mean by white? What do you mean by the unbearable whiteness of Insert here we'll go through about 200 articles on today's show. 200 anti white articles in mainstream publications. Colbert is obviously awful and he's lying about the fcc. He's lying about the equal time rules. He's lying about Donald Trump trying to silence him. And Mamdani wants to frame this as socialism, the champion of the people. It's billionaires versus the people, when really it's socialism and leftism being used to buy votes with the American ish. The New York City taxpayers dollar. We'll get to that and more. Let me ask you this. What do you think is the worst late night TV moment ever? It's dead. I know. It's kind of like, you know, kicking someone while they're down, but it's fun. We'll read some of your answers in chat later on with the show.

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[Gerald]

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[Steven Crowder]

Hold on.

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[Gerald]

The roach motel, they called.

[Advertiser/Commercial Voice]

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[Steven Crowder]

Oh. I have no one to talk to. It's just me and you.

[Advertiser/Commercial Voice]

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[Gerald]

She took my dog, too.

[Steven Crowder]

The kids were talking.

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[Gerald]

Do you think they could delay my divorce?

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[Gerald]

That's not gonna bring my wife back.

[Steven Crowder]

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[Gerald]

What's that?

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[Gerald]

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[Steven Crowder]

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[Advertiser/Commercial Voice]

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[Gerald]

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[Steven Crowder]

All right, trick question. The answer is, of course, vaccine. The answer is, of course, the vaccine. Broadway musical from Colbert. That's the day the funny died. Yeah, we'll take some other ones if you have some. But that is definitely there. It's like everyone in the writers room was just afraid to tell a gay writer. No. Exactly.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah. He made Hollywood gayer, if that's possible.

[Steven Crowder]

Like, I have an idea. Let's just. Let's have that vaccine. Let's do a Broadway show. We don't have enough Broadway. Let's do vaccine. We'll have hair and we'll have. We'll have makeup. We'll have costumes. You know, it'll be fun. Someone's like, shut the hell up, Robert. Okay, I got another one. How about like Guys and Dolls? But it's like guys and shots. Shut the.

[Advertiser/Commercial Voice]

I got one.

[Steven Crowder]

It's like west side Story, but it's west side Vaccine. You're just doing vaccine stuff with Broadway because it's just homos in vaccine costumes. Prancing around.

[Gerald]

There's a chance they got the costumes. And then another writer was like, okay, this sucks as super gay, but what if we take these, these needles and it's Portland and it's heroin and they're.

[Steven Crowder]

Like, but then how will we convince people to take the vaccines? We need the glamour, the glitz of Broadway opening night. Oh, there's a head writing job open. I hope I get it. I hope I get it. All right, you got the head part.

[Gerald]

If that's the day that comedy died on the late show, then they must have been stage four for years.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, it was. Yeah, well, I was on socialized healthcare, so they said, hey, do you want to kill yourself? Cap Morgan, CEO, how are you? Yes. What?

[Guest/Co-host]

Hi.

[Gerald]

Good.

[Steven Crowder]

Good. Friday, Saturday, March 20th, 21st, at Summit Comedy, a Summit City comedy club. Fort Wayne, Indiana. Lovely town. A lot happening. Josh Firestar. Yep, yep.

[Gerald]

And I just got word from Stephen that we are going to do more Broadway stuff.

[Steven Crowder]

So we are. There you go. Yes. We're going to be in the bright lights.

[Guest/Co-host]

Anybody from Fort Wayne knows what you said is not true.

[Steven Crowder]

Fort Wayne's awesome.

[Guest/Co-host]

No, it's not.

[Steven Crowder]

I used to Fort Wayne.

[Gerald]

I will die on this hill until March 22nd. Fort Wayne is awesome.

[Steven Crowder]

There are plenty of good people. You know what Fort Wayne needs?

[Guest/Co-host]

The comedy club, but it is not a happening place.

[Steven Crowder]

Fort Wayne needs a little more Broadway.

[Gerald]

A little bit more show tunes.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, exactly.

[Gerald]

More Pfizer in northern Indiana.

[Advertiser/Commercial Voice]

Okay.

[Steven Crowder]

I don't like it. I thought it was great. No, I mean, I just don't like it. I don't like myself.

[Gerald]

I made it up myself.

[Steven Crowder]

All right, speaking of talented and. Well, we were talking about Broadway and lights. Most of this next country doesn't have lights. Certainly. We know, we know. They don't have turn signals. They don't. They don't have tail lights of the world at sea. India.

[Gerald]

They have a festival of lights.

[Steven Crowder]

They do. They have a festival of lights. There's no lights. No, look.

[Guest/Co-host]

No.

[Steven Crowder]

We only have the lights once a year. Otherwise it's not a festival. It's just every day. What can't happen. Every day they walk into a well lit room. Like, what does it do?

[Gerald]

What are you thinking?

[Steven Crowder]

This is so disrespectful of our once a year festival.

[Gerald]

That's Indian fathers in their house.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, exactly.

[Gerald]

Why are all of the lights on at the same time?

[Steven Crowder]

Just light some poop.

[Gerald]

What does this.

[Steven Crowder]

All right, so these student drivers. I'm sorry, Indian motorists. Never saw it coming by it. I Mean this, By the way, I should warn you, people live.

[Gerald]

Some.

[Guest/Co-host]

We think.

[Steven Crowder]

All right. Nice. Oh, hey, I'm walking here. Look at this guy. Okay, I'm going to go. No, I already said goodbye.

[Guest/Co-host]

I already said my goodbyes.

[Steven Crowder]

I didn't know him that well. Drove off just like, whatever. Can it be a hit and run if you're a bystander? Like, they need to take a statement, something.

[Guest/Co-host]

I mean, he didn't render aid to anyone hurt by that, much less the people he was hanging out with.

[Gerald]

The way he ran, the way he turned around, it looked like he was in on it.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah, like, that's right.

[Steven Crowder]

I told you. You say goodbye, I say goodbye. Now I will go. Well, it didn't affect him. No, it didn't affect him. It doesn't care. That's the thing with Hinduism.

[James Talarico]

His.

[Steven Crowder]

His hell is the guilt he feels. But the best part is he feels no guilt. Yeah. So you just leave. He just leave, like.

[Guest/Co-host]

Well, it wasn't a train.

[Steven Crowder]

Meanwhile, in the slightly more advanced, always.

[Gerald]

So optimistic, Gerald, you know, slightly more.

[Steven Crowder]

Advanced culture of France, but the French president, Macron, he was in India for a summit, and seeing the streets, he decided to use. Use his legs instead.

[Guest/Co-host]

Just a normal guy going for Jo.

[Steven Crowder]

Hey, guys, avoid the poop.

[Gerald]

It kind of looks like Los Angeles.

[Steven Crowder]

Look, here he is running. Oh, my God. Beautiful. Now, it turns out he was practicing for his side gig to pick up some extra spending rupees while in India. So, you know, it requires a little bit of. I don't know why we did that. Okay. I don't.

[Guest/Co-host]

We didn't do that.

[Gerald]

That was found footage.

[Steven Crowder]

It's nice to see that they found peace.

[Guest/Co-host]

Real.

[Steven Crowder]

It's, you know, conflict resolution is easier than you think. Is it in India. Yeah, India, because you just walk away.

[Gerald]

You know, eat, pray, love or whatever.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, exactly. Think about this. White broads were going to that country to find themselves spiritually.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

And then they smelled it. Yeah.

[Gerald]

Was it more of like a don't take what I have for granted?

[Steven Crowder]

No.

[Gerald]

Like, we go there and we go, wow.

[Steven Crowder]

I don't know. Sucks.

[Gerald]

Well, I'm gonna be happier with my life.

[Guest/Co-host]

Well, look at the generation that eat, prayed, loved across India. And you tell me if that's what they learned.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, that would come out. It's very spiritual place. Well, what does that mean? Nothing. I don't know. There's a guy that can wrap his.

[Guest/Co-host]

Penis around a pole. A lot of true.

[Steven Crowder]

Look, that's a real thing.

[Gerald]

That's something that not all of us Knew.

[Steven Crowder]

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[Gerald]

Your segues are unmatched.

[Guest/Co-host]

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[Gerald]

You can't make promises like that, Joel.

[Steven Crowder]

Stress getting to you? Do you feel these days tightly wound?

[Gerald]

They're going to get some weird calls.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, they are. They really will. Thanks. That's a good rate. How do I get it off?

[Gerald]

What if it's cold out?

[Steven Crowder]

I don't think it matters. I was in the pool. I don't think it matters at that juncture because it's basically like. It's like a rolling pin, but it would stick on. Yeah. At that point, it's just. It's like, you know, a cog in a wheel. Like it's gonna take you through the conveyor belt once it's wrapped around, you just need to get the start point. All right, so look, here's the thing. This is going to be an installment of. We're saying the same thing. And I will tell you, I have migrated further to the right on this issue. Not really in any policy sense, but you can only be vilified for so long for an immutable characteristic, being white, where they use that as the attack method until you defend it and go like, well, hold on a second. It's like, there's nothing that bad about being white. There's some good things about white. And then the left goes, what do you mean by whiteness? Huh? Do you mean white pride? No. No. What do you mean by white? So let's start with how they try and flip it on you. You may have heard the media telling you while they attack you that there is no such thing as racism against whites. There is a dangerous, once fringe conspiracy theory behind this grievance known as Great Replacement Theory. In the simplest of terms, it's the idea that there is some master plan to diminish white power. Yes. Can you be racist towards white people? I don't think you can be racist to white people. No. White is not a race.

[Narrator/Announcer]

There has been no oppression for the white man in this country. You tell me which white men were dragged out of their homes. You tell me which one of them by who dragged all the way across an ocean and told that you were going to go and work.

[Steven Crowder]

Okay, first of all, getting very, very specific, because nobody was dragged across the ocean. They were sold and put on a ship by then. They were sailed across the ocean.

[Gerald]

Also, what's wrong with getting a job?

[Steven Crowder]

I mean, weird. Look at it that way.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gerald]

Something else maybe.

[Steven Crowder]

Here's the other thing. So they say that doesn't exist, but. And I know there's a lot of fake news out there, so the research team here put in a lot of work to fact check this. You may have seen this graphic online of these headlines from a Legacy Media. There's 280 headlines basically on the theme of X is too white or white bad? Because. And I know it's. There are a lot of graphics out there that are just fake. People will fabricate them. I can tell you that. We've gone through over 100 of these and they all check out. Yeah.

[Guest/Co-host]

And not X. The platform like X insert here.

[Steven Crowder]

Right. Is too white. Yes. That's also.

[Gerald]

Twitter's too white.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah.

[Guest/Co-host]

It used to not be a problem with this, but now the name change.

[Steven Crowder]

So here are just some of the ones that we've confirmed that we think are the most egregious. Go check the references. This one is really important. So you can see that these are real articles. So the person who put that together actually did some legwork. Unlike a lot of folks on social media, some of the worst headlines, or head scratchers, I guess, would include the problem with Vermont's whiteness.

[Gerald]

Who wrote that? Bernie Sanders.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

Why oat milk is too white.

[Guest/Co-host]

Come on.

[Steven Crowder]

And how one brand is determined to change that. Have we cured cancer yet? No, but we're working on cancer. No, no, we're not working on oat milk. We've somehow managed to get milk from an oat.

[Gerald]

You have to caress the oat nipples.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes. But now our primary grievance is like. Well, we've managed to milk the unmilkable oat.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yes.

[Steven Crowder]

But it's like all other forms of milk, which is almost what we set out to do in milking too. Is too white.

[Gerald]

What are we gonna do?

[Guest/Co-host]

Problematic.

[Gerald]

What are we gonna do about that? We gonna collard green milk. What are we gonna do?

[Steven Crowder]

That means there are people in a lab with coats and beakers going through, like, how do we f the old.

[Guest/Co-host]

Can you milk me? Nope.

[Steven Crowder]

And then Everest is too white and it's time for that to change.

[Brian Stelter]

What?

[Guest/Co-host]

No.

[Gerald]

Well, isn't in Nepal is Nepal.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah, well, where Everest is.

[Steven Crowder]

I mean, do they mean the Mountain cap is white. Because that's not. That's just a. I think they mean.

[Guest/Co-host]

The tourists that have frozen to death and stayed on the mountain.

[Steven Crowder]

Unfortunately, that last one. Here's the problem is when you guilt people, there's a certain portion of the population where it works. And that last one has created an entire subculture of self loathing. You hate to see it. White climbers.

[Guest/Co-host]

Stop it.

[Steven Crowder]

Cut the damn rope. Cut it. Doesn't matter about me. Just cut it. We're running out of time here. Just cut it. Nobody's gonna blame you for it. Just cut it. Peter, we're gonna die how you knew are gonna die. Just cut it. And it's. No, no. Come on, Gerald. Gerald.

[Gerald]

Come on, Gerald.

[Steven Crowder]

Gerald. You're better than that.

[Gerald]

Come on, man.

[Steven Crowder]

You're even more. It's even worse. Chris o' Donnell didn't deserve that. And you know what the worst part is? He shouldn't have been put in that situation because it wasn't the first time. It's even worse when you see what happened to poor Chris ODonnell'. He just don't go climbing with Chris o'. Donnell. Void heights. It's not supposed to be that funny, is there? Just a casting director is like, we need someone to die falling from a tall place. We need Chris ODonnell's reaction. See, he's the best at watching people die from ropes.

[Gerald]

He didn't even. He didn't even audition for Vertical Limit. Watch the tape.

[Steven Crowder]

We saw your work in Batman Forever, kid. You were made for this role. You're gonna be the star bright lights. All right.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

Woo. And then there's a whole subcategory, going back to the actual point here. Of articles that my team here was able to find along this theme of. And it's a constant theme. The unbearable whiteness of. Of. And then insert basically completely inconsequential category here. So here's one. The unbearable whiteness of advocacy. Which is weird because you kind of need the majority of the population to advocate for minority populations. But I guess you don't. That's kind of the whole sit down and shut up. But then silence is violence. There's the unbearable whiteness of being. In nursing. The unbearable whiteness of San Francisco. Yeah. You guys made Oakland. Yeah. The unbearable whiteness of being. That's it. Just being of Just being. The unbearable whiteness of being. And so it's time for. We're saying the same thing.

[Narrator/Announcer]

We're saying the same thing.

[Steven Crowder]

We're all saying the same thing. I said the Exact same thing. And by the way, we're live weekdays, 11am Eastern. You can always tune in live because this is one that kind of opens up to a discussion. Now, often they'll try and convince you that the conversation starts with someone like me saying, well, look, whiteness isn't bad. Whiteness is. As a matter of fact, there are some things about whiteness that are good. If you ever veer into that, they go, oh, so what do you mean whiteness good? You saying whiteness better? Huh?

[Advertiser/Commercial Voice]

What do you mean by that?

[Steven Crowder]

By the way, white isn't a race. Okay, I understand. I'm responding to you. What do you mean by the unbearable whiteness of being? You said whiteness, you little shit. I am responding to you saying the whiteness of Vermont, the whiteness of oat milk, the unbearable whiteness of advocacy, the unbearable whiteness of being in nursing, the unbearable whiteness of being. The only qualifier that you are offering up as a negative is whiteness. Isn't it incumbent upon you to explain to me you didn't just say, ah, there are some pros and cons. You said that our immutable characteristic whiteness is unbearable.

[Gerald]

You cannot bear it.

[Steven Crowder]

You cannot bear it.

[Gerald]

You must do something to solve the problem.

[Steven Crowder]

So which part of whiteness is unbearable? All I'm saying is I don't think it's completely unbearable. For proof, see all the societies of largely white Europeans who brought us into modern civilization that allows you to create a substack. Bitching about white people like, you know, we treat our dogs well, we'll get to the dog market, meat market festival in Africa later. Like, that's kind of a notable white thing. I mean, this value that we place on technological advancement, on ingenuity, on subduing the earth, you know, I would say that if you look at whiteness, since you say whiteness, if you separate the whiteness of the United States from the non whiteness, we have the most educated people, the best schooling, we have some of the lowest crime rates, we have some of the highest life expectancy rates, we have the best medical interventions. If we separate it by your qualifier of unbearable, I go, I think it's kind of bearable.

[Guest/Co-host]

I think it's definitely bearable and everybody's benefiting from it. I understand that there was a white pride flight because it got taken too far, right? It became associated. Well, it became associated with some very, very bad, terrible things in history. Fine. But every culture, every race I've seen, who was the fighter that had brown pride tattooed, try to shoot A pedophile.

[Steven Crowder]

So he gets lifetime exemption.

[Guest/Co-host]

He does get an exemption. But if, listen, if every other race can go like, well, this immutable characteristic with zero productive results behind it can be. I can be proud of that. Then certainly white people can be proud of who they are as well. And like you said, the European, this has brought the modern world.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah.

[Guest/Co-host]

Didn't come from anywhere else.

[Steven Crowder]

Well, and it's true. Like, I understand the argument. White. White isn't really like a monolith. You can have Irish, Italians, Germans are very different. Sure, I get it. You could say the same thing about Nigeria, people from Bermuda, Jamaica. I had a friend who was from Jamaica in Canada, said, don't call me African American. I'm Jamaican Canadian, I have no ties to Africa. So. So you can't apply this standard to one and not the other. And again, you're the one who said it's unbearable. Let me just change one thing. The problem with Detroit's blackness, why Coca Cola is too black and one brand is determined to change it. The tar pits are too black. And it's time to change that. Let me just go to the unbearable blackness of complaining. The unbearable blackness of being in nursing. The unbearable blackness of Oakland. The unbearable blackness of being. And by the way, that would be a terrible thing to say. It would be a horrible, sweeping generalization. But there are some negatives to black American culture that we can acknowledge. Hopefully crime statistics aren't still considered racist on YouTube. An abandonable offense. But there are also some good things that I like about the culture. I certainly wouldn't say that blackness in and of itself is unbearable. I'd say World Star is unbearable.

[Guest/Co-host]

There you go.

[Steven Crowder]

But you said whiteness, carte blanc, full stop, unbearable. Okay, explain to me why how it is not racism, how the phrase the unbearable whiteness of being, even just really bad, why Vermont is too white, that's saying you need to change it. There are too many white people. They are a problem. That is what your article is specifying. How do you change it? How do you do any of this with any method other than unbridled racism? What would you do? Like with the oat milk, by the way, we have milk from oats. I still can't believe that you need to look at it. Go, okay, we have a problem. This milk is too white coming from the oat. So we need to, in a lab, artificially create another milk that we convince people is healthier than just drinking whole cow's milk or goat's milk. And we need to somehow find a way to eliminate the whiteness. You would have to target the whiteness of the milk. You'd have to do the same thing with the state of Vermont. You would have to target the whiteness, which is the problem that is unbearable, and get rid of the problem, meaning get rid of white people. There is no solution other than serious racism, serious violations of basic human rights, the kinds of violations that I would never support for any member of any other race. We acknowledge, hey, crime statistics are a reality. As far as the likelihood of being murdered, as far as the likelihood of being mugged in the United States, it's going to be a black American more times than not. Especially if you're Asian. We know that. But we're dealing with an issue that we can identify that seems to be pervasive in a culture. Fatherless households. Okay, you are saying whiteness is bad. Which one is more racist because one is deemed impermissible? And over 200 headlines. It's a cottage industry. Do you have an idea the crap that we had to read going through to fact check that these headlines were. They're real. There may be a couple in there that may no longer exist, but well over 100. We went through them piece by piece. Good Lord. And then they're gonna blame you for defending yourself precisely against the attack that they made. This is how it goes. Hey, you're white. That's bad. Matter of fact, it's unbearable. And you go, whoa. I don't. First off, I don't have any control over, but I don't think it's unbearable. There are actually some things I like about whiteness. What do you mean by that? Is that white pride? You know what? I guess so. If it's in the face of you accusing me of being unbearable for being, by the way, willing to bet you wouldn't make that accusation. Even a far more moderated version. I'd be willing to bet the people who write these wouldn't be willing to issue a very valid, objective critique of any other facet regarding any other race or culture that tells you where the racism exists. That tells you which group of people is okay to target. And then people like Crockett go, they never face racism. Here's a good example. Someone says, the unbearable whiteness of being. And I go, well, hold on a second. I said, that's racist. A defense against. I don't think that it's unbearable. Jasmine Crockett goes, you ain't never faced discrimination. And someone goes, did you just do a black lady voice? That's racist. That's more racist. I'm not saying the unbearable blackness, though I could probably apply it to Crockett because it's fake. The unbearable fake Ebonics.

[Gerald]

And people will say, you know, racism isn't just saying something or feeling a certain way.

[Steven Crowder]

It's. It's action.

[Gerald]

It's actionable things. And we've been dealing with it for a long time. I mean, how many we talk about, we call it something different. We call it dei, we call it, you know, affirmative action.

[Steven Crowder]

Right?

[Gerald]

Well, this college is too white. This college is too Asian.

[Steven Crowder]

Right?

[Gerald]

This apartment complex is too white. The police department's too white right now. We can't hire another white officer. Sorry, you know, Amazon's too white. We gotta hire some, you know, Somalis or whoever the fuck.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, well, even they say, well, we're not saying anyone's better. You go, it's too white. That seems racist. No, no, that's not what we're saying. We're not saying it's lesser than. Well, then what's the problem with it being too white? Well, we need diversity. Well, why? Cuz it's our greatest strength. Okay, so white people are part of the diversity. No, no, we need diversity. Except for white people. So what you are saying is that people who white are in some way superior to white. That's why you made the choice and you qualified it with. It's actually our greatest strength, meaning stronger than having a lot of white people. Now, the world's greatest militaries throughout ever would like to have a word with you. But it's an opinion that you can hold. Just don't try and convince people that they're racist for arguing the point. We really are at this point saying the exact same thing. We're saying the same thing. I said the exact same thing. All right, let's go on to the. The Unbearable Cold Bareness of being. So.

[Guest/Co-host]

You'Re better than that, Stephen.

[Steven Crowder]

So, you know, this kind of falls in line. I look at this the way that we look at a lot of the race hoaxes, and I actually want to put together an updated list with that. Remember, there was poop swastika, There was Jussie Smollett. There was the UVA hoax, There was a Rolling Stone hoax, There was Duke lacrosse, there was nascar, Bubba Wallace, Mattress Girl. So many. Right. They almost always proved to be fake. If it seems like it's fake, it's probably fake. This is just another form of a political stunt what Colbert pulled. It's fake. It's based on a lie. And the good News is, for people like Colbert, a dying breed, figuratively. The stunt doesn't have to be rooted in truth to be successful. You just have to be lucky enough that people have moved on before the truth reveals itself. That's what they were banking on. Colbert, James Tallarico. It was all a political stunt. The basis for it were flat out lies. It's time for claim. Truth. Check the references out. We'll go through each claim that has been made because they consistently move the goalposts. The first claim that you heard with this story, right? This is how we all were introduced to it. Cbs. The suits at cbs, they stopped Colbert from airing this interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, who we've covered. You know.

[James Talarico]

You know who is not one of my guests tonight? That's Texas State Representative James Talarico. 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. 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.

[Steven Crowder]

None of which happened.

[James Talarico]

And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this. Let's talk about this.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. Oh, Colbert, such a rebel. Broadcasting from his tub at home for eight months because of a germ that could give him a cold.

[Gerald]

Supposed to take your clothes off, bud.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah, don't do that in that tub.

[Steven Crowder]

We were here and our budget is less than his salary, but, you know, he's gonna stick it to the man. He takes the check. Oh, yeah. And Talrico, by the way, takes a check and then goes.

[Gerald]

That's the best part is, like, I'll show them. They pay me millions.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, well, that's how you know it's not true. Because if it was true, he'd be in trouble for it. Talarico decided to sort of double down on this. And he quips that Trump was afraid that this man, this pussy, would turn Texas blue.

[James Talarico]

FCC opening probe into the View after appearance by Talarico. Do you mean to cause trouble?

[Steven Crowder]

I think that Donald Trump is worried that we're about to flip Texas. Okay, Take a puberty. I'm like, like, veto. O' Rourke only dare.

[Guest/Co-host]

This guy's evil, and I'll tell you why.

[Gerald]

Yeah, I love a crowd of people that aren't from Texas cheering about what's going on in Texas.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, we. We don't want anyone. We don't want anyone to not share our views. We have to eradicate It. It's the unbearable whiteness of being. Here's the truth. CBS didn't stop Colbert from doing anything. Okay? And this is according to CBS via Brian Stelter, who I hate to cite, but he wrote the Late.

[Gerald]

He really said that?

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, he wrote. The Late show was not, by the way, completely straight. The Late show was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with Representative James Talarico. The show has provided legal guidance that the broadcast could trigger the FCC equal time rule for two other candidates, including Representative Jasmine Crockett, and presented options for how the equal time for other candidates should or sorry, could be fulfilled. The Late show caps decided to present the interview through its YouTube channel with on air promotion on the broadcast rather than potentially providing the equal time options. And I love brunching with my wife's hot bod.

[Guest/Co-host]

When Brian Stelter comes out and says, you just lied, that's pretty bad on the left.

[Steven Crowder]

Although he probably has an interest in CBS not doing all that well.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah, it's true.

[Steven Crowder]

This was also corroborated by fake Ebonics speaker Jasmine Crockett herself.

[Narrator/Announcer]

We did receive information suggesting that.

[Steven Crowder]

The.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Federal government did not shut down this segment. Number one, that is my understanding that the federal government did not. Didn't shut this down. It is our understanding that Colbert, either Mr. Colbert or CBS decided to make this statement here. And this was because of a fear that the FCC may say something and that there may have been advice to just have me on and then they could clear the issue.

[Steven Crowder]

Two things. One, in this case, it's very important that you understand equal time as we're referring to it would mean two Democrats. Would. Meaning would mean if you have Talarico on. Right. It's a Democratic primary. You'd have to have his opponent on Jasmine Crockett. 2. Have you noticed that we always see a bunch of shotgun and boom mics, yet none of them are used in these videos. Like why have the mics? Are they just props?

[Guest/Co-host]

They gotta find the guy that actually used it.

[Steven Crowder]

He's gonna take off the muff and it's a hoagie.

[Adrian Benepe or New York City Official/Ian Mumdani]

Ah.

[Steven Crowder]

I used it all the time. It's like we never actually find the footage with the audio.

[Gerald]

They can't find the game, I guess.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

So.

[Gerald]

Hey, Gerald, remember when you did that, you took off the muffin, found a hoagie.

[Steven Crowder]

The unbearable Hoaginess being. I don't. So this two Democrats equal time would be two Democrats. Which means just like they kind of did with Bernie. Those in power in the left, people like Colbert. Right. They go to cocktail parties with these folks. They want to put their thumb on the scales for the most electable candidate. Let's be clear about what's going on. This story in no way involves a Republican or the necessity to host one. Therein. Here's the next claim. And I don't even. And by the way, I'll just sort of shortcut to the truth. What he says exists nowhere, just to let you know. But he makes the claim that shows like his talk shows are somehow exempt from the equal time equal opportunities rule. Of course it's not true.

[James Talarico]

You might have heard of this thing called the equal time rule.

[Guest/Co-host]

Okay.

[James Talarico]

It's an old FCC rule that applies only to radio and broadcast television, not cable or streaming that says if a show has a candidate on during an election, they have to have all that candidate's opponents on as well. It's the FCC's most time honored rule. On January 21st of this year, a letter was released by FCC chairman and smug bowling pin Brendan Carr. In this letter, Carr said he was thinking about dropping an exception for talk shows because he said some of them were motivated by partisan purposes. Well, sir, you're chairman of the fcc, so. Fccu.

[Steven Crowder]

Amen. Craig needs more show tunes.

[Gerald]

It's like, it's like he was cursing.

[Guest/Co-host]

I know.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, but he's not gonna curse. Really? Then his checks won't cash. So nobody's tough.

[Gerald]

That's the point.

[Steven Crowder]

He's tough. He's a rebel. Here's the truth. There's never, there's just never been any type of a formal exception for talk shows.

[Guest/Co-host]

Nope.

[Steven Crowder]

Just so you know, it's just. It's not a thing.

[Guest/Co-host]

It's not. No.

[Gerald]

Also, he's on broadcast.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, he is on broadcast as well.

[Gerald]

He kind of sold it like.

[Guest/Co-host]

Right.

[Gerald]

He's on cable or something.

[Steven Crowder]

Right. If it's free. Especially if it's carried by your local, you know, affiliate, syndicated. That's, that's broadcast. It's usually, usually some form or another public broadcast. There's no exception.

[Gerald]

The word broadcast is in the name.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, it is.

[Gerald]

Broadcasting central. What is it? I don't know.

[Steven Crowder]

Broadcasting. It's cbs. Broadcasting is B stuff. I don't know.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah, Columbia Broadcasting.

[Steven Crowder]

We know about it. Let me read this to you. So, you know, according to the fcc, importantly, the FCC has not been presented with any evidence that the interview portion of any late night or daytime television talk show program on air presently would qualify for the bona fide news exception. So the exception is for like a bonafide news show, meaning it's a news where it's a story being covered for its newsworthiness. Right. Not giving a platform. So not whatsoever they checked. Moreover, a program that is motivated by partisan purposes, for example, would not be entitled to an exemption under long standing FCC press precedent. And here's the thing I know Stephen Colbert will try and tell you like this is. This is not biased. This doesn't have any type of agenda. This is. This is just comedy. I present to you vaccine that was propaganda. Poorly done, mind you, poorly done. To try and get people in line with a policy proposed by the Democratic Party. Does anyone actually want to argue that Stephen Colbert is unbiased and objective? And just so you know how clear this is, this is about two Democrats. Does anyone actually want to make the case that in national elections, and not just that, but in between the national elections, they weren't painting an incredibly dishonest. But certainly that could be opinion biased picture and presentation toward Donald Trump.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

In comparison to having a beer with Kamala Harris. They have no leg to stand on. This is about control. This is about being able to propagandize the American public. And they don't like that. In this case, the rule would simply say, well, you have to host Talarico's I know she can't win. I know nobody likes her, but you do have to show the Democratic Party warts and all have Crockett on. That's what this is about.

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah. And so basically I just want to make sure I have the tally correct. So so far we have Brian Stelter saying they're lying. We now have Jasmine Crockett saying that they're lying and the FCC saying that they're lying.

[Steven Crowder]

Right.

[Guest/Co-host]

Is anybody on their side on this?

[Steven Crowder]

Colbert.

[Guest/Co-host]

Well, he's already there.

[Steven Crowder]

Colbert and the apostate says it as well. Yes, the heretic. Evil man Calarino, the heretic.

[Gerald]

And a lot of people who just watch Colbert.

[Steven Crowder]

Well, who are being generous with the term a lot. Dozens. I mean, also just think about this too. It starts before that with the hand picking of Colbert and Camel and found, look wherever you line up, Jay Leno. You look at Jay Leno and you look at David Letterman. Okay. There was a whole, there's a whole documentary on this wars. Them wanting to take Carson. See, Leno was the most prolific standup comic in the country at that point. Certainly amongst them. Right. He was a guy who had been doing standup non stop. He was very well respected. He was very well known. He had done many sets, I think close to if not the most sets. On Johnny Carson's show, David Letterman was known as a very subversive, sort of avant garde comedian who was very funny as a person and a funny interviewer. In other words, you did pick two of the best. Joan Rivers was in that mix too. She was definitely the most notable female comedian. These were people who were beloved and selected by the public and that's why it was kind of a judgment call. Anyone want to argue that Jimmy Fallon was the best guy for that job? Anyone want to argue that Colbert was the guy people were clamoring for? These were people who they knew would take a check, not rock the boat too much and toe the Democratic line. That's why they're not there, because they're the best. That itself shows you the bias.

[Guest/Co-host]

Speaking of the best right now on CNN talking about this very thing, the.

[Steven Crowder]

Best Stelter, let's watch what he said. Completely straight. Just list.

[Brian Stelter]

Uses these rules, views these rules as a way to target broadcast networks and frankly to target liberal shows that are critical of President Trump. Now Carr, he's going to hold a press conference later today. He might say that he is simply following what Congress intended many decades ago. But as a practical matter, networks and local stations, they have been, they've been aware for decades that these rules have not been taken very seriously. That there are not major.

[Steven Crowder]

No, thank God for you guys.

[Brian Stelter]

So Carr came out, they say he's going to take these rules seriously. And then a couple of weeks ago, the SEC sent a letter to ABC over a possible violation of equal time rules at the View. So CBS knewing about that letter at ABC is more skittish as a result, and that's why the CBS lawyer called Colbert. So you have a situation where the Trump administration's pressure against these stations is clearly being felt at ABC and at.

[Steven Crowder]

CBS over Democrat primaries. All right, you're right. So hold on a second. Let me make sure I get this clear now. The results are already in. Legacy media is dying. And by the way, it's dying because even, even liberals don't, don't trust legacy media and legacy broadcast. So this thing, so technically it's a rule, but obviously it hasn't been enforced. Yeah, I know. We could tell no side effects of the vaccine. We could tell freest and most secure fair election of all time. We could tell banned. If you say that children aren't at risk of COVID in comparison to the flu, relatively speaking. We could tell lockdown. We could tell. No acknowledgement of Taiwan. We could tell never discussing the idea Until Jon Stewart did, to his credit, that Covid maybe didn't come from a wet market with a bad that we could tell when you simply covered one side of the abortion debate. We could tell hosting transgender individuals and simply changing the gender, sorry, the dead naming policy at your network. We could tell through every single issue that you have covered for a very long time it has been propaganda. We could tell Hunter Biden laptop Russian disinformation, which by the way itself would have changed the outcome of the 2020 election. You don't need anything else. But it's not the only thing we could tell. So their gripe is with it's a rule, but we've been allowed to be pieces of shit for so long and now they're saying you can't just be the pieces of shit. And even in this case they're saying you can't be a piece of shit, you have to host another Democrat. And we're like, this is their. It's just like they say, well sure, it's the law, but shouldn't people be allowed to steal as long as it's under $999? No, we know it's the rule, but shouldn't we be allowed to include information that has no basis? No, no, no, you shouldn't. How about that? Do you have any idea how quickly the left, when they saw Rush Limbaugh, by the way? He died five years ago. I believe it was yesterday. Two days ago, rest in peace. Rush Limbaugh took a dead medium, AM radio, because no one would want to have him on broadcast television or even cable at that point in time. He single handedly revived it where it became valuable and it created a whole new industry of conservative talk radio. At this point there really was no AM not of significance. It was television. And yet FM radio had a resurgence because no one wanted it. And the left said, my God, we have abc, NBC, cbs, msnbc, cnbc, and we have all of Hollywood and the rest of the of mainstream media. Back then was just mainstream media, but we don't have AM radio. Fairness doctrine, equal time. They pushed that. You had Air America with Jeanine Garofalo and Al Franken and a few other shows and it failed miserably. Yeah, they just can't stand any platform where they don't have complete control. We'll get to YouTube in a second. And how you how Colbert staff themselves abuse it. They can't handle criticism on YouTube so they lawyer up. They can't think of how long they attacked Fox News. They go, oh yeah, yeah, the media is biased. How about fox news? That's one amongst all of them. You couldn't let us have AM radio and then you couldn't let conservatives have YouTube. Got it. Because you guys are about fairness. Here's the next claim that they make. This is just really quick. It's complete BS that Crockett already had her equal time look. Here's a picture.

[James Talarico]

The show has provided legal guidance that the broadcast could trigger the FCC equal time rule for two other candidates, including Representative Jasmine Crockett, and presented options for how the equal time for other candidates could be fulfilled. The Late show decided to present the interview through its YouTube channel with on air promotion on the broadcast rather than potentially providing the equal time options. Now, clearly this statement was written by, and I'm guessing four lawyers. Now, I'm not a lawyer and I don't want to tell them how to do their jobs, but since they seem intent on telling me how to do mine. Here we go, fellas. Fellas, I am well aware that we can book other guests. I didn't need to be presented with that option. I've had Jasmine Crockett on my show twice. I could prove that to you. I could prove that to you. But the network won't let me show you her picture without including her opponents. So I'll have to show you this picture of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein instead. They made me do it.

[Steven Crowder]

All right, here's the truth. Crockett didn't announce her Senate candidacy until December of last year. And she hadn't been on since May of that year, 2025. So none of that is true. And of course, just to be clear, this is not because Jasmine Crockett is a black woman that's been going around. He just actually had a black woman on the show for Black History Month for the first time in a while, just last week. So, yeah, he did. Okay, that's not. Here's the next claim that they make, and this is what they do. They claim to be a victim while they are bullying. That is what the left does. Just that's probably their biggest or the most effective tool at their disposal. They try to convince you that this is Trump, mean, bad fascist Trump, who we've bashed since 2016. Consequence free outside of a few lawsuits where it was really egregious. See, we're the victim of big bad fascist Trump intimidators, the alternative opposition media.

[James Talarico]

Because I think you are motivated by partisan purposes yourself, sir. You smelt it. Cause you dealt it. You are Dutch ovening America's airwaves. Let's just call this what it is. Donald Trump's administration wants to silence anyone who says anything bad about Trump on TV because all Trump does is watch tv.

[Steven Crowder]

Then why didn't they silence your monologue before that or any other one of your punchlines from this week or last week or the last five years? Why didn't. It was. It was just a guess where you tried to affect an election in Texas and so you had to host another Democrat. And here's the truth. This is absolute projection. We're the victim. Look, come on. We're the ones who are being silenced over the. One of the worst offenders, Colbert and his staff, they have hit us with no less than seven bullshit copyright claims on YouTube, including, by the way, just roasting the vaccine sketch, which may not even be available for public view. It is not within the line of legal precedent, to be clear. It is not how the copyright claim process is supposed to work. And one could argue that the copyright claim process on YouTube, which used to follow the law change in order to cater to these giant corporations who spend millions in advertising. It used to be on YouTube that if Colbert issued a copyright claim, you would say, no, no, no, this is actually, obviously, this is fair use because we're criticizing something because of its newsworthiness. And then it would be released until they decided to file a suit. That was the standard where it was publicly available. Right now it changes to Colbert copyright claim, copyright claim, copyright claim. And it removes your video or blocks it or go blocks it, depending on the country. And you have to sue them to prove your basic rights in order to reach your audience. Seven. Seven claims. And by the way, it would be higher if we didn't cover Colbert less because we know that the entire show will be blocked while he claims to be a victim and silenced. At $12 million a year, I believe.

[Guest/Co-host]

Is his salary something around there? I just want to make sure I understand his claim. His claim is that Donald Trump is afraid of people going on air and saying bad things about him, and that's why he didn't want this episode to be aired.

[Steven Crowder]

Right.

[Guest/Co-host]

So first off, he didn't say the episode or his FCC didn't say that the episode couldn't be aired. It said you had to bring more people on.

[Steven Crowder]

Who are those other people?

[Guest/Co-host]

That's right, Jasmine Crockett. So essentially what the FCC did is said, hey, put more people on air that don't like Donald Trump and will say bad things about him. It's completely bullcrap and they all know it, including James Tallarica, who probably forgot the lying lips are an abomination to the Lord in Proverbs line. When you want to quote the Bible about stuff, look it up, James.

[Gerald]

Yeah, well, he didn't read the Bible.

[Steven Crowder]

No, of course not. He just says he did. So this is what the left does. They cry bully. It's a term, but it's a very real thing. The unbearable whiteness of being the unbearable Vermont is too white. Oat milk is too white. And they go, what do you. You sound like a racist when you go, oh, I'm white, but that doesn't make me bad. What do you mean by that? Right now they go, we're being silenced by. He hit another copyright strike on an independent creator. Yeah, we're being silenced. Can we just trash all Republic Republicans and you know the half of this country that elects presidents every single night? Yeah. Oh, I can't believe we're standing up for the people. Just hand us the papers and we'll be sure to advocate for lockdowns and. Yeah, yeah, vaccine mandates. Absolutely. But we'll do a nice Broadway musical number about it. While they accuse you of victimizing them, they bitch about the algorithm online and then use the algorithm online on YouTube with this segment to push their preferred candidates. Now, the reason, the spirit to bring this all back, the spirit of these rules or guidelines from the FCC is to ensure that five companies at one point, three. Three networks, three companies on Earth, don't determine every single political race by using their might and platform to tip the scales. That was the spirit behind it. Here's why. This morning, Talarico just announced that his campaign raised two and a half million dollars. Since the interview was two and a half million dollars, that goes a long way in a local race.

[Guest/Co-host]

Pull that back up. I want to read his quote. Because this man is out there quoting the Bible, saying that it's absolutely being applied incorrectly and that the Democrat Party should have a corner on Christianity. Breaking his personal account, our campaign raised two and a half million in 24 hours. Okay, that's all for after the FCC banned our Colbert interview. That's lying. That's not true at all. I guess you're qualified to be a politician.

[Steven Crowder]

Yep.

[Gerald]

Ooh, nice one.

[Steven Crowder]

The reason for the guidelines, the reason for the rules, specifically as it relates to political candidates, is so exactly what happened is not what happens. That's why. And they lied about all of it. And that also, by the way, we actually now look at the odds of Talarico winning the Democratic nomination. Kalshee has the odds. He's at 77% and Crockett is at 24%. He's gone up high. I can't stand Crockett.

[Gerald]

Well, he just juiced the numbers of two and a half million bucks.

[Steven Crowder]

Well, here's the thing. Crockett was tied or leading in most polls, but now our chances have gone up because, boy, those coffers are full. Right.

[Guest/Co-host]

Bull polls versus the prediction markets. And the prediction markets tend to get these things a little bit more right, I think, than polling does, because money's on the line. But if you look, looked at the lines, Talarico shot up considerably. I think CNN was talking about our favorite Harry, and he went to the moon talking about Talarico's chances after this. Yeah, it's ridiculous.

[Steven Crowder]

They are always the victim. Of course, I know you may think.

[Gerald]

It'S part of the strategy to be the victim. And we see it time and time again. Yep, it's part of the strategy.

[Guest/Co-host]

Oh, yeah.

[Gerald]

Here's what we'll do.

[Steven Crowder]

We'll.

[Gerald]

We'll say that we're being censored and that. That'll spark people, because that's the First Amendment. We can't be censored over. Over opinions, you know, so. So I'll get us some sympathy, and then you'll raise, oh, two and a half million. That's pretty good.

[Steven Crowder]

Boom, right? Yep.

[Gerald]

Plan worked perfectly.

[Steven Crowder]

And then they'll accuse you where we're like, well, actually, we followed all the guidelines when we were on YouTube and you demonetized us anyway. You created a whole new set of rules. There was a concerted media effort. They go, you just rage baiting. Your speech is free. You're not free to say it wherever you want. Okay, you first, dummy.

[Gerald]

It's the same reason dumb broads who are running for Congress in Illinois are showing up to ice riots and trying to get through their lines and pushing them and then being thrown to the.

[Steven Crowder]

Ground, being like, oh, they hurt me.

[Guest/Co-host]

Because I'm on your side.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, I know. The good news is that sometimes when they go out there and they protest violently, they get shot in the face. Don't hit a. Don't hit an officer. Oh, too much. Don't hit an officer with your car.

[Gerald]

Off.

[Steven Crowder]

I kicked out an officer's tail. Like, all I got was this casket. I don't care. I don't care. I don't like you and I don't want you around anymore because you are a harm to society and you benefit the rest of the civilized world. 0 if it's not based in some kind of truth. Sorry. My empathy now goes out the window when there's a pattern, a lifelong pattern of lying. I despise you more than a worthy opponent. Okay, I don't care. Let's go to Mumdani.

[Gerald]

Got him fired up.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, let's. Let's go to Mumdani. Mr. Eats with his hand. So. And by the way, with Mamdani. Holy. Did this happen fast?

[Gerald]

Oh, yeah, we thought, yeah, give it a few months.

[Steven Crowder]

Give it a few months. There's a honeymoon phase where you spend money that you don't have.

[Guest/Co-host]

That they don't have to spend.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. And instead with Mamdani, it happened like right away. Like immediately. He was like, oh my God, we don't have the money. So let me set this up for you. Since about 2018, tens of thousands of wealthy New Yorkers fled to other states because of the very thinly veiled socialism light back then. Which will bring us to the heavy.

[I]

Handed socialism now escape from New York. The tax base has been fleeing the Empire State. And that was before a socialist was the frontrunner to be mayor of its biggest city. The top 1% pays more than 40% of all income taxes. In New York, that means social services, benefits, health care, education. Well, those people are packing their bags and they're moving south. The numbers just don't lie. Over 125,000 New Yorkers moved to Florida alone. And with them went a combined 14 billion in income.

[Steven Crowder]

So you're going to see the same playbook you always see from the left. Check the references. We make them available. By the way, we broadcast at 11am Eastern. Tune in live. That's. We still do it live. They're going to try and sell you. This is the billionaires versus the people the billionaires left. Yeah. Because the problem is reality. The reality is socialism, progressivism, leftism, fleecing the American people, the New York people, in order to buy votes. Now, we prepared this segment, but the truth is I don't need to do it. I can give you the answer right on the outset, but then we wouldn't have a show to do. So. The current New York city budget is $127 billion. Okay. That's doubled in the last 15 years. The current gap, that deficit is $5.4 billion. Okay. The low end annual estimated costs of illegals to New York city, at least 5 billion. That was from Mayor Adams. That's straight from Mayor Adams. You'll find people who have it several multiples that yeah, found your deficit Problem solved. Done, done, done.

[Guest/Co-host]

You're welcome.

[Steven Crowder]

Done. But instead I have to go on and act like there's something else that needs to be done here. Because they go, they just want to other people. Whoa. Yeah. If it's valid, if the numbers line up perfectly. But let's go to other proposed solutions and how this of course will harm the American worker, the American taxpayer, as it always does. In January, Governor Hochul rejected Mamdani's tax increase request to balance the budget while of course providing services to illegal aliens who have no business being here. So Mayor Mandani has said that he doesn't think that wealthy people and corporations.

[James Talarico]

Would actually leave if their taxes go up.

[Steven Crowder]

Do you disagree with that? It's not a gamble I want to take because we're already down about $13 billion in revenues from people who did leave our state. And when asked, many of them do complain about the taxes in New York. Oh, so you're a Republican now? You're a conservative now? Oh no, that's right. You just want to walk up to that line and go, how much can we take from people and not piss them? That's really their balance. How much can we take from people and not piss them off to the point of leadership? California, Ah, we were a little heavy handed. New York City, a little bit too much. But they always want to. They'll present you as though they are moderate. What that really means is how much can we rape people's wallets? Mamdani, he's like a serial rapist. I'm just like, I'm just like a rape hobbyist on the finances. So what do you do? Mamdani's like, I just want to tax rich people more. It's like there's pretty much none left. Alright then what I'll have to do is raise real estate taxes and hope that people who are paying rent don't realize that that will increase their costs too. I eat with my hands.

[Adrian Benepe or New York City Official/Ian Mumdani]

I know that for those who have watched budget after budget, it is tempting to assume that we are engaging in the same dance as our predecessors. Let me assure you, nothing about this is typical. That's why our solution for socialism. There are two paths is the most sustainable and the fairest path. This is the path of ending the drain on our city and raising taxes on the richest New Yorkers and the most profitable corporations. And if we do not go down the first path, the city will be forced down a second more harmful path.

[Steven Crowder]

Uh oh.

[Adrian Benepe or New York City Official/Ian Mumdani]

With no other choice, the city would have to exercise the only revenue Lever fully within our own control, we would have to raise property taxes.

[Steven Crowder]

Okay, so there is one. Just. Just go with me here for just a second, okay? Because you're not gonna like it. Third option, cut spending. I know, by the way. That's it. That's it. I don't actually have to, by the way. I can start saving you money. Start by cutting your signer. Because it's 2026 and we have captions, By the way. Once they change those rules, I guess they change in April. The people who still have signers, that's who you know, like the virtue. Yeah, that's how you identify the virtue signalers, like, because there will still be some people who are deaf and they're like, I don't want to read Captain. I want this. Shut up. Read the captions. Read the captions. All right. It's fine in person. I get it. I can't write captions in the sky unless I have a sparkler and do it really fucking, fucking fast. But on television, read it. You know, like you do everything else. So like I've told you, socialists like Mamdani, they're framed as billionaires versus the people. And I have no other option. Sure you do. Number one, just get rid of illegal aliens. Right? Just. There you go. And I'm sure you could find. You could find a couple billion somewhere else. Come on, let's be honest. It's New York City. There's a bunch of crime there. We know. Here's the thing. Property taxes. You have some people online going like, well, many New Yorkers don't own any, so actually they're not going to be the ones paying it. You do understand that rents will go up, right? Like you do. They're hoping you don't. They're really hoping you don't. Just like Colbert is really hoping you don't understand that he lied about the FCC rules. Hamdani's really hoping you don't understand basic economics, that property taxes go up. If real estate taxes go up, that will be passed on to you. And the left understands this because remember, they tried to tell you that that was would take place with tariffs. Here's the difference and why it didn't. Tariffs exist in a fluid business environment as it relates to supply chains, as it relates to raw goods. Meaning you aren't fixed with, let's say, getting your steel from China. You could get it from Eastern Europe. You have other options. You don't. If you are a home provider and you already own said property and have to pay the continual Tax, that's why. So they know that costs can be passed on to consumers. They just hope you don't think about that here. The Philadelphia Reserve, by the way, they did a study and it found for every $1 in property tax increases that you see, landlords pass anywhere from $0.50 to $0.89 per dollar to tenants. So 50 to 89%. That's also, by the way, gonna raise the cost of doing business because you have commercial tenants. Right. They often have to pay the landlord's property tax. They do. That gets passed on to consumers. It's going to lower home values, which, by the way, is one of the biggest sources of wealth for many Americans. And in New York, a lot of people have far more of their wealth tied up in their homes than most places because it's a cesspool where home prices are sky high and people can't afford them. It's gonna make ownership harder. As a result, you have to have typically upfront a year of like, property taxes ready when you're getting a loan. And if New Yorkers refuse to pay the new property taxes, Mamdani is going to send in his new, very expensive SWAT team to evict and acquire the property for the city. Oh, well, hey, I think I can take her.

[Gerald]

Is that how that works, though? If, you know, if there's rent controlled, there's a few buildings and they're rent controlled based on city policy or state policy or whatever. And then they raise the property taxes on that. It's a privately owned building. They have to pay higher property taxes. Now they can't cover.

[Steven Crowder]

Well, that's a problem with rent control. So they can't. So what do you think happens? You live in a dump. Yes.

[Gerald]

You live in a dump.

[Steven Crowder]

And.

[Gerald]

Or that building gets sold to the city.

[Steven Crowder]

Right.

[Gerald]

And now at a very low price, you really. The city's not playing property tax on it anymore, but now they own a building and this is how they. Is this how they start acquiring property and how they start acquiring, you know, low income, slash free housing?

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, that's. That's why property taxes are something that conservatives very much oppose. And it's a problem in Texas because you never really get to own your own home out, right? Yeah. And it's being used as a tool in New York. It's really this simple. There's a solution. You could cut spending. There's a solution. You could do something about illegal immigration. Doesn't want to do that. They've already tried the solution of taxing wealthier people, which even if you hate them when you think it's class warfare. Okay, fine. It doesn't work, they leave, they're gone. That doesn't work anymore. So the only solution they are left with is to knowingly, proactively hurt you. It's to hurt you, hopefully make it uncomfortable enough that you turn your anger toward someone else. Hopefully billionaires, they can blame somebody else. They'll probably blame the governor. This is a plan to hurt you, to make it unpleasant. If you think that Mamdani doesn't know your rent costs will go up, that the business costs will go up, up, you're a fool. You're a fool. Even if he doesn't know it, he has advisors who know it. This is what is going on. It's not billionaires versus the people. When you say elites, it's not just someone who's rich. It's someone who is wealthy and powerful and didn't earn it. There's a very, very distinct group of people and that certainly includes politicians. Those are the elites who are buying votes. That's why they want amnesty. They want to buy a new voting block in New York. They want to buy a voting block by the way of really, really poor people. Like I said, maybe in rent controlled buildings, maybe people in Section 8 housing people. The very small group of people who won't be affected by this. By the way. The one thing they all have in common is they pay nothing or close to nothing in taxes. So they're happy about it. It's to hurt you, the American workers, if you pay taxes. If you work for a living in New York, you have been deemed a worthy tool to buy votes from people who don't. It is that simple. So don't let them misdirect you. And we're going to continue, by the way, with another. I realized that we just went over time. You can click that button. Join Rumble Premium. We're, you know, we're not allowed to broadcast this on YouTube. So we've actually, I guess, what do you say? Divested from YouTube a long time ago. You can join it for $99 a year. You get 100% more. Show everything ad free along with all of the other content. Mug club is now under the wide umbrella of Rumble Premium. And if you don't support it, hey, guess what? All of this goes away. Or God forbid, two years from now. You'll have to sit through 16 minutes of ads for every hour. So your support goes a long way. You can do it for $9 a month. If not, continue watching. You'll go see Tim Pool for free and let us earn your viewership. Tomorrow, 11am Eastern. Let's go to Muslim guy. So Sneako is. He's Muslim and he just doesn't.

[Adrian Benepe or New York City Official/Ian Mumdani]

He.

[Steven Crowder]

Dogs are bad. Here, let's watch this. Your dog. Oh, boy. Your dog. Don't do that. I don't care.

[Gerald]

It's not.

[Steven Crowder]

It's. I don't want to pet it. I don't want to touch your dog. His face looks like a reason. And this was the pubic hair Taco Bell dog.

[Gerald]

You want to touch my wiener.

[Steven Crowder]

Sam?