BREAKING: James Talarico UNLOADS on Trump and shows why Trump tried to censor him in powerful interview with Stephen Colbert…

Rising Democratic star James Talarico sat down with Stephen Colbert for an interview…but the FCC stepped in and bullied CBS into pulling the interview and only putting it on YouTube. Once you hear what he had to say, it’s easy to see why they’re scared of him.

“I don’t usually say this to a guest, but if people are watching this right now, it’s because they found us online, on YouTube. I did an act of the show that’s on tonight explaining why. It’s not the first time you’ve caused some drama, with the FCC opening a probe into The View after your appearance. Do you mean to cause trouble?” asked Colbert. “I think that Donald Trump is worried that we’re about to flip Texas,” replied Talarico, who then sounded the hypocrisy alarm. “This is the party that ran against cancel culture, and now they’re trying to control what we watch, what we say, what we read. And this is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture, the kind that comes from the top. They went after the view because I went on there. They went after Jimmy Kimmel for telling a joke they didn’t like. They went after you for telling the truth about Paramount’s bribe to Donald Trump.” “Corporate media executives are selling out the First Amendment to curry favor with corrupt politicians. And a threat to any of our First Amendment rights is a threat to all of our First Amendment rights!” Then the talk turned to Talarico’s race for the Senate, where he hopes to unseat incumbent Republican John Cornyn. “You served in the Texas House, and now you’re running for Senate. The race, frankly, should not be as interesting as it is. Donald Trump won Texas by 14%. Why do you think this year Texas is considered a possibility by Democrats?” asked Colbert. Talarico replied “I’m an eighth-generation Texan. My family has been in our state since it was Mexico. And across.. Colbert jumps in: “So you’re gonna get deported is what you’re saying!” [LAUGHS] “Across the state, there is a backlash growing to the extremism and the corruption in our politics. And I have traveled every corner of Texas already, from El Paso to Beaumont, from Amarillo to Brownsville. And we’ve had thousands of Texans showing up to rally with us. And I can’t tell you the number of people who at the end of these events and whisper, I’m not a Democrat, like it’s some kind of secret.” “And we’ve recruited 14,000 volunteers who are out there doing the work all over our state. We have… This is one of the most exciting parts. We have shattered grassroots fundraising records all without taking a dime from corporate PACs.”

“It’s a people-powered movement to take back our state and take back our country. And I feel like we’re building something really special in Texas. And clearly, Donald Trump has taken note.” The other major point they hit was the fact that Talarico is a Presbyterian seminarian, and Talarico hit back against Trumpian efforts to co-opt Christianity and tarnish the words of Christ for their selfish political agendas. “The right attempts to co-opt Christianity, to say that you can’t believe in God, can’t believe in Christ,” says Talarico. “I think Donald Trump might have said something like that at the National Prayer Breakfast, like you can’t actually be a Christian, be a Democrat, but the religious right is largely a political movement that references spirituality, but it’s a political.” “Well, for 50 years, the religious right, a political movement, that is the perfect description for it, they convinced a lot of our fellow Christians that the most important issues were abortion and gay marriage, two issues that aren’t mentioned in the Bible, two issues that Jesus never talked about. Jesus in Matthew 25 tells us exactly how you and I and every one of our fellow believers, how we’re gonna be judged and how we’re gonna be saved. By feeding the hungry, by healing the sick, by welcoming the stranger. Nothing about going to church, nothing about voting Republican. It was all about how you treat other people. Don’t, don’t, I’ve said before, don’t tell me what you believe.” “Show me how you treat other people, and I’ll tell you what you believe. And I think in our faith, we’ve got to get back to those fundamentals. My granddad was a Baptist preacher in South Texas. And when I was little, he told me that Christianity is a simple religion. Not an easy religion, he would always clarify, but a simple religion because Jesus gave us two commandments: love God and love neighbor. And there was no exception to that second commandment, love thy neighbor regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation or immigration status or religious affiliation.” WOW. Powerful stuff from one of the Democratic Party’s most inspiring young candidates. His words show how Talarico can cross the aisle, bring in moderate conservatives into the Democratic tent, and provide a palatable alternative to the extremism and viciousness of the Republican Party. This is especially important when you remember the GOP primary between Ken Paxton and John Cornyn has already devolved into a mud-slinging mess where personal attacks about divorces, infidelity, and felony indictments are flying left and right. Like and share to help overcome Trump’s censorship, make Talarico’s words go viral, and FLIP THE SENATE BLUE!