Louder with Crowder

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

65 min
Feb 18, 2026about 2 months ago
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Summary

Steven Crowder analyzes Stephen Colbert's false claims about FCC censorship regarding a James Tallarico interview, debunking Colbert's narrative with evidence from CBS, the FCC, and Jasmine Crockett. The episode also covers New York City's budget crisis and Mayor Adams' proposed tax increases on wealthy residents and corporations as a solution to the illegal immigration cost burden.

Insights
  • Legacy media outlets fabricate victimhood narratives while simultaneously wielding significant platform power to influence elections and suppress opposing viewpoints through copyright claims and algorithmic control
  • FCC equal time rules apply to broadcast television talk shows without exception, contrary to Colbert's claims, and the rules exist specifically to prevent networks from using their platforms to tip electoral scales
  • Progressive tax policies that target wealthy individuals and corporations are counterproductive as evidenced by 125,000+ New Yorkers fleeing to other states with $14 billion in combined income, yet politicians ignore this pattern
  • Property tax increases are passed directly to renters and businesses through higher rents and operational costs, making them a regressive tax that harms working-class Americans despite being framed as targeting the wealthy
  • The left's strategy involves framing policy failures as 'billionaires versus the people' while implementing solutions that knowingly harm the working class to buy votes from dependent populations
Trends
Decline of legacy broadcast television credibility and audience trust, with networks losing control of narrative to independent platforms like RumbleMass migration of high-income earners from progressive states to lower-tax jurisdictions, creating structural budget crises in major citiesWeaponization of copyright claim systems by large media corporations to suppress criticism and fair use commentary on streaming platformsExpansion of anti-white rhetoric in mainstream media publications as normalized discourse, creating backlash and defensive identity politicsMunicipal governments using immigration policy as a fiscal tool while externalizing costs onto working-class taxpayers through property tax increasesShift in late-night television from merit-based host selection to ideologically aligned personalities who serve corporate and political interestsFCC regulatory enforcement becoming politicized with selective application of equal time rules based on administration priorities
Topics
FCC Equal Time Rules and Broadcast Television RegulationStephen Colbert's False Censorship ClaimsJames Tallarico Texas Senate CampaignNew York City Budget Crisis and DeficitIllegal Immigration Costs to Municipal BudgetsProperty Tax Policy and Regressive TaxationMedia Bias in Late-Night TelevisionYouTube Copyright Claim Abuse by Media CorporationsTax Base Erosion from State MigrationAnti-White Rhetoric in Mainstream MediaJasmine Crockett Democratic Primary RaceMayor Eric Adams Budget ProposalsFairness Doctrine and Media Regulation HistoryPlatform Censorship and Content ModerationPolitical Candidate Fundraising and Media Coverage
Companies
CBS
Network that provided legal guidance to Colbert about FCC equal time rules but was misrepresented as censoring the Ta...
YouTube
Platform used by Colbert's staff to issue seven copyright claims against Crowder's fair use criticism of Colbert content
Rumble
Alternative streaming platform where Crowder broadcasts, positioned as superior to YouTube for avoiding corporate cen...
American Financing
Mortgage refinancing company featured as primary sponsor offering rate locks and payment delays
NBC
Legacy broadcast network mentioned as part of consolidated media control alongside ABC and CBS
ABC
Network that received FCC letter regarding equal time rule violations at The View, influencing CBS's caution with Col...
MSNBC
Cable news network mentioned as part of consolidated left-leaning media landscape
CNBC
Business news network mentioned as part of consolidated media control
Fox News
Conservative network cited as sole alternative in media landscape that left-wing outlets attacked for decades
People
Stephen Colbert
Late-night host accused of fabricating FCC censorship claims and lying about equal time rules to create false victimh...
James Tallarico
Texas Democratic primary candidate whose interview with Colbert raised FCC equal time concerns; raised $2.5M after in...
Jasmine Crockett
Texas Democratic primary candidate whose equal time rights triggered FCC guidance; confirmed Colbert's claims were false
Brian Stelter
CNN media analyst who contradicted Colbert's narrative by confirming CBS provided legal guidance rather than censorship
Eric Adams
New York City Mayor proposing tax increases on wealthy residents and corporations to address $5.4B budget deficit
Kathy Hochul
New York Governor who rejected Mayor Adams' tax increase request to balance city budget
Brendan Carr
FCC Chairman who signaled intent to enforce equal time rules more strictly against partisan talk shows
Donald Trump
Former president whose administration's FCC enforcement is blamed by Colbert for alleged censorship attempts
Rush Limbaugh
Deceased conservative radio host cited as example of left's inability to tolerate platforms outside their control
Jay Leno
Late-night host compared to Colbert as example of merit-based selection versus ideological placement
David Letterman
Late-night host mentioned in context of merit-based host selection versus modern ideological criteria
Quotes
"CBS didn't stop Colbert from doing anything. The show was 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 could be fulfilled."
Steven Crowder citing Brian Stelter/CBS statementMid-episode
"It is our understanding that Colbert, either Mr. Colbert or CBS, decided to just get one of the errors. And this was because of a fear that the FCC made safe and that there may have been advice to just have me on and then they could clear the issue."
Jasmine CrockettMid-episode
"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."
FCC statement cited by CrowderMid-episode
"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. Found your deficit. Problem solved."
Steven CrowderLate-episode
"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."
Steven CrowderLate-episode
Full Transcript
No, I told you, Gerald, I'm banned for life. Welcome to Rumble Live. It's 11 a.m. on a weekday. That means we're here with you, and each show rolls into the next. Rumble really does kind of 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 had people on the left, right, vilifying white people. And then you had people on the right just saying, like, ah, 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 Momdani 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. Now this just in. The Fed has dropped interest rates. Now, hang on. Let me make sure I'm getting this right. Yep. There it is, folks. American financing can help you refinance. Boy, that sure would have been nice when the old missus left. Took the kids up to Wisconsin. And I had to buy that junior suite. Uh-huh. Hold on. There's more coming in. Bear with me, folks. This is news to me as well. 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It's like West Side Story, but it's West Side Vaccine. You're just doing vaccines. Stop it. Broadway. It's just homos in vaccine costumes. Prancing around. There's a chance they got the costumes and then another writer was like, okay, this sucks. It's super gay. But what if we take these needles and it's Portland and it's heroin? And they're like, ooh. 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 handwriting job open. I hope I get it. I hope I get it. All right. You got the head part. If that's the day that comedy died on the late show, then it must have been stage four for years. Yes, it was. Well, it was on socialized health care. So they said, hey, do you want to kill yourself? Cap Morgan CEO, how are you? Yes. What? Hi. Good. Good. Friday, Saturday, March 20th, 21st at Summit City Comedy Club, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Lovely town. A lot happening. Josh Fierstein. Yep. Yep. And I just got word from Steven that we are going to do more Broadway stuff. So there you go, Gerald. There you go. We're going to be in the bright lights. Anybody from Fort Wayne knows what you said is not true. Fort Wayne's awesome. No, it's not. I will die on this hill until March 22nd. Fort Wayne is awesome. There are plenty of good people to fill up the comedy club, but it is not a happening place. Fort Wayne needs a little more Broadway. A little bit more show tunes. Yes, exactly. More Pfizer in Northern Indiana. Okay. I don't like it. I thought it was great. I don't like myself. I made it up myself. All right. Speaking of. Pretty talented. We were talking about Broadway and lights. Most of this next country doesn't have lights. Certainly we know they don't have turn signals. They don't have tail lights. Of the world at sea. India. They have a festival of lights. They do. They have a festival of lights. There's no lights. No, look. We only have the lights once a year. Otherwise it's not a festival. It's just every day. We can't have every day. They walk into a well that we're like, what is it? What? What are you thinking? This is so disrespectful of our once a year festival. That's Indian fathers in their house. Yes, exactly. Why are all of the lights on at the same time? Just light some poop. What does this be, Wally? 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. Some. You think? Alright. Alright. Oh! Hey, I'm walking here! Look at this guy. Okay, I'm going to go. No, I already said goodbye. I already said my goodbyes. I didn't know him that well anyway. He just drove off. Like, whatever. Can it be a hit and run if you're a bystander? Like, they need to take a statement, something. I mean, he didn't render aid to anyone hurt by that, much less the people he was hanging out with. The way he turned around, it looked like he was in on it. Yeah. He's like, that's right. I told you. You say goodbye. I say goodbye. Well, it didn't affect him. No, it didn't affect him. It doesn't care. That's the thing with Hinduism. His hell is the guilt he feels, but the best part is he feels no guilt. Yeah. So he'll just leave. He'll just leave. He's like, well, it wasn't a train. Meanwhile, in the slightly more advanced. Always so optimistic, Gerald. Slightly more advanced culture of France, but the French president, Macron, he was in India for a summit and seeing the streets, he decided to use his legs instead. Just a normal guy going for a jog. Hey guys, avoid the poop. It kind of looks like Los Angeles. But 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. We didn't do that. That was found footage. It's nice to see that they found peace. Real. Totally real. Conflict resolution is easier than you think. Is it? In India. Yeah. India, because you just walk away. You know, eat, pray, love, or whatever. Yeah, exactly. Think about this. white broads were going to that country to find themselves spiritually yeah and then they smelled it yeah oh was it more of like a uh don't take what i have for granted no like we go there we go wow i don't know sucks no i'm gonna be happier with my life well look at the generation that eat prayed loved across india and you tell me if that's what they learned yeah they would come it's very spiritual place well what does that mean nothing i don't know there's a guy that can wrap his penis around a pole a lot of times. That's true. Look, that takes... That's a real thing. That's a skill. That's something that not all of us knew. And you know what? I tell you what. Getting piped on mortgage rates, that's what it feels like. It feels like wrapping your Doniger around a pole. So go to AmericanFinancing.net slash Crowder. Call 1-800- 974-6500. NMLS 1-82334. Seriously, don't be a fake yogi and wrap your Zub around a Bo Staff. Call American Financing. Your segues are unmasked. They'll help you unwind it. You can't make promises like that. Stress getting to you? Do you feel these days tightly wound? They're going to get some weird calls. They really will. Thanks, it's a good rate. How do I get it off? What if it's cold out? 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 a rolling pin. It would stick on. Yeah. At that point, it's like a cog in a wheel. It's going to 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, it's not that, like, there's nothing that bad about being white. There's some good things about white. And then the left goes, well, 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-fringed 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. Can you be racist towards white people? I don't think you can be racist to white people. No. White is not a race. 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 dragged all the way across an ocean and told that you were gonna go at work okay uh first of all i'm 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 also what's wrong with getting a job i mean weird you can look at it that way yeah you You need something else, maybe. Here's the other thing. So they say that doesn't exist. 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 legacy media. There's 280 headlines basically on the theme of X is too white or white bad because. And I know 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, and not X the platform, like X insert here. Right. It's too white. Yes. Also, Twitter's too white. Yeah, also Twitter. It used to not be a problem with this, but now the name change. So here are just some of the ones that we've confirmed that we think are the most agreed. Just 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. Who wrote that? Bernie Sanders? Yeah. why oat milk is too white well come on and how one brand is determined to change that have we cured cancer yet no no we're not working on oat milk we've somehow managed to get milk from an oat you have to caress the oat nipples yes but now our primary grievance is like well we've managed to milk the unmilkable. Right. Oat. Yes. But it's like all other forms of milk, which is almost what we set out to do in milking it. Yes. It too is too white. What are we going to do? Problematic. What are we going to do about that? Collard green milk? What are we going to do? That means there are people in a lab with coats and beakers going, how do we fix this milk from the oat? Solving the world. Can you milk me? Nope. I can't. And then Everest is too white, and it's time for that to change. What? No. Well, isn't in Nepal? Is Nepal? Yeah. Well, Everest is. I mean, do they mean the mountain cap is white? No. Because that's not. I think they mean the tourists that have frozen to death and stayed on the mountain. 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. Stop it, no! I've cut the damn rope! Cut it! Don't do it! Doesn't matter about me! Just cut it! No! We're running out of time here! Don't do it, Peter! Just cut it! Nobody's gonna blame you for it! Just cut it, Peter! We're gonna die! No! How many of you are gonna die? Just cut it, Peter! Please! No, no, come on, Gerald. That's just rude. Come on, Gerald. Gerald, you're better than that. come on man 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 O'Donnell's parents he just don't go climbing with Chris O'Donnell void place it's not supposed to be that funny is there just a casting director like we need someone to die falling from a tall place We need Chris O reaction see He the best at watching people die from ropes He didn even audition for Vertical Limit Watch the tape. We saw your work in Batman Forever, kid. You were made for this role. You're going to be a star. Bright lights. Alright. And then there's a whole subcategory, going back to the actual point here, of of articles that my team here was able to find along this theme of, and it's a constant theme, the unbearable whiteness 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. We're saying the same thing. We're all saying the same thing. I said the exact same thing. And by the way, we're live weekdays, 11 a.m. 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. 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? Are you saying whiteness better? Huh? What do you mean by that? 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's some pros and cons. You said that our immutable characteristic, whiteness, is unbearable. You cannot bear it. You cannot bear it. You must do something to solve the problem. 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 sub stack bitching about white people like you know we treat our dogs well we'll get to the the dog market meat market festival in africa later like that's kind of a notable white thing i mean this this value that we place on technological advancement on ingenuity on 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 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 and 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 came the last game the last guy to shoot a pedophile so he gets a lifetime exemption 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 yeah didn't come from anywhere else 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 jama in canada said don't call me african american i'm jamaican canadian i have no ties to africa so you 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 uh 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 and a bannable 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 there you go but you said whiteness carplon 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 how 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 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 yeah you are saying whiteness is bad which one is more racist because one is deemed impermissible and what over 200 headlines it's a cottage industry do you have any idea the crap that we had to read going through to fact check that these headlines were they're they're real there may be a couple in there that that may no longer exist but well over 100 we went through them piece by piece good lord and then they're going to 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 you know 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 white. 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 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 and people will say you know racism isn't just uh saying something or feeling a certain way it's it's action 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 uh you know uh affirmative action right well this college is too white this college is too asian right well these 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 whatever the fuck 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 then well then what's the problem with it being too white well we need diversity well why because 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 are not white are in some way superior to what 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 uh 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. We're all saying the same thing. I said the exact same thing. All right, let's go on to the unbearable cold bareness of being. so you're better than that steven 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 there was poop swastika there was jesse smollett there was the uh uva uh hoax there was a rolling stone hoax uh duke lacrosse there was the nascar bubble wallace yeah mattress girl um so many right they almost always prove 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 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 yep 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 Tallarico, who we've covered. You know who is not one of my guests tonight? That's Texas State Representative James Tallarico. 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. None of which happened. And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this. Yeah. Oh, Colbert's such a rebel broadcasting from his tub at home for eight months because of a germ that could give him a cold. Ugh. You're supposed to take your clothes off, bud. Don't do that in that tub. We were here, and our budget is less than his salary. But, you know, he's going to stick it to the man. He takes the check. Oh, yeah. And Tallarico, by the way, takes the check and then goes. That's the best part is like, I'll show them. They pay me millions. Yeah. Well, that's how you know it's not true, because it was true. He'd be in trouble for it. Tallarico decided to sort of double down on this. And he quips that Trump was afraid that this man, this pussy would turn Texas blue. FCC opening probe into the view after appearance by Tallarico. Do you mean to cause trouble? I do. I think that Donald Trump is worried that we're about to flip Texas. I'm like Vito O'Rourke, only gayer. This guy's evil, and I'll tell you why. I love a crowd of people that aren't from Texas cheering about what's going on in Texas. 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 show. Ah! He really said that? 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 Tallarico. The show was 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 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. When Brian Stelter comes out and says, you just lied, that's pretty bad on the left. Although he probably has an interest in CBS not doing all that well. Yeah, that's true. This was also corroborated by fake Ebonics speaker Jasmine Crockett herself. We did receive information suggesting that the 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 just get one of the errors. And this was because of a fear that the FCC made safe and that there may have been advice to just have me on and then they could clear the issue. Two things. One in this case it very important that you understand equal time as we referring to it would mean two Democrats would mean if you have Tallarico on right It a Democratic primary You have to have his opponent on Jasmine Crockett Two, 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? They've got to find the guy that actually used it. They're just going to take off the muff and it's a hoagie? All the time. It's like we never actually find the footage with the audio. They can't find the game, I guess. Yeah. So, hey, Gerald, remember when you did that, you took off the muff and found a hoagie? The unbearable hoaginess of being. I don't. So, 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. You might have heard of this thing called the equal time rule. OK, 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 candidates 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 car said he was thinking about dropping the 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 crane oh need more show tunes it's like uh it's like he was cursing i know yeah but he's not gonna curse but not really then his checks won't cash so no but he's tough that's the point he's he's a rebel here's the truth um there's never there's just never been any type of a formal exception for talk shows nope just so you know it's just it's not a thing it's not no also he's on broadcast yes he is on broadcast as well he kind of sold it like right he's on cable or something right if it's free especially if it's carried by your local you know affiliates syndicated that that's that's broadcast it's usually usually some form or another public broadcast there's no exception the word broadcast is in the name yeah it is broadcasting central broad what is it i don't know broadcasting it's cbs broadcasting is b stuff i don't know yeah columbia broadcasting we know about it let me read this to you uh 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 bona fide news show meaning it's a news where it's it's a story being covered for its newsworthiness right not giving a platform so none 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 uh precedent and here's the thing i know stephen colbert will try and tell you like this is this is not uh 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 yeah in comparison to having a beer with kamala harris like 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 talla ricos i know she can't win i know nobody likes her but you do have to show the democratic party warts and all have crocadon that's what this is about 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. Right. Is anybody on their side on this? Colbert. He's already there. Colbert and the apostate. Tallarico says it as well. Yes. The heretic? Evil man. Tallarico the heretic. And a lot of people who just watch Colbert. Well, we're 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 Kimmel and Fallon. Look, wherever you line up, Jay Leno, you look at Jay Leno and you look at David Letterman. There's a whole documentary on this, the sort of wars them wanted to take Carson's seat. Leno was the most prolific stand-up comic in the country at that point, certainly amongst them. He was a guy who had been doing stand-up 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 tow the Democratic line. That's why they're there. They're not there because they're the best. That itself shows you the bias. Speaking of the best, right now on CNN talking about this very thing. We're the best. Stelter. Let's watch what he said. Completely straight. Just listen. He 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 aware for decades that these rules have not been taken very seriously, that there are not major... No, thank God for you guys. happening. So Carr came out and said that last month he said 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 was more skittish as a result. And that's why the CBS lawyers called Colbert. So you have a situation where the Trump administration's pressure against these stations is clearly being felt at ABC and at CBS. Over democrat primaries all right you're right so hold on a second let me make sure i i get this clear now the results are already in uh 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 the 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 band if you say that children aren't at risk of COVID in comparison to the flu, relatively speaking. We could tell locked up. 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 bat. 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, you can't be a piece of shit. You have to host another Democrat, and we're like... This is their argument. It's just like, well, sure, it's a 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, oh my God, we have ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, and we have all of Hollywood and the rest of mainstream media. Back then it was just mainstream media. But we don't have AM radio. Fairness doctrine, equal time. They pushed that. You had Air America with Janine Garofalo and Al Franken and a few other shows, and it failed miserably. They just can't stand any platform where they don't have complete control. We'll get to YouTube in a second and how Colbert's staff themselves abuse it. They can't handle criticism on YouTube. So they lawyer up. Think of how long they attacked Fox News. They go, oh yeah, yeah, the media's 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. The show was 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 lay 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 just just I'll have to show you this picture of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein instead. They made me do it. 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 intimidating the alternative opposition media Because I think you are motivated by partisan purposes yourself. Sir, you smelt it because 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. 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 that are being sounds 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, changed 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 geo 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, 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. Right. 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. Who are those other people? 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 bull crap. 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. Yeah. Well, he didn't read the Bible. 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. Vermont is too white. Oat milk is too white. And they go, what do you? Well, you sound like a racist. When you go, well, I'm white, but that doesn't make me bad. What do you mean by that? Right now they go, we're being silenced. You hit another copyright strike on an independent creator. Yeah. We're being silenced. Can we just trash all Republicans and the half of this country that elects presidents every single night Yeah I can believe we standing up for can we just hand us the papers and we be sure to advocate for lockdowns and uh yeah yeah vaccine mandates absolutely but we 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 candidate 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 1.3, 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, Tallarico just announced that his campaign raised $2.5 million since the interview was made. $2.5 million. That goes a long way in a local race. Pull that back up. I'm going 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 $2.5 million in 24 hours. Okay, that's all fine. 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. Yep. Ooh, nice one. 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 happened. That's why. And they lied about all of it. And that also, by the way, we actually now look at the odds of Tallarico winning the Democratic nomination. Kalshi has the odds. He's at 77% and Crockett is at 24%. He's gone up a lot. I can't stand Crockett. Well, he just juiced the numbers of two and a half million bucks. 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. Well, 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 looked at the lines, Tallarico shot up considerably. I think CNN was talking about our favorite Harry Ensign. Boom! He went to the moon. Talking about Tallarico's chances after this. Yeah. It's ridiculous. They are always the victim. Of course, I know you may think. 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. I usually would do, we'll say that we're being censored. And that'll spark people because that's the First Amendment. We can't be censored over opinions, you know. So that'll give us some sympathy. And then you'll raise, oh, two and a half million. That's pretty good. Boom. Right. Yep. Plan worked perfectly. 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, oh, you're just rage baiting. Your speech is free. You're not free to say it wherever you want. Okay. You first, dummy. 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 And throwing their goblin going like, oh, they hurt me because I'm on your side. 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 an officer. Oh, too much. Don't hit an officer with your car. Womp, womp, womp, womp. Fuck off. I kicked out an officer's taillight and 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. Zero. 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 Mom Donnie. Got him fired up. Yeah. Let's go to Mom Donnie, Mr. Eats with his hands. And by the way, with Mom Donnie, holy shit, did this happen fast. Oh, yeah. We thought, yeah, give it a few months. Give it a few months. There's a honeymoon phase where you spend money that you don't have. You don't have any money that they don't have to spend. Yeah. And instead, with Mom Donnie, 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 handed socialism now. Escape from New York. The tax base has been fleeing the Empire State. And that was before a socialist was the front runner to be mayor of its biggest city. The top one percent pays more than 40 percent 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. 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 11 a.m. Eastern. Tune in live. We still do it live. They're going to try and sell you. This is the billionaires versus the people. Oh, 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've 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. You're welcome. Done. But instead, I have to go on and act like there's something else that needs to be done here because they just want to other people. Well, 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 Mamdani has said that he doesn't think that wealthy people and corporations would actually leave if their taxes go up. Do you disagree with that? It's not a gamble I want to take because we're already down about 13 billion dollars 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 leaving? California? Ah, we were a little heavy-handed. New York City? A little bit too much. But they always want to. They'll present to you as though they are moderate. what that really means is how much can we rape people's wallets mom donnie's he's like 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 mom donnie's like i just want to tax rich people more it's like uh there's pretty much none left all right then what i'll have to do is um raise real estate taxes uh and hope that people who are paying rent don't realize that that will increase their costs too i eat with my hands 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 is for socialism. There are two paths. The first 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. Uh-oh. Is that a threat? Faced 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. Okay. So there is one. Just go with me here for just a second. Okay? Because you're not going to like it. Third option. Cut spending? I know. By the way, that's it. That's it. I don't actually have to. And 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 signers. 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 fast. But on television, read it, you know, like you do everything else. So, like I've told you, socialists like Mondani, they're going to frame this as billionaires versus the people. And I have no other option. Sure you do. Number one, just get rid of illegal aliens. Right? There you go. and I'm sure 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? 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. Momdani is 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 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 50 cents to 89 cents per dollar to tenants. So 50 to 89%. Jeez. That's also, by the way, going to raise the cost of doing business because you have commercial tenants, right? They often have to pay the landlord's property taxes. 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 in most places because it's a cesspool where home prices are sky high and people can't afford them it's going to make ownership harder as a result you have to have typically up front a year of like property taxes ready when you're getting a loan And if New Yorkers refuse to pay the new property taxes, Momdani is going to send in his new very expensive SWAT team to evict them and acquire the property for the city. Oh, well, hey, I think I can take her. Is that how that works, though? If there's rent-controlled, there are 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 well that's the problem so they can't so what do you think happens you live in a dump yes you live in a dump and or that building gets sold to the city right and now at a very low price you really the city's not paying property tax on it anymore but now they own a building and this is how they is this how they start acquiring property it's how they start acquiring you know low income slash free housing yeah that's uh that's why property taxes are something that conservatives very much uh oppose and it's a problem in texas because you never really get to own your own home outright. 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. It 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 momdani doesn't know your rent costs will go up that the business costs will go 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 bloc 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 worker. 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 realize we just went over time. You can click that button. Join Rumble Premium. 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. 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