#texas-senate-primary

#texas-senate-primary

"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," he said. "And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this." "FCC you," Colbert said, calling out FCC chairman Brendan Carr directly. He added that Carr is "motivated by partisan purposes." The FCC did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment on Tuesday.

When Stephen Colbert said CBS spiked his interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D), it drew swift and sharp condemnation from Democratic members of Congress, many of whom vowed to launch investigations into the Federal Communications Commission and President Donald Trump's appointed chair, Brendan Carr. Talarico is running in the Democratic primary for Senate in Texas against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX). On the GOP side, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is facing challenges from Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX).

"He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast," Colbert said on his program, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." "Then I was told, in some uncertain terms, that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this."