Stephen Colbert, the king of late-night sanctimony, is throwing a full-blown tantrum because CBS apparently nixed his puff-piece interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico, a vocal anti-2A crusader who’s made a career out of demonizing gun owners. According to Colbert’s whiny monologue on Monday, this blacklisting is all thanks to Donald Trump’s iron grip on the narrative—never mind that CBS, a network drowning in left-wing bias, makes its own calls. Talarico, for context, is the same guy who compared AR-15 owners to rapists and pedophiles and pushes for red-flag laws that could strip law-abiding citizens of their firearms without due process. Colbert framing this as some Trump-orchestrated censorship is peak hypocrisy from a host whose show thrives on one-sided hit jobs against conservatives and 2A advocates.
Dig deeper, and this meltdown reveals the fragility of the gun-control propaganda machine. Talarico’s interview was likely set to amplify fearmongering ahead of key 2A battles—like Texas’s ongoing resistance to federal overreach and the post-2024 pushback against Biden-era ATF rules on pistol braces and braces. CBS pulling the plug? It could be internal pushback against platforming extremism that alienates moderate viewers, or even a rare moment of network self-preservation amid Trump’s landslide signaling a pro-2A mandate. Either way, Colbert’s tears expose how reliant the left is on captive media audiences to peddle disarmed dystopias. When outlets like CBS hesitate, it underscores a shifting cultural tide: Americans are done with elitist lectures on their self-defense rights.
For the 2A community, this is a win worth celebrating. It spotlights how anti-gun zealots like Talarico are increasingly isolated, their narratives crumbling under scrutiny from a public that’s armed and awakening. As Trump prepares to dismantle ATF encroachments and restore constitutional carry momentum, episodes like this remind us: the real blacklisting is the left’s attempt to silence the 100 million gun owners. Stay vigilant, stock up, and keep voting with your wallets and ballots—because when the crybabies complain loudest, victory is near.
