On Newsmax, Benny Johnson calls for a Federal Elections Commission investigation into Stephen Colbert
Johnson: “I'm calling for an FEC investigation. Federal Elections Commission should really look into how Stephen Colbert manipulated and hoaxed James Tallarico into the number one fundraising position in Texas right now.”
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From the February 18, 2026, edition of Newsmax's Rob Schmitt Tonight
ROB SCHMITT (HOST): The FCC finally has a pair, and — and isn't that nice to see?
BENNY JOHNSON (GUEST): Yeah. This is an amazing story. Yeah. I love this story. So, like, you -- so what you're forcing the communist revolutionaries to do that run the Colbert -- the zombie franchise of the Colbert late night show, by the way. It's just a it's a dead man walking. OK? And they're forcing Stephen Colbert, effectively to run out his contract for a couple of months, and it's a couple of painful months. And it's painful for Stephen Colbert because what's happening right now is they're exposing him for who he truly is, which is not only a propagandist, but also somebody who's actively in a revolutionary role to try and help elect Democrats.
SCHMITT: Yes.
JOHNSON: And if Jasmine Crockett isn't useful to the revolution, she's finding out right now that she will be thrown directly into the trash. And it doesn't matter if Stephen Colbert wears his -- here's an article right here, Rob, that says, Stephen Colbert wears Black Lives Matter bracelet on the late night show. Gives lecture -- gives lecture about listening to Black women. Isn't that amazing? But he's banning the only Black woman running for Senate in Texas from his show. It's absolutely remarkable.
And I just want to call on something right now, really quickly and use just this wonderful moment on Newsmax to do so. I'm not calling for an FCC investigation. I think we're way beyond that. I'm calling for an FEC investigation. Federal Elections Commission should really look into how Stephen Colbert manipulated and hoaxed James Talarico into the number one fundraising position in Texas right now. Because it seems like this entire thing was a scheme that was launched by Stephen Colbert and his team in order to effort and push the guy that they think or believes could run, and win. And they're sabotaging Jasmine Crockett in doing so. So Black Lives Matter clearly doesn't really matter to Stephen Colbert.
SCHMITT Well and that's the juiciest part of it is just how quickly they'll just throw her aside because they don't think she can win in Texas. But it is just amazing that that's how deep into the political process this guy that supposedly just has a late night comedy show on a broadcast network that's federally regulated. It's so corrupted, and the FCC has been so absent for so long that Stephen Colbert is just a political operator working inside of CBS, and he's been doing this for 11 years.