{"id":2287605,"date":"2026-02-18T16:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2287605"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:19:16","slug":"james-talaricos-iced-colbert-interview-turns-into-fundraising-bonanza-for-texas-senate-hopeful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-talaricos-iced-colbert-interview-turns-into-fundraising-bonanza-for-texas-senate-hopeful\/","title":{"rendered":"James Talarico\u2019s Iced Colbert Interview Turns Into Fundraising Bonanza for Texas Senate Hopeful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076301\/\">The Late Show<\/a> interview that wasn\u2019t has turned into a bonanza for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm12755814\/\">James Talarico<\/a>, the Democrat and U.S. Senate hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico, a Texas state representative running in the Democratic primary for what is now Sen. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1978354\/\">John Cornyn<\/a>\u2019s seat, says that his campaign raised more than $2.5 million in the 24 hours after the appearance, which has now garnered tens of millions of views across social platforms and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0202446\/\">YouTube<\/a> after being denied on the actual <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0070627\/\">CBS<\/a> broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Talarico has turned the incident into a rallying cry for his entire campaign, as he articulated on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0640713\/\">Lawrence O\u2019Donnell<\/a>\u2019s Ms Now show Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be troubling to all of us, regardless of our political affiliations or our political beliefs, that the most powerful people in the country, the most powerful politicians and the most powerful corporate executives, are working together to sell out the First Amendment, to sell out our freedom of speech,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Late Show interview that wasn\u2019t has turned into a bonanza for James Talarico, the Democrat and U.S. Senate hopeful. 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