Ben Bankas is the conservative stand-up comedian that the left loves to hate. If you’re not familiar, he is a very funny guy.
As the Gateway Pundit reported a few weeks ago, Bankas was set to do some shows at a Minneapolis comedy club but they canceled his appearance due to backlash from the left. Unfortunately for them, the canceled shows had the opposite effect.
Since then, he has picked up more shows and a ton of new followers.
He was recently interviewed by Breitbart News:
Exclusive — Comedian Ben Bankas Added More Shows, Gained Fans After Leftist Mobs Tried to Cancel Him over Renee Good Jokes
Breitbart News sat down with comedian Ben Bankas to discuss the left’s attempts to cancel him over his comedy and how those attempts actually grew his brand and his audience…
Bankas said, “The cancellation was one venue where we were going to do six shows, no one else canceled in America.”
He noted there was pushback in Canada, which is where he is from originally, and he pointed out, “They are extremely sensitive to anything that’s offensive.”
But Bankas explained that predominant reaction was positive, saying, “We added hundreds of thousands of new followers. People who already knew who I was but they were like, ‘Now I really want to follow this guy.’ We actually added way more shows than those six shows that were canceled, and they were added in way more markets.”
He continued, “In January 2026 I had, I think, 121 million views on Facebook and on Instagram there were somewhere between 30 and 50 million. So obviously, people like my comedy.”
“The Democrat-liberal thing on all this is, whenever someone is doing well with something they don’t agree with, they make it into this whole thing that it’s evil, it’s bad, when at the end of the day it’s art,” Bankas said.
Here are some clips of his act:
Ben Bankas is hands down my new favorite comedian! Always No Cap 😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/q0Ii4yWkn3
— 🔥🇺🇸 KC 🇺🇸🔥 (@KCPayTreeIt) February 4, 2026
Ben Bankas made me LAUGH OUT LOUD.🤣
Instant follow.
.@BenBankas pic.twitter.com/8wlZ7hDkv9
— Steve 🇺🇸 (@SteveLovesAmmo) February 7, 2026
Hahahaha I love Ben Bankas! 😂🤣🔥 pic.twitter.com/3hUAF2XSDl
— 🔥🇺🇸 KC 🇺🇸🔥 (@KCPayTreeIt) February 3, 2026
It is hilarious that angry liberals who wanted to cancel this guy actually ended up increasing the size of his audience.
It’s a classic case of leftist hypocrisy. They have SNL and every single late night show, but that’s just not enough. Anyone who criticizes them must be silenced.
Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.
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