Anti-woke comedian Ben Bankas doesn’t appear to be remotely stressed about some of his shows being cancelled because of the libs.
Last Thursday, Bankas shared a video on social media of himself responding to the cancellations while performing.
“I just found out that my shows were canceled in Minnesota,” he said to the audience in the clip below. “F-ck ‘em, obviously.”
Venues in Minnesota have cancelled 6 comedy shows this weekend for @BenBankas simply because he is Conservative.
They caved to the woke liberal mob. pic.twitter.com/4VPKLoERNR
— AmericanPapaBear™ (@AmericaPapaBear) January 30, 2026
Bankas recently went super viral for making jokes about the fatal shooting by federal immigration authorities of left-wing extremist Renee Good.
“Her last name was Good,” he said during one performance he later again shared to social media. “That’s what I said after they shot her.”
He also referred to her as a “dumb, crazy retarded lesbian.”
“If you watch the footage [of her behavior prior to being shot], she should have been shot 10 minutes before that,” he added.
These simple jokes triggered an outpouring of rage from leftists, particularly those in Minnesota, where Good lived.
This, in turn, led Bill Collins, the owner of the Laugh Camp Comedy Club in St. Paul, to cancel Bankas’ upcoming shows, allegedly out of safety concerns.
“After discussions with, and concern from, public authorities, legal counsel and staff, combined with heightened threats, increasing media attention and civil disorder, we have determined the risks and related liabilities cannot be overcome,” Collins told People magazine.
“A small club like ours does not have the needed resources to mitigate current risks. We are obligated to place the highest priority on the safety of our guests, staff, and talent, and we are left with no option but to cancel,” he added.
The cancellation was evidently needed in part because of trash people like Bailey Murphy, a local comic who took so much offense to Bankas’ jokes that she planned to protest his previously scheduled Laugh Camp Comedy Club performance.
Speaking with The Minnesota Star Tribune, she said listening to Bankas’s Good joke gave her a “pseudo-anxiety attack.”
“My jaw just dropped,” the 36-year-old leftist loon said. “I wouldn’t even claim it was comedy. He’s just a bully with a microphone.”
I call her the ICE LADY.. pic.twitter.com/LQMpSkSpGW
— Ben Bankas (@BenBankas) January 10, 2026
Bankas wasn’t fazed by the criticism.
“The people who are angry about my show need to get educated about what comedy is and the history of comedy,” he reportedly told local media after his shows were cancelled.
“Any subject matter that talks about something taboo, you’re going to get people who are upset about it, and I take that as a consequence. But my issue is, it’s only when one side of the conversation is upset that we think about canceling a show,” he added.
Meanwhile, aside from Minnesota, Bankas continues to sell out shows.
“Bankas, who is in his mid-30s and lives in Austin, Texas, has sold out upcoming shows in New York, Toronto, and Columbus, Ohio,” according to the Star Tribune.
“He played the House of Comedy at Mall of America last May and has made appearances on popular, conservative-leaning platforms like Fox News’ ‘Jesse Watters Primetime’ and the ‘Kill Tony’ podcast,” the reporting continued.
Moment of silence 🤫 pic.twitter.com/XFpuzgEeBx
— Ben Bankas (@BenBankas) January 14, 2026
Collins, the club owner who cancelled Bankas’ shows, isn’t faring as well.
He told the Tribune that the agency representing Bankas is demanding full payment despite the cancelled shows. Moreover, the agency has threatened to bar any of its other clients from performing at Collins’ club until the payment is made.
Bankas’ next major U.S. show will be in Rochester, New York, where he’ll be performing at Comedy at the Carlson on Feb. 6 and Feb. 7.
The haters don’t realize how big they made me.
Tickets: https://t.co/uXGpbNKwz0 pic.twitter.com/31O69q67bW— Ben Bankas (@BenBankas) February 2, 2026
Bankas is also known for making fun of Somalians, liberals, woke women, wokeness in general, and Europe, which has become a bastion of woke nonsense.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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