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Ted Cruz cautioned that the administration's threats against the media posed a risk to free speech protections in the First Amendment.
He also aired a clip showing Trump’s brief response to a question about how he was handling Kirk’s death. It showed Trump quickly pivoting to discussing the ballroom he’s building at the White House. But the bigger controversy stemmed from another comment about Kirk’s suspected shooter.
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Ted Cruz Denounces Brendan Carr Threat Over Jimmy Kimmel as ‘Dangerous as Hell’ and Like a ‘Mafioso’
The FCC chair's threat to “do this the easy way or the hard way” is “right out of ‘Goodfellas,’” says the Texas senator
ABC’s long-running daytime panel show could be subject to the “equal time” rule, FCC chair Brendan Carr suggested, after apparently pressuring the network to suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night program.
The shock of seeing Jimmy Kimmel pulled from ABC this week was the final straw for many fans of late-night TV who took part in Thursday's protest.
David Letterman to Jeffrey Goldberg on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension: “You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works.” #TAF25 pic.twitter.com/yJxXOXjlj4
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