Cruz is chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, which has oversight jurisdiction over the FCC.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz says FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sounded like an organized crime boss threatening the ABC network’s broadcasting licenses over comments by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
The Texas Republican also emphasized how much he hates what Kimmel said about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk — and how much he likes and works closely with Carr.
Having high-ranking federal officials threaten a network in such a way, however, is “dangerous as hell” because it presents a slippery slope that could end with conservatives facing government censorship down the road, Cruz said.
That’s your party, bro.
You guys have spent decade upon decade getting here. It’s not like Taco is some kind of weird outlier. He’s the most popular figure in the conservative movement and the Republican Party.
This is your party. Also don’t try to both-sides what Kimmel said. Kimmel said nothing even remotely wrong or in bad taste.
Sure, but while the enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend, someone willing to speak out against facism is at least another voice against facism.
Saying “fuck this guy for speaking out against facism” doesn’t actually help.
You can impeach him, Ted.
Take back the power of Congress. It’s supposed to be a coequal branch of government.
Is he trying to rehabilitate himself as a “man of reason”? I predict at the first sign of resistance he’ll be back on the plane for Cancun
Maybe he was only expecting Donald Trump to go 65% fascism, enough so that Republicans would always be in power. He doesn’t want 100% fascism because once you hit 100% the leaders kill everyone that helped them get there.
new Fascism light: All of the bigotry, but none of the blowback…
They overreached. They thought they could use this as their George Floyd moment and it doesn’t seem to be working.
Because no-one cares about gun deaths anymore. If we did nothing after Sandy Hook, a Nazi getting shot isn’t going to do shit to the zeitgeist.
“that could end with conservatives facing government censorship down the road, Cruz said.”
They haven’t clued Cruz in about all the schemes they’ve got planned to cheat future elections.
Now, I have to care about Jimmy Kimmel (and I should) and agree with the human slug Ted Cruz? Weird times…
Did I read this right conservatives could face censorship? His problem is that it could backfire on them later?
Are they doing this checks and balances thing now that’s actually their job? Wild!
That’s a beautiful merger you’ve got there. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it.
He knows how mafia bosses sound, of course
The message I am getting is:
Brendan Carr is our scapegoat for this backfire.
