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WATCH: Sen. Ted Cruz Questions FCC Chair Carr on First Amendment Protections and Jimmy Kimmel | N18G

In his first question of Carr, Cruz asked Carr about whether he believes the FCC's public interest standard should be understood to encompass First Amendment protections to ensure the agency can't be used to chill speech. The GOP committee chair began the line of questioning by saying he wanted to focus on free speech. He said "leftists" tried to stop a routine renewal of a Fox-owned broadcast station over complaints about 2020 election coverage. He then criticized ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, saying he's "angry, overtly partisan and profoundly unfunny." "That sadly is true for most late night comedians today who seem to have been collectively broken by President Trump’s election. Jimmy’s remarks about Charlie Kirk were tasteless, and ABC and its affiliates would have been fully within their rights to fire him or simply to no longer air his program," Cruz said. "That was their choice, but what government cannot do is force private entities to take actions that the government cannot take directly government officials threatening adverse consequences for disfavored content is an unconstitutional coercion that chills protected speech." #tedcruz #BRENDANCARR #kimmelshow #ussenate #uspolitics #trumpadministration #cnbctv18 #livenews