Ted Cruz: FCC Shouldn’t Censor Speech in Kimmel-Disney Skirmish
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Sen. Ted Cruz defended the First Amendment, saying the FCC shouldn’t act as the speech police amid the dispute over Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about Melania Trump and Brendan Carr’s order to review Disney’s TV stations. The flare-up follows Kimmel’s WHCD bit and the president’s and Melania’s responses, while Disney faces upcoming license-renewal deadlines and has defended its qualifications.
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