""We hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it," he said. His comment was aimed not at Kirk but at the maelstrom of news around Kirk's death; it speaks ill not of the dead, but of "the MAGA gang.""
"There have already been signs that President Donald Trump's administration is intent on punishing perceived critics in the media, no matter what complaints about free speech might arise, but the chain of events that shut down Jimmy Kimmel Live feels particularly direct. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way," Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said on Benny Johnson's podcast yesterday."
Jimmy Kimmel criticized online reactions to the arrest of Tyler Robinson, calling MAGA supporters' attempts to distance the suspect and score political points a new low. He clarified his remark targeted the online maelstrom rather than Charlie Kirk himself. Within two days, ABC pulled Kimmel's program from the air indefinitely. FCC chairman Brendan Carr warned broadcasters they could face regulatory scrutiny and urged companies to change conduct, citing Kimmel specifically on a podcast. Nexstar immediately stopped broadcasting the show on its local affiliates and affirmed its decision to withhold the program for the foreseeable future. Former president Trump praised the removal.
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