"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that the suspension should alarm all Americans and declared that the issue must go to court. America is meant to be a bastion of free speech. Everybody across the political spectrum should be speaking out to stop what's happening to Jimmy Kimmel. This is about protecting democracy. This must go to court. Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) September 18, 2025"
"Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) issued perhaps the sharpest warning in a video posted to X, calling the move a red alert moment. If you don't raise your voices right now about the assault on free speech there may be no democracy to save a year from now, he said. It's happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext"
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live!, prompting fierce condemnation from top Democrats who portray the move as part of a broader assault on free speech. Jimmy Kimmel's monologue criticized efforts to distance the alleged murderer of Charlie Kirk from the MAGA movement and accused Republicans of exploiting the killing for political gain. FCC chairman Brendan Carr urged individual stations to act, and Nexstar preempted the show before ABC announced an indefinite pull. Senate and congressional Democrats urged legal action and mass mobilization, warning the suspension could presage coordinated efforts to silence critics and undermine democratic norms.
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