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Ted Cruz Rips FCC Over ABC Broadcast License Review Following Kimmel Joke: "It Is Not Government’s Job to Censor Speech" | GOP senator previously compared agency chairman Brendan Carr to a "mafioso" for threats to revoke broadcasters' licenses over disfavored speed


Ted Cruz thinks the FCC stepped over the line in ordering Disney's ABC to file for an accelerated renewal of broadcast licenses of its eight local TV stations -- seemingly in response to a joke Jimmy Kimmel told about Melania Trump on late-night television.

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