House Democrats call for FCC chair to quit over Jimmy Kimmel suspension
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Thu 18 Sep 2025 11.59 EDT
Last modified on Thu 18 Sep 2025 12.01 EDT
House Democratic leaders demanded the resignation of the Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, on Thursday, accusing him of forcing ABC to suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show through regulatory threats.
“Brendan Carr, the so-called Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has engaged in the corrupt abuse of power,” six lawmakers including the Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, said in a joint statement. “He has disgraced the office he holds by bullying ABC, the employer of Jimmy Kimmel, and forcing the company to bend the knee to the Trump administration.”
The lawmakers threatened congressional investigations and warned that House Democrats would “make sure the American people learn the truth, even if that requires the relentless unleashing of congressional subpoena power”. The statement came after ABC indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday after they claimed that parts of his opening monologue about the killing of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk were insensitive.
Andrew Alford, the president of the broadcasting division of Nexstar Communication, which operates a number ABC affiliate stations, called Kimmel’s comments “offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse”.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/jimmy-kimmel-fired-fcc-brendan-carr
Link to House Democratic Leadership PRESS RELEASE - JOINT LEADERSHIP STATEMENT ON THE SUSPENSION OF JIMMY KIMMEL
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