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"Kimmel during his show on Monday night said the country “hit some new lows over the weekend,” when the “MAGA gang desperately tried to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.”
The comedian accused conservative Republicans of trying to “score political points” from Kirk’s death.
Kimmel then attacked President Trump, joking that he was mourning Charlie Kirk “the way a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.”
ABC has suspend 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' in the wake of Brendan Carr threatening ABC affiliates following the late-night host's comments about the suspected Kirk shooter's politics.
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Carr was interviewed by
YouTuber Benny Johnson on Wednesday (video also below), where he appeared to threaten ABC affiliate licenses over the comments, which he called “the sickest conduct possible.”
“[This] appears to be an action by Jimmy Kimmel to play into the narrative that this was somehow a MAGA or Republican-motivated person,” Carr said. “What people don’t understand is that the broadcasters … have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest. When we see stuff like this, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
Johnson said he’d like to see an apology from Kimmel to Kirk and his family and asked Carr what other punitive steps the FCC might take.
“I think what you said strikes me as a very reasonable, minimal step that can be taken,” Carr said. “Calls for Kimmel to be fired — I think, you could certainly see a path forward for a suspension over this. You know, the FCC is going to have remedies.”