“And it might feel good right now to threaten Jimmy Kimmel, but when it is used to silence every conservative in America, we will regret it.”
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Brendan Carr, the FCC chair taking the fight to Jimmy Kimmel, was unanimously confirmed by the Senate 3 times and nominated by Trump and Biden
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