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The outcry could signal aggressive FCC oversight if Democrats take the Senate in November.
Senate Democrats want answers about the nature of FCC Chair Brendan Carr's Disney licensing order. | Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
A dozen senior Senate Democrats, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, on Thursday demanded that FCC Chair Brendan Carr immediately rescind his order hauling in Disney’s broadcast licenses for early review.
The letter, led by Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, called the review a “blatant effort” to punish Disney, which owns ABC, for refusing to acquiesce to President Donald Trump’s demand to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over a joke he made about the president. Carr, who announced the review a day after Trump’s demand, has said it’s the result of the agency’s year-long investigation into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices, a claim rejected by Democrats.
