By Liam Reilly, CNN
(CNN) — Anna Gomez, soon to be the lone Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission, has been sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump’s “ weaponization ” of her agency against the press. And now she’s taking it on the road.
Gomez has embarked on a “ First Amendment Tour ” of planned speeches across multiple states, saying Trump has shown a “pattern of censorship and control” threatening free speech rights. Under Trump-appointed Chairman Brendan Carr, the FCC has conducted what she calls “sham investigations” against news outlets.
Last week, Gomez gave a speech at California State University in Los Angeles — her first tour stop outside Washington, DC. She’ll soon make appearances in Kentucky and Illinois, and the tour is expected to last through t