Democratic House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Thursday called on U.S. Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr to resign immediately, as fallout continued from the indefinite suspension of ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.

Jeffries said Carr — who President Donald Trump hailed as a "warrior for free speech" when nominating him as chair last year — had "disgraced the office he holds by bullying ABC."

Carr, given past comments in the face of criticism, will likely laugh off the demand. But the statement by Jeffries reflects an unusually interventionist first year for Carr in a position that has rarely attracted attention, occasionally rising to public prominence during controversies, such as when the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show famously featured an unexpected

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