WREX — Governor J.B. Pritzker has released a statement on Jimmy Kimmel's recent suspension for comments he made on Charlie Kirk's killer.

In a statement to 13 WREX, Pritzker said,

"An attack on the First Amendment of this magnitude is a five-alarm fire and we should all be treating it as such. What’s clear here is that Nexstar and Sinclair are capitulating to the president so he approves their mergers ."

Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group run 58 ABC stations combined. Jimmy Kimmel Live! was broadcast on ABC channels.

Pritzker is calling for people to write letters and emails, post online, speak up, and protest. He said what he is not calling for is "the punishment of local journalists for corporate machinations."

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