Brendan Carr has suddenly emerged as a top target for Democrats and a hero for the MAGA world following Jimmy Kimmel’s ouster from his late-night talk show.
The Trump appointee and chairman of the Federal Communications Commission holds the power to stand between multi-billion-dollar network mergers, giving new teeth for the president and his allies to use FCC approval as potential leverage against critics on public airwaves.
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The indefinite suspension of Kimmel, which the network couched as the result of the late-night host’s remarks falsely linking Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin to Trump supporters, is seen by Democrats such as Sena