Jake Tapper called ABC's decision to indefinitely suspend "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" the result of "a direct violation of the First Amendment," during an appearance Thursday night on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

ABC pulled Kimmel's show from the air Wednesday for comments Kimmel made Monday night about the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot in Utah last week. Kimmel said the "MAGA gang" was "desperately trying to characterize this kid ... as anything other than one of them" and attempting to score "political points from it." MORE: As Dock Street turns 40, here's how it grew from a countercultural idea into the oldest craft brewery in Philly

Tapper cited Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr's comments on right-wing podcast "The Benny Show

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