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Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas sharply criticized Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for his comments related to late-night host Jimmy Kimmel shortly before ABC pulled his show off the air.

Cruz said he took issue with Carr threatening to cancel ABC's broadcast license over Kimmel's remarks about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk .

"He says, 'We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way,'" the senator said of Carr in the latest episode of his podcast , "Verdict with Ted Cruz," which aired Friday morning.

"And I gotta say, that's right out of 'Goodfellas,'" Cruz said, referring to the classic mob film.

"That's right out of a mafioso coming into a bar

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