Sen. Ted Cruz warned Friday that conservatives would come to regret using state power to silence Jimmy Kimmel , saying that such power will be turned against them in a future Democratic administration.

Appearing on his podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” the Republican senator said he “hates what Kimmel said” and he is “thrilled that he was fired.”

But he also said that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sounded like a “mafioso” when he threatened to go after broadcast licenses in response to Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s killer.

“That will end up bad for conservatives,” Cruz said. “There will come a time when a Democrat wins again, wins the White House. They will get rid of everything America that’s conservative. They’ll get rid of every podcast. They’ll get rid of everything. They

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