Donald Trump’s federal communications boss has doubled down on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, suggesting local TV stations should have more power to decide who should be broadcast.

In comments made hours before Kimmel’s much-anticipated return on Tuesday night, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr also blamed Democrats for the backlash that occurred after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! last week.

“Democrats just keep digging themselves a deeper & deeper hole on Kimmel,” he wrote on X.

“They simply can’t stand that local TV stations—for the first time in years—stood up to a national programmer & chose to exercise their lawful right to preempt programming. We need to keep empowering local TV stations to serve their communities of license.”

Carr’s pushback came amid a free s

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