Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr gloated over ABC’s Wednesday decision to indefinitely suspend “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” over comments about Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, claiming to Fox News’ Sean Hannity that the decision represented how President Donald Trump “exposed” the network’s bias to local communities.
ABC on Wednesday announced it had suspended the late-night show “indefinitely” after its eponymous host made comments on Monday that said “the MAGA gang” had spent the weekend trying to prove Kirk’s alleged gunman, Tyler Robinson, wasn’t also a Republican.
After authorities unveiled text messages they say showed Robinson appeared to have left-leaning politics — and also that he may have had a personal motivation — conservative media pounced on Kimmel’s comments, and local station owners Nexstar
