Edward Markey: “His allies, including Chairman Brendan Carr, have echoed…”

“Consider President Trump's repeated attacks on broadcasters. Over and over again. He has urged the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to revoke broadcasters licenses for their speech. His allies, including Chairman Brendan Carr, have echoed those threats, even warning ABC and Disney that the FCC could, quote, do this the easy way or the hard way over the political commentary of late night host Jimmy Kimmel. Those are not jokes. These are threats. And when government officials use the power of their office to intimidate a silence speech they. They dislike, they assault the very fabric of our democracy.” (03:30–03:50)

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