Ted Cruz: “Brendan Carr, who's the chairman of the Federal…”

“I want to play because a lot of the media is very much focused on this, particularly the left wing media. But Brendan Carr, who's the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, he did an interview with Benny Johnson. Benny's a friend of ours, he's a great guy. But he leaned in hard on Jimmy Kimmel and he threatened government retaliation for what Kimmel said.” (19:06–19:13)

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