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Ted Cruz: “Democrats have spent years trying to de platform Americans…”

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Ted Cruz Leads Senate Commerce Committee In Executive Session To Consider Pending Business

Published | Video Starts at 21:26

Now, Jimmy Kimmel is both unfunny and he has a lousy jump shot, but let's be honest. The Trump administration is not the first administration that has been less than fully supportive of free speech at the fcc. Democrats have spent years trying to de platform Americans and broadcasters they disliked. Many of them urged the FCC to revoke licenses from Sinclair for urging conservative views. This committee has already held one hearing on government censorship in the First Amendment, and we will be holding more hearings in the coming weeks. (21:26–21:33)

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