Former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., found himself aligned – for once – with his nemesis Sen. Ted Cruz, saying the Texas Republican “got it right” in his rebuke of Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr over the Jimmy Kimmel-ABC-Trump administration clash.
Cruz chastised Carr last week after the chair publicly pressed ABC to act against late-night host Kimmel, warning that conservatives could ultimately be harmed if government officials wield regulatory power to punish speech.
Cruz likened Carr’s approach to ABC to something out of a mob movie. “That’s right out of ‘Goodfellas.’ That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘Nice bar you have here. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.'”
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