"Shortly after the progressive candidate appeared on The View earlier this month, FCC Chair Brendan Carr confirmed that he's opening an investigation into the ABC show, telling Laura Ingraham, the days that these legacy media broadcasters get to decide what we can say, what we can think, who we can vote for are over. ABC hasn't publicly commented on the action."
"James Talarico is not someone who makes fun of Trump or bashes his personality, or makes jokes about hisorange skin, or the way he speaks, or the way he posts, Touma said. This would make sense if this was Gavin Newsom. Because Trump hates looking like fool. Being made fun of. He's got extremely thin skin, he's ultra-sensitive. Touma continued: I think what you're seeing there isbeyond Trump trying to punish anyone saying anything bad about him."
"It's now gone to, We want to silence anyone who we think has a chance of beating our candidate in a meaningful election. They do not want this guy to be a senator in Texas. Becausehe's polling well but he's a progressive, leftist candidate. and he's gonna push an economic populist platform. And he's gonna push for things like raising the minimum wage, and more public housing."
FCC Chair Brendan Carr opened an investigation into ABC's The View after James Talarico appeared, asserting that legacy broadcasters can no longer decide what viewers can say, think, or vote for. Stephen Colbert claimed CBS lawyers prevented Talarico from appearing on The Late Show due to the FCC equal-time provision; CBS denied preventing the interview and said legal guidance and options were provided. Mediaite commentary framed the FCC action as targeting Talarico not for mocking Donald Trump but to silence a progressive candidate perceived as a viable threat. Talarico is polling well in Texas and advocates economic populist policies including raising the minimum wage and expanding public housing.
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