Jimmy Kimmel

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Brendan Carr, the so-called Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has engaged in the corrupt abuse of power,” top House Democrats said in a joint statement released by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) in a post on X. “He has disgraced the office he holds by bullying ABC, the employer of Jimmy Kimmel, and forcing the company to bend the knee to the Trump administration.”

“FCC Chair Brendan Carr should resign immediately. Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s war on the First Amendment is blatantly inconsistent with American values,” they added.

The statement came from Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark (Mass.), House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (Calif.), Vice Chair Ted Lieu (Calif.), Assistant Leader Joe Neguse (Colo.) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene (Wash.).

It coincided with California Rep. Robert Garcia’s decision to launch an investigation into Kimmel’s removal as the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.