Sen. Cynthia Lummis

One Republican member of the U.S. Senate is now hinting that she may be in support of curbing First Amendment rights in the future, given the current political climate.

Semafor recently reported that Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) is adjusting her attitude toward the First Amendment (which guarantees freedoms of speech, press, assembly, religion and petition) in the wake of the murder of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk last week. Lummis said Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr was justified in threatening to revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC stations that continued to air late night host Jimmy Kimmel's show (after Kimmel's Monday night monologue accusing "the MAGA gang" of trying to "score political points" from Kirk's death).

"An FCC license, it’s not a right. It really is a privilege," Lummis told Semafor.

"Under normal times, in normal circumstances, I tend to think that the First Amendment should always be sort of the ultimate right. And that there should be almost no checks and balances on it," she continued. "I don't feel that way anymore."

“I feel like something’s changed culturally. And I think that there needs to be some cognizance that things have changed,” the Wyoming Republican added. “We just can’t let people call each other those kinds of insane things and then be surprised when politicians get shot and the death threats they are receiving and then trying to get extra money for security.”

After Carr said that ABC stations could do things "the easy way or the hard way" over their FCC licenses, media conglomerate Nexstar announced it would preempt Kimmel's show with other content. Their statement was followed almost immediately by ABC saying Kimmel would be off the air "indefinitely." ABC's action has been widely condemned by both political commentators along with CBS late night host Stephen Colbert and even former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.

Nexstar is currently seeking FCC approval to acquire competitor Tegna, which would expand its reach to approximately 80 percent of U.S. households if approved.

Click here to read Semafor's report in full.