U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, the Republican who leads oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), joined Democrats Friday in criticizing FCC Chair Brendan Carr's recent threats against Disney and local broadcasters for airing

The conservative senator from Texas, one of the most powerful Republicans in Congress, said Friday on an episode of his podcast Verdict with Ted Cruz that Carr's threat to fine broadcasters or pull their licences over the content of their shows was dangerous.

"I got to say that's right out of ," Cruz said, evoking the Martin Scorsese gangster movie. "That's right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, 'Nice bar you have here. It would be a shame if something happened to it.' "

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