Ilhan Omar Applauds ‘Principled’ Ted Cruz for Jimmy Kimmel Concerns

Sean James Sep 20th, 2025, 7:02 pm

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said she is experiencing a rare moment of unity with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) after the Republican raised concerns over the FCC potentially pressuring ABC to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel .

“Ted seems to be one of the few people on the right who seems to have a principled stance on this,” Omar said on MSNBC’s on Saturday night.

Omar then went into wordy description of the First Amendment, followed by her claiming the FCC threatened to revoke ABC’s broadcast license if Kimmel was not pulled off of the air.

“When the government in itself says we are not going to renew the license unless this person’s voice is taken off the air, then we get to a level

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