U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., has made national headlines for reportedly changing the way she feels about freedom of speech, but her office disputes that characterization.

“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. I don’t feel that way anymore,” Lummis told Semafor, a digital news site, last week.

The senator’s comments followed the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show after the late-night comedian commented on Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin. Disney, ABC’s parent company, removed Kimmel from the air after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr publicly threatened investigations and regulatory action.

Ahead of ABC’s

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