Trump FCC faces blowback in attempt to police speech on broadcast TV

Although the Trump FCC says the proceeding is over ABC’s potential violation of anti-discrimination rules with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices, it was statements by Jimmy Kimmel that seemed to spur Carr into action on Trump’s behalf. In September 2025, Carr threatened to revoke ABC station licenses for “news distortion” if they continued airing Kimmel’s show. In April of this year, Carr ordered the highly unusual ABC license review one day after Trump and the first lady called for Kimmel to be fired over a joke in which he said Melania Trump looked like an “expectant widow.”

As per the Streisand effect, let’s have a moment of silence to honor the expectant widow of Pedophile Trump.

“Blowback” basically means no consequences.