Rand Paul: FCC chair had “no business” intervening in ABC/Kimmel controversy

Democratic lawmakers have criticized Carr en masse, saying he abused his power in order to censor speech. Not many Republican lawmakers have done so, but Carr did take heat from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee that has oversight over the FCC.

On his podcast Friday, Cruz discussed the Carr comment in which the FCC chair said of ABC, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action,…