FCC threatens ABC's licenses as Trumps call for Kimmel's firing
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🗓️ 28 April 2026
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| 0:00.0 | The Federal Communications Commission is ramping up the pressure on ABC and Disney by threatening |
| 0:05.8 | to strip broadcasters of their station licenses. The FCC says the review of the licenses is |
| 0:11.6 | tied to Disney's DEI initiatives, but it's widely seen as retaliation in the ongoing battle between |
| 0:17.6 | President Trump and ABC and its late night host Jimmy Kimmel. On his show last week, |
| 0:23.6 | Kimmel parodied Saturday's White House Correspondence Dinner in advance, delivering a mock roast, |
| 0:28.7 | which included this joke about the Trumps. And of course, our first lady, Melania, is here. |
| 0:35.5 | Look at, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow. |
| 0:40.7 | Kimmel later said it was a joke about their age difference. |
| 0:43.9 | But following the shooting at the dinner, the first lady yesterday wrote a post on X, |
| 0:48.8 | criticizing Kimmel saying he, quote, deepens the political sickness in America and that |
| 0:53.8 | people like Kimmel shouldn't |
| 0:55.1 | have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate. |
| 0:59.5 | That was echoed by the president who said Disney should fire Kimmel and then reiterated by |
| 1:04.9 | press secretary Caroline Levitt. |
| 1:07.4 | Just two days prior to the shooting, ABC's late night host Jimmy Kemmel disgustingly called |
| 1:13.1 | First Lady Melania Trump an expectant widow. |
| 1:16.6 | Who in their right minds says a wife would be glowing over the potential murder of her |
| 1:21.0 | beloved husband? |
| 1:22.4 | This kind of rhetoric about the president, the first lady, and his supporters is completely |
| 1:26.5 | deranged and it's |
| 1:27.5 | unbelievable that the American people are consuming it night after night after night. |
| 1:33.4 | For his part, Kimmel said last night that this is all a matter of free speech. |
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