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\n\tFormer Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the Trump administration over its \u201cassault on free speech,\u201d following Jimmy Kimmel\u2018s suspension from ABC over his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWhat we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power,\u201d wrote Harris on X, without mentioning Kimmel directly. \u201cThis administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations \u2014 from television networks to newspapers \u2014 are capitulating to these threats.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tShe added, \u201cWe cannot dare to be silent or complacent in the face of this frontal assault on free speech. We, the People, deserve better.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tHarris joins a long list of politicians and celebrities alike raising concerns about the threat to free speech after ABC\u2019s decision to\u00a0\u201cindefinitely\u201d pull\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0Live!<\/em> amid\u00a0pressure from the administration.<\/p>\n \n\tCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom\u00a0said\u00a0the Republican Party \u201cdoes not believe in free speech,\u201d adding, \u201cThese aren\u2019t coincidences. It\u2019s coordinated. And it\u2019s dangerous\u2026 They are censoring you in real time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIn his own post to X, Barack Obama\u00a0wrote, \u201cAfter years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn\u2019t like.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAn ABC spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that Kimmel<\/em> would be pulled shortly after Nexstar \u2014 the largest TV station owner \u2014 kicked his late-night show off its U.S. stations. <\/p>\n \n\tDuring Kimmel\u2019s Monday monologue, the comedian criticized right-wingers for trying to \u201cscore political points\u201d off Kirk\u2019s murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n \n\t\u201cWe hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,\u201d Kimmel said on his show.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tPresident Donald Trump\u2019s Federal Communications Commission chairman, Brendan Carr, publicly\u00a0called on\u00a0licensed broadcasters to stop airing Kimmel\u2019s show the following day. \u201cWe can do this the easy way or the hard way,\u201d Carr previously said speaking with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson. \u201cThese companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel or there\u2019s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the Trump administration over its \u201cassault on free speech,\u201d following Jimmy Kimmel\u2018s suspension from ABC over his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. \u201cWhat we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power,\u201d wrote Harris on X, without mentioning Kimmel directly. \u201cThis administration is attacking critics and using<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[360,533,881,880,441,2080,1053,81],"class_list":{"0":"post-22350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-assault","9":"tag-free","10":"tag-harris","11":"tag-kamala","12":"tag-kimmel","13":"tag-slams","14":"tag-speech","15":"tag-trump"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n