The First Amendment, apparently, is sacred — unless you make fun of Charlie Kirk.
Brendan Carr, Trump’s FCC chair, decided to cosplay as a mob boss: threatening broadcasters to drop Jimmy Kimmel after a monologue. That’s not regulation. That’s retaliation.
Republicans in the Senate? Suddenly mute. They’ll scream “censorship!” if Twitter labels a Trump meme, but when their own appointee uses government power to silence a comedian, it’s crickets.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: the “free speech warriors” aren’t protecting speech. They’re protecting their speech. If your jokes, art, or commentary don’t serve their narrative, they’ll happily pull the plug.
Call it what it is — not conservatism, not patriotism, but state-backed censorship dressed up in red, white, and blue.
