{"id":1056050,"date":"2025-09-17T22:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T02:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056050"},"modified":"2025-09-17T22:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T02:09:03","slug":"trump-continues-most-aggressive-crackdown-on-first-amendment-rights-in-modern-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-continues-most-aggressive-crackdown-on-first-amendment-rights-in-modern-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Continues Most Aggressive Crackdown on First Amendment Rights in Modern History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonight, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr publicly pressured ABC to punish late-night host comedian Jimmy Kimmel and take him off the air following his criticism of President Donald Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>In response, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe state under Donald Trump has amassed a chilling record of restricting speech, extorting private companies, and dropping the full weight of the government censorship hammer on First Amendment rights. This is no exaggeration. Trump\u2019s attorney general has directly confirmed that they\u2019ll come after you for your speech, and now his FCC chair has doubled down. It\u2019s not the bully pulpit anymore \u2014 it\u2019s the thought police presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr publicly pressured ABC to punish late-night host comedian Jimmy Kimmel and take him off the air following his criticism of President Donald Trump.&nbsp; In response, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cThe state under Donald Trump has amassed a chilling record of restricting speech, extorting private [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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