Cobb
Seems
like
everyone’s
got
an
opinion
about
the
suspension
of
Jimmy
Kimmel
by
ABC
following
the
comedian’s
comments
about
the
death
of
far-right
activist
Charlie
Kirk.
Which…
given
the
FCC’s
role
in
pressuring
ABC
and
the
First
Amendment’s
prohibition
on
exactly
that,
makes
sense.
There’s
nothing
quite
like
the
decline
of
constitutional
norms
to
get
tongues
a-waggin’!
And
former
White
House
attorney
—
and current
critic
of
Trump — Ty
Cobb is
no
different.
He
told
Kristen
Welker
of
NBC
News
the
purge
we
are
seeing
reminds
Cobb
of
Russian
President
Vladimir
Putin’s
early
moves
to
“systematically
silence
critical
media
outlets
and
independent
TV
channels”
that
were
soon
“bought
out
or
shut
down.”
And
there
are
other
disturbing
historical
parallels.
“It’s
evocative
of
what
we’ve
seen
throughout
history,”
Cobb
said.
“In
1939,
Dr.
Goebbels,
at
Hitler’s
instruction,
removed
five
comedians,
or
witticists
as
they
were
called
at
the
time,
from
the
airways
in
Germany
and
for
criticizing
or
making
fun
of
the
government
in
a
satire
way.”
Donald
Trump
has
also
targeted
other
late
night
comedians.
Something
Cobb
said
is
sadly
unsurprising.
“Trump
is
waging
war
on
people
who
offend
him,”
Cobb
continued.
“He’s
all
about
vengeance.
And
sadly,
his
subordinates,
like
one
of
the
Project
2025
authors,
Brendan
Carr
of
the
FCC,
are
following
in
line.”
Teeing
up
this
dark
joke,
“Pretty
soon,
the
only
comedian
left
standing
is
going
to
be
Karoline
Leavitt.”
Watch
the
full
interview
below.
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