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Jeffries condemns Kimmel shutdown, demands FCC chair 'resign immediately' (www.politico.com)

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Congressional Democratic leaders called for Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr to resign “immediately” in a statement Thursday morning, after Disney indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show.

In a joint statement, signed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark (Mass.), Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (Calif.) and other Democratic leaders, the group said Carr had engaged in “the corrupt abuse of power” by “forcing” ABC to “bend the knee” to President Donald Trump in canceling Kimmel’s show.

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[–] plz1@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I never really understood the "x politician demands y official resign". I'm not old, but old enough. I've never seen this amount to anything, ever. What's the point?

[–] cm0002@piefed.world 1 points 2 days ago

It teases the water for potential allies, determining political will etc

If Official Y does something and senator A makes public calls for their resignation and all that happens is a few headlines. Then they might think now is not the right time to push for something more serious.

Now if senator A makes that public call, and all of a sudden he's got a whole bunch of politicians joining in on his calls after and headline after headline, then they'll have a good idea on what to do next

But it can also be just a cop out, something to say "I did something"