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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Baragona

Trump’s FCC chairman gloats over Colbert’s cancellation days after meeting soon-to-be CBS owner

Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed head of the Federal Communications Commission, gloated Tuesday morning over the abrupt cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s late-night CBS show and gleefully mocked critics of the move.

“The partisan left’s ritualist wailing and gnashing of teeth over Colbert is quite revealing,” Carr tweeted. “They’re acting like they’re losing a loyal DNC spokesperson that was entitled to an exemption from the laws of economics.”

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