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FIRST ON FOX – The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Wednesday launched a new digital ad campaign spotlighting what it calls President Donald Trump’s “ongoing attacks on free speech” following last week’s suspension of comedian Jimmy Kimmel from his late-night TV perch.
The spots, which will target a handful of House Republicans in swing districts who face challenging re-elections in next year’s midterms, will run on conservative and independent media, including the podcasts of media superstars Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro, who are very popular among younger and male audiences.
The campaign, shared first with Fox News Digital, comes in the wake of ABC’s move last week to pull Kimmel’s late-night talk show off the air after his remarks about the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk sparked outrage and a veiled threat from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
SINCLAIR AND NEXTAR STATIONS PRE-EMPT JIMMY KIMMEL
Major local station owners Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group have announced they will continue to preempt ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in key markets. (Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images)
The suspension of Kimmel sparked outrage among Democrats and progressives, and even some high-profile conservatives, who said the late-night host was being punished for exercising freedom of speech. Many Republicans countered that Kimmel’s comments suggesting Kirk’s suspected killer was a MAGA member were outrageous and false.
ABC reinstated Kimmel on Monday and his program returned to air Tuesday night, although the roughly 60 affiliated stations owned by Nextar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group preempted the program.
DISNEY ANNOUNCES ‘JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!’ RETURNING TUESDAY AFTER SUSPENSION
“The American people don’t support attacks on free speech, which is why Trump is losing support among independent and conservative voters,” the DNC argued in a statement. “The Republican base is fracturing, with…
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