U.S. senator from Texas since 2013; Republican; warned about the precedent of pressuring broadcasters
Background
Ted Cruz is an American politician serving as a U.S. senator from Texas since 2013. A Republican who sought the 2016 presidential nomination, he criticized the FCC’s pressure on broadcasters to drop Jimmy Kimmel, calling it dangerous, and warned that the same tools used against late-night hosts could later be turned against conservative voices, a caution he repeated regarding the agency’s handling of the equal-time rule.
