Senator Klobuchar

Carr in 2022, you tweeted, political satire is one of the oldest and most important forms of free speech.

It challenges those in power while using humor to draw more people into the discussion.

That's why people in influential positions have always targeted it for censorship.

Yes or no, do you still agree that political satire should be protected speech?

You answered it.

We'll get to that in a minute.

You know, I believe, too, that there is no place in chilling political satire.

But after Jimmy Kimmel's monologue, you went on a podcast and suggested that ABC should take Kimmel off the air saying we can do this the easy way or the hard way.

Those were your words.

Do you think it is appropriate to use your position to threaten companies that broadcast political satire?

I asked if you think it's appropriate for you to use your position to threaten companies, and this incident with Kimmel wasn't an isolated event.

You've launched investigations into every major broadcast network except Fox.

Is that correct?

OK, you brought up social media.

So do you think it's appropriate for after a horrific murder and the stabbing?

the stabbing of Rob Reiner and his wife?

Do you think it's appropriate for someone to say that it happened when they know better, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind-crippling disease known as Trump derangement syndrome?

He was known to have driven people crazy by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights.

Do you think that's appropriate for the president of the United States to do that?

And if Jimmy Kimmel would have said that, would have you had threatened to take him off the air?