"Yesterday, ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air after threats from President Trump's FCC chair," Democratic Representative Doris Matsui said. "That's censorship plain and simple."
Republicans backed Mr. Trump.
Speaking on the matter during a joint news conference with the British prime minister on Thursday, Mr. Trump dismissed the idea that the move was about censorship, instead framing it as a network-level decision.
Mr. Trump also spoke to reporters about the media criticism of him and suggested the possibility of stripping some federal broadcast licenses.
The debate over freedom of speech comes after ABC took Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely for a monologue that also mentioned the Charlie Kirk assassination on Monday.
The late-night comedy question is now at the center of democrats calling for congressional investigations.
Thursday, the democratic leader of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee launched an investigation into the Trump administration, ABC, and broadcasting group Sinclair, citing what they say are ongoing efforts to censor opposition to the President of the United States.
This is not the first time ABC has taken action against one of its stars.
The company canceled production of the reboot of "Roseanne" in 2018 after she posted a racially insensitive comment on Twitter.
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