Rep. Jim Jordan, on CNBC, failed miserably while trying to defend Trump’s very public attempt to silence his media critics.
Jordan even erroneously claimed Sinclair put Jimmy Kimmel back on the air.
Neither did Nexstar.
SORKIN: Congressman, can I just read you something? This is what the President of the United States says, and you tell me whether you think this sounds like coercion or not.
I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 million. This one sounds even more lucrative.
JORDAN: Well, I mean, I don’t think you can say this is the pressure from the government, because ABC put him back on. I think he, I didn’t stay up and watch it, but I think he was back on last night.
So how is that, how is that the government’s taking him off the air, when in fact the ABC themselves, Disney, made the decision, oh, we got two of our, of people we do business with next door in St. Sinclair, who own a number of affiliates, and then they put him back on.
SORKIN: But that does sound like pressure from the government, right?
But there’s pressure, but it may not be successful pressure, but it’s pressure from the government?
JORDAN: I guess you can say maybe some, but I don’t think that’s what drove it.
I think this was a business decision.
I mean,
