President-elect Trump announced Sunday that he has selected Brendan Carr to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) beginning in January.
Carr, currently the FCC’s senior Republican member, was first nominated to the commission by Trump in 2017. In a statement released Sunday night, Trump praised Kerr and noted that he was “unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate. Times.”
“His current term runs through 2029 and, because of his great work, I will now nominate him as permanent chairman,” Trump wrote.
The Republican leader called Kerr a “free speech warrior” who “fought regulatory law that has stifled Americans’ liberties and stifled our economy.”
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Trump praised Brandon Carr’s “great job” in a statement Sunday evening. (Getty Images)
“He will end the regulatory onslaught that is crippling America’s job creators and innovators, and make sure the FCC delivers for rural America,” Trump added.
“Congratulations to Chairman Brandon Carr on a job well done,” the president-elect’s statement concluded. “Lead us to a great future, Brandon!”
In an X-post on Sunday, Carr thanked Trump and wrote that he was “humbled and honored to serve as chairman of the FCC.”
Carr recently made national headlines when he ripped the “Saturday Night Live” cast for featuring Kamala Harris as a guest on the platform without inviting Trump, which violates FCC rules. .
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Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brandon Carr speaks during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on February 24, 2024 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“NBC has structured it in a way that is clearly designed to avoid FCC rules,” the official said shortly after the episode aired. “We’re talking 50 hours before Election Day starts, with no notice to the other candidates, as far as I can tell.”
Carr later told Fox News Digital that Harris’ appearance “[made] Clearly [“SNL”] Wanted to weigh in favor of a candidate before the election.”
“That’s why, for decades, we’ve had the equal-time rule on the books, to stop it,” the Republican explained. “Because remember, broadcasters are held in a special position of trust. They’re not like any other person with a soapbox on the corner. They’re licensed by the federal government to act in the public interest. obligates to do.”
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brandon Carr speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing Wednesday, June 24, 2020, in Washington, D.C., U.S. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In early November, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Trump emphasized. to appoint Carr as the next FCC chairman, calling him “a great partner for the men and women of law enforcement.”
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“Commissioner Carr brings more than 20 years of private and public sector expertise in communications and technology policy, as well as deep institutional knowledge of the FCC,” FOP National President Patrick Use wrote in a letter. “He will make an outstanding FCC chairman who will ensure that America continues to lead the world in telecommunications growth and innovation.”
Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton and Eric Revell contributed to this report.
