WASHINGTON, DC - Law enforcement, led by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), turned out big for President-Elect Donald Trump in this week’s election. Now, they are asking him to return the favor.
According to Fox Business, the country’s largest law enforcement union is urging Trump to appoint Commissioner Brendan Carr as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. In a letter, Patrick Yoes, the FOP's national president, touted Carr as a “great partner” to law enforcement.
“Commissioner Carr has been a great partner to the men and women in law enforcement, Yoes wrote. “He is known as ‘Mr. 5G’ for his strong advocacy in accelerating the availability of this new technology. He was also one of the leaders on the FCC who helped secure the national license for FirstNet on the 4.9 GHz issue.”
The FCC is typically staffed by three appointees of the president's party, including the chair and two commissioners from the minority party. When control of the White House changes parties, as happened this week, the chair resigns to allow the incoming administration to fill the vacancy. Currently, the panel is led by Jessica Rosenworcel, who was appointed by Obama in 2012 and served as chair under the Biden administration.
Carr, the second-longest-serving commissioner, has been on the FCC since 2017 and was appointed by Trump. He is the senior Republican appointee on the panel and previously served as the agency’s general counsel and as an aide to Commissioner Ajit Pai, who chaired the commission during the Trump administration.
“Commissioner Carr has more than 20 years of private and public sector expertise in communications and technology policy, as well as a deep institutional knowledge of the FCC. He would make an outstanding FCC Chairman who will ensure the United States continues to lead the world in telecommunications advancements and innovations,” Yoes continued.
Carr has been an outspoken critic of the Biden administration’s handling of the rural broadband rollout, including what appeared to be a politically motivated decision not to award a contract to Elon Musk-owned Starlink and regulating the use of AI in political advertisements.
Carr has also slammed China-owned TikTok, which he called a “clear and present danger” to our national security.
Fox Business said that before joining the FCC, Carr worked as a lawyer at Wiley Rein, specializing in appellate and telecommunications matters.
Fox Business contacted Carr for comment, but didn’t receive an immediate response.
The FCC has recently been criticized by Republicans after it fast-tracked an application by a George Soros-funded company with substantial foreign ties to purchase over 200 radio stations from Audacy, which declared bankruptcy.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark) wrote a letter to Rosenworcel last month expressing concern over the unprecedented sale approval to Soros Fund Management.
“The FCC’s approval process for large acquisitions of radio stations generally takes a year or more to complete and is subject to a national security review if foreign company ownership exceeds 25 percent,” Cotton wrote. “In this case, however, the FCC reportedly attempted to approve the SFM transaction with only 48 hours' notice. Reports also indicate that no other commissioners aside from you were invited to opine on the issue before staff handled it on the Commission's behalf. Moreover, SFM requested to bypass the traditional national security review, despite raising $400 million for the purchase with foreign investments.”
Carr also slammed the purchase, which allows Soros to take control of many AM radio stations. These stations broadcast conservative content from people such as Mark Levin, Dana Loesch, and others.
“It’s very much out of the ordinary, we’ll be creating a special shortcut just for this one entity that is backed ultimately by this George Soros group,” Carr said.
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2024-11-09T20:17-0500 | Comment by: Michael
Soros should be banned from any activity in the US.