FCC Chair Brendan Carr Says Pete Hegseth Has Final Say On Broadcasting Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution

Then-candidate Donald Trump once famously insisted he could stand in the middle of NYC’s Fifth Avenue and shoot someone without losing any support. Well, that thesis has yet to be tested, but Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr has already abdicated any role with respect to Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution, even if it goes over the nation’s airwaves.

Some context: The FCC regulates spectrum, but has limited powers to regulate the…