Trump Threatens Licenses Of Stations Over Critical Ad

Bloomberg News reports:

The Trump re-election campaign told TV stations they could lose their operating licenses for airing an ad criticizing the president’s actions in the coronavirus crisis — a challenge that may be more bluster than actual threat.

President Donald Trump’s campaign, in a letter on Wednesday, told stations in five battleground states to stop showing the ad from Priorities USA, a political action committee that supports Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

Failure to remove the ad “could put your station’s license in jeopardy” before the Federal Communications Commission, the campaign said in the letter. “Your station has an obligation to cease and desist from airing it immediately to comply with FCC licensing requirements.”

Below is the newest ad released today.

This is more impeachable than the Ukraine stuff. https://t.co/fKXAaRmYGz

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) March 30, 2020