US President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Brendan Carr to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), reported Reuters and the Associated Press, quoted by bTA.
„Carr is a champion of free speech who fights against regulations that have trampled American freedoms and hampered our economy. "He will end the regulatory glut that is crippling America's job creators and innovators and make the FCC help rural America," Trump said in a statement.
Carr is currently the highest-ranking Republican on the FCC, an independent five-member agency that regulates interstate and international communications and is now majority Democrat.
A few days ago, he criticized NBC for allowing Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris to appear on Saturday Night Live. just before the election.