Trump Wants FCC to Punish Meet the Press Host

President Trump said Sunday he wants the Federal Communications Commission to punish the host of NBC's Meet the Press for saying something he disagrees with. In a post on Truth Social, the Hill reports, the president accused Kristen Welker of falsely claiming the candidates he has endorsed have had "mixed results" in elections this year. So she "will be reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment," Trump wrote. He called on the FCC to treat news media coverage of his political endorsements as a "threat to our country."

Trump cited recent primary wins by South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham and Oklahoma GOP nominee Mike Mazzei and claimed his endorsement record is near-perfect—with 100% success in Senate races and 98% for the House, he wrote, per USA Today. Endorsees who have lost recent primaries include Reps. Cory Mills and Andy Ogles. Trump appointed two of the three members of the FCC, which licenses individual broadcast stations but not networks. The agency's website points out that the Communications Act of 1934, as well as the First Amendment, prohibit the FCC from censoring broadcast content.