Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is a MAGA loyalist, but he thinks the Republican-controlled FCC stepped over the line in accelerating the renewal process for broadcast licenses of Disney’s eight ABC-owned local TV stations — seemingly in response to a joke Jimmy Kimmel told about Melania Trump on late-night television.

Jimmy Kimmel is under renewed scrutiny from the Trump administration, and the FCC, following a joke he made about Melania Trump where he referred to her as an 'expectant widow'

The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to accelerate a license review of Walt Disney Co.’s ABC TV stations caught many people in the agency by surprise, laying the foundation for a likely protracted legal battle over a norm-shattering strategy shift.

Officials called for ABC to punish Jimmy Kimmel for a remark about the first lady, but an expert said it was constitutionally-protected speech.

Carr on Tuesday ordered an early license review of Disney's eight owned and operated ABC stations.