White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slams former President Barack Obama over his criticism of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension from ABC

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made a dig at former President Barack Obama on Saturday, denying the White House’s role in ABC’s decision to suspendJimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely.

Obama wrote Thursday on X: ”After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.”

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like. https://t.co/uts7JpJZzN

“This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent – and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it,” he said........

© HuffPost