NBC Says It Stands by Kristen Welker After Trump Threatened to Report Her to the FCC for Calling His Endorsement Record “Mixed”
by Jerome London · Thought CatalogUpdated 37 minutes ago, September 2, 2026
NBC is defending anchor Kristen Welker after President Trump threatened to report her to the Federal Communications Commission over her characterization of his political endorsements.
The president wants a federal agency to punish a reporter for saying his endorsement record has been “mixed.”
The FCC’s own website says it can’t do that, and doesn’t license journalists in the first place.
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