Angelo Carusone on MSNBC's Deadline: White House: “We’re at the beginning stages of a massive transformation of and a closure of and a reduction in civic spaces”
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From the July 25, 2025, edition of MSNBC's Deadline: White House
NICOLLE WALLACE (HOST): Let me ask both of you, your reaction to not just the approval of the merger, but where we are. I mean, South Park is also in this new merged entity. And I mean, we led the 5 o'clock with its satire of Donald Trump and its physical depictions of the things he's made clear or the things he's most insecure about. Where exactly are we, Angelo, right now?
ANGELO CARUSONE (GUEST): I mean, we're at the beginning stages of a massive transformation of and a closure of and a reduction in civic spaces. And whether or not Trump and, you know, Carr, who's the FCC Chairman and the rest of Project 2025 acolytes will be able to execute and fully implement that change is up to all of us, but we are at the beginning of that. And there are plenty of examples, one after the other of, as Commissioner Gomez described it, cowardly capitulation. And, you know, I mean, that trend isn't going away. It's only increasing. And on the flip side of that, capitulation has been an increase in threats, not just from Commissioner Carr, but elsewhere to leverage the power of government to pressure business entities into caving or giving them what they want.