James Talarico slammed the Federal Communications Commission for engaging in “the most dangerous form of cancel culture” after Jimmy Kimmel said he wouldn’t air his interview with the Democratic Senate nominee in Texas because of threats from the agency.

“People at the top, powerful politicians, powerful media executives, censoring what we watch, what we read, what we say,” Talarico said in a transcript provided to HuffPost as part of an interview with MS NOW that will air Thursday night. “And that, again, should be a concern to everyone who believes in the First Amendment and believes in the freedom of speech.”

Kimmel revealed Wednesday night during his monologue on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that President Donald Trump’s FCC “has threatened me, threatened our show, threatened our network, ABC, our affiliates, our local stations, based on simple, traditional editorial decisions, guest bookings it would seem they don’t like,” and that his planned Thursday night interview with Talarico will be on YouTube instead of TV.

Kimmel said the decision was made “out of consideration for our local stations, especially our ABC affiliates in Texas, who would have to deal with this nonsense.”

The FCC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Talarico told MS NOW that he and his team found out about the censorship of his interview “very recently” and that “government censorship should be a concern to all of us, regardless of our political party.”

This isn’t the first time the nominee has been the target of censorship. Talarico was supposed to appear on “The Late Show” for an interview with Stephen Colbert in February, but it was also moved to YouTube. The late-night host accused CBS of appeasing the FCC and said the network’s lawyers told him he couldn’t have Talarico on the show.

The decision came after FCC chair Brendan Carr, who was appointed by Trump, was threatening to enforce equal time regulations for TV talk shows, which would require the shows to give equal time to every candidate in a political race. That rule, however, has long exempted talk shows.

Kimmel’s relationship with the FCC and Trump has been contentious for a while. After Kimmel made a joke about Charlie Kirk’s death last year on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” ABC suspended the show, only for it to return six days later. In April, Trump called on ABC to fire Kimmel after he made a joke about first lady Melania Trump.