Treating the Federal Communications Commission like his own personal enforcer, Donald Trump said on social media Sunday that NBC’s Kristen Welker would be “reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment” over a TV segment he didn’t like.

In a separate post, Trump complained in all caps about “fake polls” and said “something must be done about it,” adding, “FCC to the rescue!”

The posts were Trump’s most explicit efforts yet to direct the FCC to carry out his wishes. FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee and close ally, did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on the matter.

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        1 day ago

        He didn’t beat anything, the system just can’t get it hard anymore. Basically impeachments are our governments version of getting a chub. The only time our government gets hard anymore is when it’s figuring out how to fuck their constituents harder for their rich backers. Rock hard with bulbous veins

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          23 hours ago

          I like your snappy patter, kid. Change ‘bulbous’ to ‘throbbing’ and we’re talking Pulitzer here! /s

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          23 hours ago

          I know that, you know that, but he still gets to claim that he is the most persecuted president because he is fighting so hard for his voters. They buy that shit up.

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        20 hours ago

        Unfortunately true. 2/3s of the Senate won’t ever agree to remove him. If they did it would be like admitting fault. Which would enable someone to prosecute the people who enabled it, which are the people who put them there.