[colept]

Sorry but the two are not correlated, as much as I'd like to agree.

Trump appointed Carr. Obama appointed O'Rielly and Pai.

This one is on all of us. We let Congress become a swamp in the first place.

[pythonboi]

The FCC is required to be split with the Executive Office filling in the gap for the Commissioner. 2 R, 2 D, and 1 whichever party wins the Presidency.

[bonzini]

Pai was recommended by the Republican party; the FCC has two commissioners for each party, plus the chairman who decides split votes. Obama's chairman was in favor of NN, Trump's was solidly against, and that's all that matters.