# Jimmy Kimmel pulled indefinitely from the air after comments about GOP response to Charlie Kirk’s death (Kimmel will be back on air Tuesday 2025-09-23) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 18, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140 "2025-09-18T01:00:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/21 "2025-09-18T03:29:29Z")
No, they’re trying to rig the midterms with mid-decade redistricting. ETA: Ninja’d. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/22 "2025-09-18T03:36:23Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > ETA: Ninja’d. It bears repeating, as frequently and empathetically as possible. All of these people holding their breath until Trump’s ‘underwater ratings’ sink the GOP are going to be in for a nasty shock when statehouses in ‘red states’ have suppressed votes, gerrymandered districts within an inch of a cartographer’s life, and if necessary just deny the validity of transparent and verifiable elections. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/23 "2025-09-18T03:39:26Z")
Oh, goody. Family Feud is on. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/24 "2025-09-18T03:52:46Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > It bears repeating, as frequently and empathetically as possible. All of these people holding their breath until Trump’s ‘underwater ratings’ sink the GOP are going to be in for a nasty shock when statehouses in ‘red states’ have suppressed votes, gerrymandered districts within an inch of a cartographer’s life, and if necessary just deny the validity of transparent and verifiable elections. > > Stranger So far, the Democrats are being very successful in recent elections. Even in Florida and other States with Republican governors, with a “master suppressor” like Meathead. Sure, you can say that they won in safe districts, but the margins of democratic victory are way more than what the districts got in 2024. > **[Analysis: Democrats are doing better than ever in Trump-era special elections...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/democrats-special-elections-trump)** > > Rep.-elect James Walkinshaw won a special election Tuesday by 50 points. It’s just the latest Democratic over-performance. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/25 "2025-09-18T03:55:20Z")
I hate all 77 million individuals who voted for this autocratic child molester. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/26 "2025-09-18T04:05:20Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > So far, the Democrats are being very successful in recent elections. Even in Florida and other States with Republican governors, with a “master suppressor” like Meathead. Sure, you can say that they won in safe districts, but the margins of democratic victory are way more than what the districts got in 2024. Those are special elections that are sparsely attended and generally not of much consequence. Getting out the vote is often challenging for the party in power because it just doesn’t seem important, and frankly most Republican members of Congress seem to be hiding from their constituants. The proof in the pudding will be the 2026 elections, and while I am not making any specific predictions I just don’t like what I see, both in terms of Democratic complacency (good at fundraising, not so much at grassroots organizing, which the DNCC absolutely hates) and what is being done in ‘red states’ to undermine public confidence in and voter access to elections. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/27 "2025-09-18T04:18:43Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Those are special elections that are sparsely attended and generally not of much consequence. The Republicans in the house have less of and edge now. That is consequential. As noted before, conservatives used to have an edge in special elections. What one has to do now, is to do what Robert Reich recommended: > **[What you can do now](https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-f3d)** > > A baker’s dozen of important steps to fight Trump fascism ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/28 "2025-09-18T06:37:42Z")
Should be _“Must See Tv”_ when Jimmy shows up on Colbert’s show to riff on events… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/29 "2025-09-18T06:50:14Z")
I hope he does. Colbert’s show will be ending, so both he and Kimmel have nothing to lose. I watched Colbert tonight. Nothing about Kimmel, nor anything remotely controversial. I found that surprising, but I guess he’s trying to fly under the radar for now. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/30 "2025-09-18T06:51:47Z")
It could be that Colbert taped his show before the announcement was made. ---
**Author:** ![Xocomil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xocomil/32/14927_2.png) [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/31 "2025-09-18T07:06:38Z")
I think they tape around five so, yeah, the show was already in the can when they announced. Convenient, huh? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/32 "2025-09-18T07:36:14Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I hope he does. Colbert’s show will be ending, so both he and Kimmel have nothing to lose. Nothing except their freedom. It’s getting scary out there. GOP lawmakers all over are openly talking about jailing peaceful dissenters. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/33 "2025-09-18T09:15:42Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I am getting really REALLY sick of right wing cancel culture, along with the stench of hypocrisy. Technically, this isn’t “cancel culture”, it is first amendment government censorship. Cancel culture is when employers drop awkward employees due to non-governmental social pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/34 "2025-09-18T14:05:57Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > GOP lawmakers all over are openly talking about jailing peaceful dissenters. Isn’t this the exact reason for the second amendment? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/35 "2025-09-18T14:10:25Z")
Only when Democrats are in the Whitehouse. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/36 "2025-09-18T14:18:18Z")
That’s the part that gets me. He criticized Trump and MAGA, but neither celebrated violence nor criticized our newest martyr. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/37 "2025-09-18T14:22:50Z")
I’ve said it before: One of the many ironies of the last +/- decade: the strongest 2nd Amendment supporters in America are the ones who voted in the absolute textbook definition of the kind of tyrannical government that they’ve been so worried about: Trump. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/38 "2025-09-18T15:39:44Z")
‘If the DemonRats aren’t going to vote in a tyrannical government then we’ll do it ourselves!’? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/39 "2025-09-18T17:42:08Z")
Kimmel said nothing at all disrespectful about Kirk. He just said that MAGA was desperate to connect the shooter to the far left immediately before the shooter was even identified or apprehended which was absolutely true. And yet, Brian “Kill them all” Kilmeade still has a job at FOX. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140/40 "2025-09-18T17:46:19Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Kimmel said nothing at all disrespectful about Kirk. He just said that MAGA was desperate to connect the shooter to the far left immediately before the shooter was even identified or apprehended which was absolutely true. And, crucially, mocked Trump for turning a question about his mourning for Kirk into an advert for his gaudy White House ballroom expansion. You can see how that kind of ‘hate speech’ by the host of a dangerously moderately popular late night talk show would threaten the underpinnings of American democracy and needs to be shut down _tout de suite_ by all possible means. Stranger [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140.md?page=3)