Jimmy Kimmel show pulled off air "indefinitely" by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments

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ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air indefinitely after he made comments about Charlie Kirk’s death that caused Republicans to lose their shit.

In his opening monologue for Monday night’s show, Kimmel suggested that Tyler Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting Kirk last week at a Utah university, was aligned with President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement.

“The MAGA Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.

“In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving,” he added.

That took guts, Jimmy.

The FCC threatened to take away ABC’s broadcast license over it.

And now Trump wants Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers of NBC off the air too.

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You know, I’m just so disappointed that I don’t even have the emotional bandwidth to be mad.

This is disgusting what’s happening to our country. And people voted for this. I have no faith in humanity. Especially Americans.

And fuck all these media outlets too. I hope this backfires and bankrupts you all.

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Seth Myers and John Oliver soon to follow, I’m sure.

Fallon is a bland no-talent. He’ll probably skate.

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Nothing he said was offensive or even disrespectful to Charlie.
This is disheartening.

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How many days until NBC folds?

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So, in the midterms we’re voting for a new president, right? Right?
Tell me we are.
And the midterms are this November, right? A few months?

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I’m sure he wants much more to happen to them. How long before he comes out and says it openly that he wants his political opponents not only silenced, but executed?

Fuck me. He’s already said that, hasn’t he?

The midterms are this November, but the reason they’re called midterms is because they’re the election in the middle of the president’s term. So, nope, we’re not voting for prez this year.

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This is what I don’t get. What exactly was the offensive part?

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What was offensive to the rightwingnuts is that Kimmel did not glorify the dead bigot.

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He failed to refer to Kirk as a saint.

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Sadly, no. That will be next year.

It is still sad, because at this time Trump’s polling is underwater. And that usually goes to favor the party that is not in power to take the House at least. Finally having some needed accountability. But that will be until 2026

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Sadly, that won’t matter if people are convinced that he is still preferable to a Democrat…or if he makes it next to impossible for a Democrat to run.

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Once again I am so glad I don’t live in the United States…and so sorry I live so close to the US border…

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I am getting really REALLY sick of right wing cancel culture, along with the stench of hypocrisy.

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That’s the smell of swamp-juice.

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Right. I’m so disgusted with the current state of the country, I’m letting my wishes take over.

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MAGA Republicans act as if there will be no midterms.

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I hope a widespread boycott begins against ABC and Disney.

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They’re doing their level best to make sure 2026 elections don’t matter,

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