There is no reason to cry for Jimmy Kimmel after the indefinite suspension of his show. He did it to himself through his unfunny, sanctimonious lecturing and poor ratings.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been indefinitely suspended by ABC following his comments about Charlie Kirk’s death, and Democrats everywhere are crying that this is a violation of free speech by the Trump administration. Not that liberals will believe it, but the decision likely had nothing to do with the Federal Communications Commission and everything to do with syndicates not wanting to lose viewers over Kimmel’s comments.
It also has to do with what Kimmel actually said. He chose to dip his toes in the water of the conspiracy theory that Kirk was killed by a right-wing supporter of President Donald Trump. Specifically, Kimmel said, “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the [Make America Great Again] gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.” It is a weird thing to say precisely because the 22-year-old “kid” was anything other than part of the MAGA gang. He was a left-wing lunatic who shot Kirk because he thought Kirk was hateful, wrote “Hey fascist! Catch!” on one of the bullet casings, and had a transgender “girlfriend.”
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