ABC has suspended its late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live” indefinitely. Reason: Host Jimmy Kimmel made certain remarks on the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk and criticised US President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel’s handling of the investigation into the assassination. President Trump celebrated ABC’s decision to cancel Jimmy’s late-night show and called it “great news for America.” But what did Jimmy Kimmel say?
Charlie Kirk, a close aide of President Trump, was shot dead on September 10 after a bullet pierced through his neck while he was speaking at an event at Utah Valley University. President Trump announced the death on social media and praised Kirk, the co-founder and CEO of the youth organisation Turning Point USA, as “Great, and even Legendary.”
On Monday, Kimmel spoke about the shooting in his popular late-night show’s monologue.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterise this kid (Tyler Robinson) who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it,” said Kimmel.
Kimmel also commented on how President Trump grieved the loss of his friend, Charlie.
“In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving. On Friday, the White House flew the flags at half-staff, which got some criticism. But on a human level, you can see how hard the president is taking this,” Kimmel said as he played a video of Trump responding to reporters’ questions about holding up after the death of Kirk.
“I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks? They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they’ve been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years.
