Barack Obama Says Trump Is Muzzling Media After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension

Barack Obama is popping out swinging in protection of the First Modification within the wake of Jimmy Kimmel‘s TV present suspension … accusing the Trump administration of making an attempt to silence its critics.

After it was revealed Wednesday evening Kimmel’s present was out of the blue and “indefinitely” suspended by ABC following the host’s remarks in regards to the late Charlie Kirk and MAGA, the previous President took to X to name out the present administration.

Test it out … he basically calls Donald Trump a hypocrite, highlighting how 47 has complained about “cancel tradition” for years … solely to leap on the cancel bandwagon when JK stated one thing unfavorable about one in every of his personal.

Obama writes … “After years of complaining about cancel tradition, the present administration has taken it to a brand new and harmful stage by routinely threatening regulatory motion in opposition to media corporations until they muzzle or fireplace reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.”

Obama does not cease there, both … accusing the present administration of making an attempt to violate the First Modification, which protects speech from authorities censorship.

In a follow-up tweet, Obama writes … “That is exactly the type of authorities coercion that the First Modification was designed to forestall — and media corporations want to begin standing up reasonably than capitulating to it.”

Trump, nevertheless, is celebrating Kimmel’s suspension. Talking to the press throughout a go to to the UK, Trump slammed Kimmel for the “horrible factor” he stated about Kirk, and claimed he is “not a gifted individual.”

POTUS added … “He had very unhealthy rankings, and they need to have fired him a very long time in the past … He was fired for lack of expertise.”

Kimmel’s suspension got here months after fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert realized that is his present’s ultimate season, having been canceled by CBS and its mother or father firm, Paramount World.

Whereas CBS/Paramount stated the choice was a monetary one, the announcement dropped after Colbert notably known as out the businesses’ $16 million settlement with Trump over his “60 Minutes” go well with, labeling it a “bribe.”