ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday, “indefinitely” pulling his late evening program from the air after the host incorrectly indicated Monday that alleged Charlie Kirk murderer Tyler Robinson was a part of a “MAGA gang.”
Response to the transfer was swift on-line, with many in Hollywood, political and media circles denouncing the choice as an assault on free speech.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom stated that the string of such politically triggered cases “aren’t coincidences” and that Donald Trump and his supporters are “censoring you in actual time.”
It didn’t take lengthy for Trump himself to chime in on the event. Quickly after the cancellation of “The Late Present With Stephen Colbert” in July, the president took to Fact Social to say, “I hear Jimmy Kimmel is subsequent. Has even much less expertise than Colbert!” Months later, Trump is celebrating the Kimmel suspension (although, Trump stated Kimmel is “CANCELLED”).
“Nice Information for America: The rankings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Present is CANCELLED,” Trump stated on Fact Social. “Congratulations to ABC for lastly having the braveness to do what needed to be finished. Kimmel has ZERO expertise, and worse rankings than even Colbert, if that’s attainable. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two whole losers, on Pretend Information NBC. Their rankings are additionally horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT”
MSNBC’s “All In” host Chris Hayes stated, “That is essentially the most easy assault on free speech from state actors I’ve ever seen in my life and it’s not even shut.”
Emmy-winning comic and “The Paper” breakout Alex Edelman quipped, “That is the precise cancel tradition everybody claims to hate a lot.”
And Ben Stiller, in the meantime, stated merely, “This isn’t proper.”
Catch a full roundup of on-line responses as they arrive beneath:
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