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This is absolutely ridiculous. Companies need to start firing people on the right who are openly admitting to violence, being a racist, a nazi. Get ready for the fall of democracy. 

So he called a spade a spade and called out MAGA for doing exactly what they're doing. I'll be honest, I expected something much worse- something along the lines of the "celebration" all the conservatives claim us liberals are enjoying. He said nothing negative about Charlie Kirk, only the person who murdered him? 

This is terrifying. The fascist state is showing their power to suppress free speech.

The people who claim to love free speech sure don't seem to want certain other people to have it, shocking nobody (sane).

Why? His comment was 1000% true. Here there's a witch hunt for anyone who actually saw Charlie and maga for what they are, but nothing said about people who mocked Melissa Hortman's, nothing about the people who repeatedly laughed when gun reform was brought up after school shootings. FFS this place is backwards

This proves two things. One, that Kimmel spoke truth. And secondly, that the First Amendment is well and truly gone. This is fascism. It's not coming. It's here.

Kimmel didn't even say that Kirk deserved it or in any way condone violence. All he said is that the suspect MIGHT have had conservatives views as well. Like... and?? You can't yank his show for that!

Jimmy Kimmel Has Been Booted From ABC After This Comment About Charlie Kirk's Death

ABC is yanking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show off the air indefinitely in the wake of comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing, according to a network spokesperson.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely,” the spokesperson told HuffPost in a statement.

On Monday, Kimmel suggested that the suspected shooter in Kirk’s assassination could have adhered to right-wing views, a statement that’s drawn the ire of conservatives and threats of penalties from FCC Chair Brendan Carr.

“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”

Earlier on Wednesday, Carr suggested that ABC and Disney take action, and added that the FCC could penalize individual broadcasters over airing Kimmel’s program.

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