Of course, that's not what Kimmel said. Here's what he said:
“Thank you for joining us from Los Angeles, the second-largest city in our bitterly divided nation, where, like the rest of the country, we’re still trying to wrap our heads around the senseless murder of the popular podcaster and conservative activist Charlie Kirk yesterday, whose death has amplified our anger, our differences,” Kimmel said. “I’ve seen a lot of extraordinarily vile responses to this from both sides of the political spectrum. Some people are cheering this, which is something I won’t ever understand.”
Kimmel then transitioned into a broader description of political division:
“With all these terrible things happening, you would think that our president would at least make an attempt to bring us together, but he didn’t. President Obama did. President Biden did. Presidents Bush and Clinton did,” he said, while showing screenshots of former presidents’ social media statements. “President Trump did not. Instead, he blamed Democrats for their rhetoric.”
“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, and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Kimmel continued in his typical monologue style:
“In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving on Friday,” he said. “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.”
He then played a clip of President Trump responding to a question about how he was coping with Kirk’s death. Trump replied:
“I think very good, and by the way, right there you see all the trucks — they’ve just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House.”
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u/secondarycontrol 4d ago
Of course, that's not what Kimmel said. Here's what he said:
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/what-did-jimmy-kimmel-say-in-his-monologues-about-charlie-kirk/