Should Disney Fire Jimmy Kimmel After His Trump Assassination Joke?
There have now been three attempts on Trump's life. It is no joking matter.
Today the Wall Street Journal reports Suspected Gunman Charged With Attempting to Assassinate Trump
Prosecutors have charged 31-year-old Cole Allen with three counts, including attempting to assassinate President Trump, unsealing a criminal complaint and affidavit against him.
Allen is suspected of firing shots Saturday outside the White House Correspondents' dinner. He made his first appearance in federal court Monday in Washington, D.C., wearing bright-blue jail scrubs. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said authorities were still examining who shot a Secret Service officer wounded in the incident.
No matter what your feelings are about Trump, the voting booth, not assassinations, are the way to deal with it.
Kimmel joked "Our First Lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow."
Please note that Kimmel's joke was two days before the event. But the joke was more than a bit tasteless and inappropriate.
Jimmy Kimmel works for the Walt Disney Company, which owns the ABC television network, where he hosts and produces Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Whataboutism Rears Its Head
That Trump is a tasteless moron who threatens to kill an entire civilization does not excuse Kimmel's joke.
Nor do his crass statements on "hell hole countries" or blasphemous posts where he depicts himself as Jesus Christ.
Trump should not be setting the standard for acceptable behavior.
Trump on Truth Social
Wow, Jimmy Kimmel, who is in no way funny as attested to by his terrible Television Ratings, made a statement on his Show that is really shocking. He showed a fake video of the First Lady, Melania, and our son, Barron, like they were actually sitting in his studio, listening to him speak, which they weren't, and never would be. He then stated, "Our First Lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow." A day later a lunatic tried entering the ballroom of the White House Correspondents Dinner, loaded up with a shotgun, handgun, and many knives. He was there for a very obvious and sinister reason. I appreciate that so many people are incensed by Kimmel's despicable call to violence, and normally would not be responsive to anything that he said but, this is something far beyond the pale. Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Not a Freedom of Speech Issue
This is not a question of free speech issue no matter how many times people try to make it one.
Freedom of speech protects individuals and the press against abridging actions by the government.
Kimmel Has a Right to Make Idiotic Jokes
Kimmel has right to make idiotic jokes. Everyone else has the same right, too.
Kimmel did not incite violence against Trump. He and Trump have the same right to make idiotic comments.
ABC Has the Right to Fire Kimmel for Them
Kimmel has rights. So do ABC and Disney. They have the right to fire Kimmel. It would not be a violation of the first amendment to do so.
Unless there is a clause in Kimmel's contract that forbids him for being fired for tasteless and stupid jokes, Disney should consider doing so.
Whataboutism is irrelevant. Assassinations are no joking matter.
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Republicans are going to get hammered in the Midterms over inflation, the economy, lies unpopular wars, and idiotic statements
For discussion, please see How Big Will the "Blue Wave" Be in the Midterm Elections?
I expect Republicans will lose nearly every seat the consensus now labels as tossup.
Note: I am not a Democrat and have not voted for either a Republican or Democrat candidate for president for decades, but I have never missed a national election in my life.
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