As members of the entertainment industry decry the increasingly overreaching nature of the Donald Trump administration — especially after the Federal Communications Commission pushed for Jimmy Kimmel Live to be pulled off the air, over his commentary on Charlie Kirk’s murder — the president has now moved to demand the cancellation of other late-night shows he dislikes.
The joke that got Kimmel in trouble was so measured and seemingly innocuous that many still don’t understand why it was considered offensive. Kimmel said, “The MAGA Gang (is) 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. In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”
