Jimmy Kimmel

You can write this post; you don’t need me.  A couple of observations to support yours:

First, consider again ABC Late Night Host Jimmy Kimmel’s comments on Monday night regarding the assassination of MAGA Activist Charlie Kirk – comments I understand that Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr thereafter called the “sickest possible,” and suggested could cause the FCC to revoke ABC affiliate licenses — which seemingly resulted in Mr. Kimmel’s suspension:

“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.”

Any humor there?  No.  Arguably in poor taste?  Sure.  But as political commentary, Mr. Kimmel’s remarks seem to me remarkably benign.  The first half of his first sentence — if that’s all there was — has all the earmarks of having been torturously approved by an angst-ridden lawyer (who, if so, may well have also lost his/her job), and doesn’t allege that Mr. Kirk’s murderer was a MAGA adherent.  The remainder of Mr. Kimmel’s comments — given what we’ve seen spewed from President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller since Mr. Kirk’s murder – is certainly tenable.

Second, not to be overlooked in the hubbub, is a social media post by Mr. Trump after Mr. Kimmel’s suspension, which declared in part:

“Kimmel has ZERO talent and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible.  That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC.  Their ratings are also horrible.  Do it NBC!!!  President DJT” [Capitalization of ZERO by Mr. Trump; italics added].

I could remark on the obviously ominous relentless nature of that declaration, but won’t.  After all, you’re writing this one.