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davesque 13 hours ago

I believe this is the clip in question? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3YdxNSzTk

As much as I can tell, they're mad because Kimmel pointed out a couple of instances where Trump seemed to care more about his new ballroom at the WH than about the recent murder of Kirk.

I've been reluctant to toss around the f-word, but it doesn't feel like an exaggeration to call this fascism. Kimmel said nothing that should have warranted a suspension.

ahaferburg 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Starts at 2:01.

Kimmel

We hit some new lows over the week end 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. In between the finger pointer, there was uh grieving. On Friday 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.

Reporter

My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. May I ask, sir, personally, how are you holding up over the last day and a half, sir?

Trump

I think very good, and by the way right there you see all the trucks. They've just started construction of the new ball room for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get, as you know, for a 150 years, and it's going to be a beauty.

Kimmel

Yes. He's at the fourth stage of grief. Construction.

Demolition. Construction. This is not how an adult grieves the murder of somebody called their friend. This is how a four year old mourns a gold fish, ok? And it didn't just happen once.

rubyfan 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It’s a pretext.

LadyCailin 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And if you’re against fascism, you’re a terrorist now too.

mrtesthah 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In that case, going by the FCC's complaint against Kimmel, I wonder if my pointing out that Trump furthermore skipped Kirk's vigil to go golfing, is similarly "too offensive to be protected by the first amendment"?

https://people.com/donald-trump-misses-charlie-kirk-vigil-11...

sigwinch 12 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It was the FCC opportunistically gaining a precedent that they’ll use on other observational hosts. If it wasn’t this, it would have been leaks on Epstein.

Rapzid 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wouldn't go posting about that under your real name unless you want people pressuring your company to fire you on Twitter..

What a time.

davesque 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

By this precedent, it would be!

dylan604 11 hours ago | parent [-]

But mrtesthah has no audience that makes him dangerous to the establishment. He's just a random voice in the wind.