President Trump claimed on Thursday that the talk show host Jimmy Kimmel did his show late night. Took away from the wind “Because he had a bad rating,” a question about whether it was an attack on a free speech.
A reporter with ITV at the United Kingdom asked Trump during a joint press conference with the British Prime Minister Kir Stemer, whether the free speech “was more under the attack in Britain or in the US,” ABC’s indefinitely Kimmel’s show of-air’s decision to draw.
Trump said, “Well, Jimmy Kimmel was fired because he had a worse rating than anything, and he said a terrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk.”
Trump said, “And Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person. He had a very poor rating, and he should have been fired long ago.” “So, you know, whether you can call that free speech or not. He was fired for lack of talent.”
ABC on Wednesday announced that it was carrying Kimmel’s late night show of-air “indefinitely”. After the murder of the turning point USA co-founder Kirk, the announcement was made amid criticism by conservatives about the host’s remarks late at night.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) President Brendon Carr on Wednesday suggested that his agency could take action against ABC on Kimmel’s comments, in which late night hosts said that Trump’s supporters “were trying strictly to characterize the child, who had killed Charlie Kirk, and they could do all the time they could do to score the political points.”
Prior to the ABC announcement, the Nexstar Media Group stated that its affiliated stations across the country will pretend “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on their comments. Nexstar recently announced a plan to get rival company Tagna A huge deal This will require FCC approval.
Nexstar, who owns the hill, is the largest provider of local news in the country, with affiliate stations in dozens of markets across the United States. It also owns Newsnation and CW.
Trump has attacked Kimmel and other late night hosts for years. first president Celebrated a decision The CBS suggested and suggested Kimmel to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, as well as late night hosts in NBC.
The Senate minority leader Chak Shumar (DN.Y.) said on CNN on Wednesday night, “Trump and his collaborative speech they do not like to listen.” “It is not what democracy does. This is the one who does autocracy.”
