On Monday, Kimmel opened his show with his typical nightly monologue, commenting on recent events in the news. During his remarks, Kimmel talked about Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Kirk’s murder, and criticized how conservatives were addressing the incident.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.
Kimmel then aired a clip of Trump, who, when asked about Kirk by a reporter, answered briefly and quickly changed subjects to the ongoing work being done to build a White House ballroom.
“He’s at the fourth stage of grief: construction,” Kimmel said, following the clip.
He continued, “This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.”
Conservative ire over Kimmel’s comments grew with FCC commissioner Carr suggesting on a far-right podcast Wednesday that Kimmel could be suspended. Not long after, Nexstar and Sinclair, two companies that operate numerous ABC affiliates throughout the country, said they would pull Kimmel’s show from the airwaves following his remarks.
