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Jimmy Kimmel’s recent on-air jabs about the murder of Charlie Kirk revealed once again the wholesale contempt much of Hollywood has for conservative Americans, and it finally cost him. After Kimmel suggested that “many in MAGA land” were trying to exploit Kirk’s death and mocked President Trump’s grief, major ABC affiliates refused to air his show and the network pulled it off the schedule indefinitely.
Kimmel’s monologues didn’t merely cross a line — they trampled on common decency. He accused conservatives of trying to “capitalize” on a killing and compared a grieving president to a child mourning a goldfish, remarks that were tone-deaf and cruel coming so soon after a senseless assassination. Conservatives didn’t cry censorship when the left celebrated similar gibes in the past; they demanded accountability for a broadcaster who weaponized a tragedy for cheap laughs.
The facts of the case make Kimmel’s rush to judgment even worse. The man charged with murdering Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson, was arrested after a manhunt and available evidence shows a complicated picture of his background — not the tidy MAGA narrative the late-night circuit wanted him to be. Rather than waiting for the investigation, the pundit class leapt to politicize a death they would have otherwise used to mock conservative voters.
Local station owners did what network executives too often refuse to do: they listened to their communities. Nexstar and other affiliates moved to preempt Kimmel’s show after affiliates objected to his remarks, and ABC chose to pull the program indefinitely while the outrage swelled. If broadcasters want to keep their license to operate in conservative towns, they will learn that giving a platform to smug, partisan mockery has real consequences at the marketplace of viewers and advertisers.
Even the federal government got dragged into this mess when FCC leadership publicly denounced Kimmel’s comments and hinted at regulatory scrutiny, prompting a tense debate about proper remedies. Conservatives should cheer private disapproval and market consequences, but they should also be wary of any government official who starts pointing regulatory guns at disagreeable speech — legal recourse for defamation is one thing; bureaucratic intimidation is another. The debate over where to draw that line has already drawn fire from figures on both sides of the aisle.
The larger lesson for patriots is simple: stop letting a handful of coastal elites dictate the rules of engagement. Hold bad actors accountable through boycotts, pressure on advertisers, and by voting with your remote and your wallet. Stand with Charlie Kirk’s family and Turning Point USA, demand honest reporting of the facts, and make sure our communities never forget that political violence is never a punchline and that those who mock fallen Americans should not be rewarded with national airtime.
