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Jimmy Kimmel used his monologue in “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Thursday night (September 11th) to react to Charlie Kirk’s death and to discuss why Donald Trump’s reaction was so problematic.
Jimmy Kimmel criticizes Donald Trump
Kimmel described Kirk’s shooting as “a senseless murder” at the beginning of this week. “His death has increased our anger, our differences,” said Kimmel. “And I saw many exceptionally hideous reactions on both sides of the political spectrum. Some people cheer about what I will never understand. Yesterday there was another killing spree at a school in Colorado, the hundredths this year.”
Jimmy Kimmel continued to criticize Trump: “With all these terrible things that happen, one might think that our president would at least try to bring us together. But he didn’t.”
See the monologue here:
Kimmel showed a number of X contributions from former presidents, including Barack Obama and George W. Bush. “President Obama did it,” said Kimmel. “President Biden did it. President Bush and Clinton did it. Instead, President Trump did not blame the Democrats for their rhetoric. The man who said to a crowd of supporters that the people of the second constitutional addition should do something against Hillary Clinton. The one mob let go of the Capitol and said that Liz Cheney should have addressed nine runs because she supported his opponent, the radical left blame for her rhetoric. “
Charlie Kirk by assassin shot
Kirk was shot on Wednesday while he spoke in front of students at Utah Valley University in Orem in the state of Utah. The right -wing political influencer and activist who founded Turning Point USA to promote a culture of conservatism at schools across the country was only 31 years old. The news of Kirk’s death triggered Schock in the entire political system of the United States.
After his death, Kimmel published a contribution on Instagram in which he encouraged people to react carefully. “Instead of showing an angry with our fingers, we cannot at least agree on one day that it is terrible and monstrous to shoot another person?” Kimmel wrote. “In the name of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all children, parents and innocent people who become victims of senseless weapons.”
Stephen Colbert also comments
Stephen Colbert also appealed to the event this week in “The Late Show”. He noticed: “I am old enough to personally remember the political violence of the 1960s, and I hope that it is obvious for everyone in America that political violence does not solve any of our political differences. Political violence only leads to further political violence. And I pray with all my heart that this is the deviating act of a crazy man and not a sign of what will come.”
Yesterday evening Colbert added a “message of unity” to his monologue. “Whatever you think about his politics, he was a young father of two small children and an American who has the constitutional right to express his opinion in safety,” said Colbert. “It should be a matter of course that violence is never the answer to political disagreements.”