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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJimmy Kimmel Confronts "Dead Inside" Jared Kushner: "What Are You?"
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/jimmy-kimmel-jared-kushner-robot----
Were on the other side of the medical aspect of this, and I think that weve achieved all of the different milestones that are needed. So the federal government rose to the challenge and this is a great success story, President Donald Trumps son-in-law and senior advisor said. And I think that thats what really needs to be told.
Speaking in a monotone to imitate Kushner, The Late Show host Stephen Colbert replied, Yes, its a great story. More people dying under this administration in 100 days than died in 20 years of the Vietnam War. Thats a story that needs to be told. Perhaps in the blockbuster movie Preventable Apocalypse Now.
But it was Jimmy Kimmel who really tore into Kushner. The Jimmy Kimmel Live host pointed out that while discussing President Trumps recent executive order to keep meat processing plants openin order to avoid massive disruptions to the supply chainKushner said, Americans will have all the food supply they need. The detached use of they rather than we recalled when Kushner claimed during a press briefing last month that the federal stockpile was our stockpile, rather than resources for the states.
If we are they, what are you? It? Kimmel asked. I think we may have just happened upon proof that Jared is a robot.
During his interview on Wednesday, Kushner also took a shot at who he called the eternal lockdown crowd who make jokes on late-night television while he discussed plans to re-open the economy. The remark and its implications delighted Kimmel. I love the idea that hes watching late-night television to see if we make jokes about him, Kimmel said, before unleashing a barrage of one-liners about Kushners appearance and demeanor.
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Jimmy Kimmel Confronts "Dead Inside" Jared Kushner: "What Are You?" (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Apr 2020
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Somehow I don't think that is technically a confrontation with Jared Kushner ...
marble falls
Apr 2020
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marble falls
(57,081 posts)1. Somehow I don't think that is technically a confrontation with Jared Kushner ...
not to say it wouldn't have been a good thing if it were. Jared goes out of his way to avoid being called to account.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. I wondered about that "eternal lockdown crowd" remark, too
Literally NOBODY is calling for lockdown without end; this isn't like one of Bush's invasions and occupations. Nobody is saying the lockdown has to keep going forever lest we dishonor the deaths of those who have already succumbed to Covid-19. Opening up the lockdown is supposed to proceed on a structured schedule with identifiable benchmarks. As those benchmarks are achieved, the restrictions come off one by one, and society opens up again when it's safe to do so.