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UTUSN

(77,795 posts)
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 10:58 PM Sep 2025

Human-KIMMEL says:

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-shooting-214423129.html

Jimmy Kimmel on Charlie Kirk’s Shooting Death: Can We Stop ‘Angry Finger Pointing’ and ‘Agree It’s Horrible and Monstrous to Shoot Another Human?’

Jimmy Kimmel has taken to social media to weigh in on the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and Donald Trump ally who died at 31 years old after being shot at a college event in Utah. Kimmel, one of Hollywood’s most vocal opponents of Trump, advised his followers to stop with the “angry finger-pointing” in the immediate aftermath of the Kirk’s death.

“Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human?” Kimmel wrote on Instagram. “On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.” ....

Kimmel frequently criticizes Trump on his ABC late night talk show, with Trump often firing back at Kimmel on Truth Social. Trump boasted more than once over the summer that “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will be the next late night show canceled after CBS gave the ax to Stephen Colbert and “The Late Show.” Kimmel later announced on “The Sarah Silverman Podcast” in August that he got Italian citizenship amid Trump’s second term. ....

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Human-KIMMEL says: (Original Post) UTUSN Sep 2025 OP
he gets it Skittles Sep 2025 #1
My clarification, the "finger-pointing" will be from the MAGAts, whups there I go, not getting it. UTUSN Sep 2025 #2

Skittles

(172,892 posts)
1. he gets it
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 11:00 PM
Sep 2025

sucks to be accused of "empathizing" with a white supremacist because you believe in due process and the rule of law

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)
2. My clarification, the "finger-pointing" will be from the MAGAts, whups there I go, not getting it.
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 11:00 PM
Sep 2025

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