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Jimmy Kimmel criticized President Donald Trump for saying he was responsible for the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
On the September 11 episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, the TV host denounced people who celebrated Kirk’s murder, who died in what Governor Spencer called a “political assassination” at the University of Utah lecture event on September 10.
Kimmel began the show saying that he “sees a very despicable response from both sides of the political spectrum,” and spoke about the September 10th shooting at Colorado High School. There, a male student was injured by shooting two of his friends before dying of self-injury.
“You’d think that because all these horrible things are happening, our president would at least try to bring us together, but he didn’t,” he said during his opening monologue.
He then mentioned the statements issued by former President Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton about Kirk’s death, adding that he tried to unite Americans after the tragedy.
“President Trump wasn’t. Instead, he condemned Democrats’ rhetoric,” Kimmel said.
On September 11, Trump announced that he would award the President’s Medal of Freedom to conservative activists called “martists for truth and freedom.” In a videotape statement released on September 10th after Kirk’s death, he said that the “radical left” is “directly responsible for the terrorism we see in our country today.”
Kimmel did not mention Kirk’s death in the September 10th episode of the show. This also opened a monologue about Trump, but earlier that day he expressed his sadness to his family on Instagram.
“Can I agree that, instead of having an angry finger point, one day, shooting another person is a horrifying monster?” he wrote. “On behalf of my family, we send love to Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocent people who have been victims of meaningless gun violence.”
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert expressed sadness to Kirk’s family at the start of the episode on September 10th, denounced the rise of political violence in the country.
“I’m old enough to personally remember political violence in the 1960s. I hope it’s clear to everyone that American political violence doesn’t resolve our political differences. Political violence only leads to more things,” Colbert said. “I sincerely hope that this is the extraordinary behavior of a madman and not a sign of what will happen next.”
Contributions: Brendan Morrow, USA Today
