Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has urged comedian Jimmy Kimmel to pursue legal action following the suspension of Kimmel’s program on ABC.
“America is meant to be a bastion of free speech. Everybody across the political spectrum should be speaking out to stop what’s happening to Jimmy Kimmel. This is about protecting democracy. This must go to court,” the Senate minority leader posted on X Wednesday morning.
ABC suspended Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely on Wednesday following comments he made about the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. During his Monday night monologue, Kimmel said, “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
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