Vice President JD Vance weighed in on Jimmy Kimmel's indefinite suspension by ABC, and he would like a word with all those now screaming that it's a violation of Kimmel's free speech when they were silent when it happened to conservatives.
In a post on X on Friday, Vance reacted to Kimmel's suspension following his vile lies about the suspected killer of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
"Jimmy Kimmel wasn't funny, his ratings were in the toilet, and his advertisers were revolting. Also, the bellyaching from the left over 'free speech' after the [former President Joe] Biden years fools precisely no one," Vance wrote.
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Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t funny, his ratings were in the toilet, and his advertisers were revolting.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) September 19, 2025
Also the bellyaching from the left over “free speech” after the Biden years fools precisely no one.
"There was a point where I'd watch his show nearly every night," he added. "He's a genuinely talented guy, but like so much good and funny in the world, the woke thing destroyed it."
There was a point where I’d watch his show nearly every night. He’s a genuinely talented guy, but like so much good and funny in the world the woke thing destroyed it.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) September 19, 2025
As the vice president pointed out, hearing outrage from these people is laughable considering they had zero problem with the censorship of then-former President Donald Trump, among other conservatives.
Let's take a little jaunt down memory lane, shall we? Let's just recall what life was like on social media before Elon Musk took over X (formerly Twitter). Trump was banned from X, Instagram, and Facebook. Conservatives who dared speak their opinions during the pandemic were demonetized on YouTube. Parents who exercised their constitutional right to speak up and voice their concerns at their local school board meetings against what was happening to their kids in school with all the insane transgender nonsense were labeled terrorists by the DOJ. But the left was fine with all that.
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People Who Want 'Misinformation' Regulated Are Mad Jimmy Kimmel Got Pulled Over Misinformation
Media personalities like Brian Stelter on places like CNN cheered about the pressure being put on cable companies to drop Fox News, calling it a "harm reduction model," are now upset because of Kimmel's suspension.
But here's what he said back then.
Watch:
For fuller context, here’s CNN’s former Fox News analyst, @oliverdarcy, ginning up pressure on cable carriers to drop Fox News https://t.co/x1oLaW07kB https://t.co/fVHZYr2XL6
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 18, 2025
It was all too much for someone like comedian Jamie Kennedy, who laid out the facts brilliantly about fascism and freedom of speech.
I went really slow because the soulless ones may have trouble understanding….kayyyyy pic.twitter.com/yhsu2E6rjO
— Jamie Kennedy (@JamieKennedy) September 19, 2025
"The cancellation of The Jimmy Kimmel Show is NOT an attack on free speech or 'Comedy.' The cancellation is the rejection of repugnant INHUMANITY. A man was ruthlessly gunned down, in front of the entire world, because he was just using his free speech," Kennedy wrote. "Then another man made a 'joke' with a whole writing 'STAFF,' using his massacre as the source material for 'comedic fodder' that was then broadcast on TV for the entire world to see, because he was also using his free speech."
"NOWWW, somehow people are in 'SHOCK' and claim VICTIMHOOD when the man is fired from his job, while using free speech. WHAT DONT YA GETT!?! "he added. "This is NOT just BLATANT HYPOCRISY, this is going FULLLLL TARDDD!! You ghouls reallyyy wanna have your DEMONIC cake and eat it too, dontcha! "
"Say it with meeee, ya ready??? Murder for words = actual FASCISM. Losing JOB for words = morality clause accountability," Kennedy continued. "RULE #1 in comedy issss...the 'ability' to …..READ THE ROOM!!! Is this difficult to GRASPP? If it is, then you are not PART of the PROBLEM. You are THEE problem. Use DISCERNMENT, it's also free. And to the audience members who were there clapping, yUKin it up...you are LOWLIFES...SEEK JESUS #Justiceforcharie."
My RedState colleague Joe Cunningham reported that the same people who want to regulate what the left has deemed misinformation are the ones who are screaming mad now that private companies have decided to enact a suspension on someone for spreading misinformation.
Yes, you have the right to freedom of speech, but that does not mean you have the right to freedom from consequences.
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