Jimmy Kimmel show taken off air ‘indefinitely’ over Charlie Kirk comments as Trump calls it ‘great news’: Latest

Network ABC revealed that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would not be broadcast “indefinitely” after the host made controversial implications about the identity of Tyler Robinson, the suspected gunman behind the killing of the conservative activist.

Jacob Stolworthy explains why what Kimmel said landed him in hot water.

A bomb squad has been called in to Turning Point USA’s headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, after a “suspicious bag” was left outside ahead of organization founder Charlie Kirk’s funeral.

The large suitcase was found outside the HQ of the non-profit organization Wednesday morning, according to reports, and the street was cordoned off.

Harry Cockburn has the details.

Nothing reveals Donald Trump’s double standards on free speech more emphatically than the way the Jimmy Kimmel TV show in America has been taken off air.

Talk show host Kimmel was dropped after accusing the “MAGA gang of trying to score political points” off the murder of Charlie Kirk and mocking Trump’s reaction to it as “how a four-year-old mourns the death of a goldfish”. You can question Kimmel’s sense of taste, but you would expect a champion of free speech to leap to his defence.

Trump has done the opposite and even took time out during his state visit to Britain to post his approval of Kimmel’s silencing on his Truth Social social media outlet.

No one has ever accused Trump of having a sense of irony. But you would like to think that he paused for just a moment to consider the inconsistency of praising the virtues of free speech in his Windsor Castle banquet speech, and shortly afterwards, celebrating the demise of someone for exercising that supposed cherished freedom.

“Jimmy Kimmel lied about Charlie Kirk’s assassin being MAGA, this caused understandable outrage all over America, prompted TV station owners to say they wouldn’t air him, and he’s now been suspended by his employers,” the Talk TV host wrote.

“Why is he being heralded as some kind of free speech martyr?”

In a follow-up message, Morgan made the allegation about Kimmel celebrating the cancelation of other stars.

“REMINDER: Jimmy Kimmel has celebrated endless conservative stars’ cancellations… with savage glee.”

A planned Charlie Kirk prayer vigil in the Tennessee city of Morristown will not go ahead because supporters were denied the proper permits.

The application was denied because of a city ordinance that denies the use of public spaces for “political or religious” purposes.

First Liberty Institute is representing Kirk’s supporters in the town as they implore officials to reconsider the decision or face litigation.

“The City’s blanket ban on religious activity abridges both his (I) freedom of speech and (II) the free exercise of his religion,” a letter to Morristown’s mayor, assistant city manager, and city attorney read, according to The Washington Times.

A bomb squad has been called in to Turning Point USA’s headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, after a “suspicious bag” was left outside ahead of organization founder Charlie Kirk’s funeral.

The large suitcase was found outside the HQ of the non-profit organization Wednesday morning, according to reports, and the street was cordoned off.

A bomb disposal robot was deployed and the bag was subsequently deemed safe. Police lifted restrictions on the area, but did not say what was in the luggage or whether anyone had been arrested.

Harry Cockburn has more…

One of the more bizarre theories being pushed on social media in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death has seen Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being forced to deny any Israeli involvement.

“Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, said that the bigger the lie, the faster it will spread,” Netanyahu said in a video on X.

“Somebody has fabricated a monstrous big lie, that Israel had something to do with Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder.”

“This is insane, it is false, it is outrageous. Charlie Kirk was a giant, a once-in-a-century talent who defended freedom, defended America, defended our common Judeo-Christian civilization.

“Charlie loved Israel, he loved the Jewish people, he told me so in a letter that he sent me just a few months ago.”

“Alarmingly, many of these advocates of political violence are teachers, professors and administrators. Make no mistake, ideological capture can lead to political violence by demonizing people with dissenting views,” McMahon said.

The former WWE CEO authorities must move quickly to “condemn” those who have “crossed the ethical line.”

McMahon then echoed former President George W. Bush’s words after 9/11 in saying that Americans should not “stay at home.”

“Charlie is no longer with us to lead this charge. It now falls to all of us to carry it forward,” McMahon added.

ABC revealed that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would not be broadcast “indefinitely” after the host made controversial implications about the identity of Tyler Robinson, the suspected gunman behind the killing of the conservative activist.

The comment that got Kimmel in hot water featured in Monday’s episode (14 September), when he said: “We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.”

The move comes after Kimmel said on his show Monday: “We had 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 with everything they can to score political points from it.”

Donald Trump quickly took to social media to gloat over Kimmel’s situation.

“Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED,” he posted on Truth Social.

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