Jimmy Kimmel is under fire from Republicans after Donald Trump’s election victory. Elon Musk referred to the late-night host as a “meaningless propaganda puppet” on X following the election results, prompting Kimmel to respond on last night’s episode of X. Jimmy Kimmel Live.
During his monologue, Kimmel recounted how he shared his thoughts on the election on his show and how he would “miss democracy.” He told the audience: “I’ve heard about this from a lot of people, but no one is more prominent than the richest man in the world.” He then shared Musk’s tweet and replied, “At least my kids love me.”
Kimmel said of Musk’s claim: “I take issue with that.” “The man who paid people a million dollars a day to vote for Donald Trump is calling us I propaganda doll. Listen, Kermit, I bought Twitter. I bought a social media platform that is literally a propaganda machine. Let me tell you something: If I spent two weeks trying to come up with a four-word description of Elon Musk, I don’t think I could do better than “meaningless propaganda machine.”
The host listed all the things Musk referred to as propaganda, including Washington Post, New York Timesand NPR. “Everything is propaganda for Elon Musk,” Kimmel said. “But what bothers me is that I’ve been working for the last six months on a project and I was hoping to announce it in January when Trump takes office, but now that the cat’s out of the bag, well, here it is. My new show.”
Kimmel then played a teaser for this new (fake) show, which is, of course, titled Meaningless publicity stunt.
Earlier this week, Kimmel gave a moving speech in response to the election. The host carefully recognized all the people who were affected by Trump’s choice over Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
Holding back tears, he said: “It’s been a terrible night for women and children and the hundreds of thousands of hard-working immigrants who have made this country go.” “For health care, for our climate, for scientists, for journalism, for justice, for free speech. It was a terrible night for the poor, for the middle class, for seniors who rely on Social Security, for our allies in Ukraine, for NATO, for truth, for democracy, for decency. It was a terrible night for everyone who voted against him, and guess what, it was a bad night for everyone who voted for him too, but you haven’t realized it yet.”
The monologue concluded by emphasizing: “I know a lot of people want to hear anything positive. I’ve been trying to come up with something positive. The best I can come up with is that we’ve been through this once before, and yes, this time it might be worse, maybe much worse, but I also think we might look back and realize that in the long run Run, that’s what we needed to wake us up. Maybe the people who care about him so much need to realize how little he cares about them.
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