(NewsNation) — Poor Jimmy Kimmel.
The once funny host of “The Man Show” shot himself in the foot this week when he misread the room and did a political monologue on his eponymous show about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
The late-night host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” went on air and 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.”
The reaction was swift and predictable.
Blowback from Jimmy Kimmel's remarks on Charlie Kirk
The next day, Brendan Carr, chair of the FCC, condemned Kimmel’s remarks, calling them among the “sickest conduct possible,” and suggested regulatory action could be taken against A