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In a highly anticipated monologue, Jimmy Kimmel talked about his removal from the air, President Donald Trump, Erika Kirk, and the solidarity he received in his late-night return on Tuesday, Sept. 22.

Walt Disney, which owns ABC, had announced the return of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” the day prior.

Kimmel, at times emotional in his monologue, said a government threat to silence a comedian the “president doesn’t like” is “un-American” and expressed how glad he was to find solidarity in that from “the right, the left, and from those in the middle.”

“Maybe the silver lining from this is we found one thing we can agree on, and maybe we’ll even find another one,” Kimmel said. “Maybe we can get a little bit closer together. We do agree on a lot of

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