Jimmy Kimmel’sfull monologue didn’t air in Texas on Wednesday night.
An episode ofJimmy Kimmel Livewas cut with commercials in the state of Texas while the host spoke about theUvalde school shootingand American politics.
“To my friends in Dallas who are asking: I do not know whether our @ABCNetwork affiliate @wfaa cut away from my monologue tonight intentionally or inadvertently but I will find out,” he tweeted. Kimmel, 54, also linked the emotional monologue, which mourned the 21 lost in the mass shooting, and asked the United States government to make real changes.
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“Once again we grieve for the little boys and girls whose lives have been ended and whose families have been destroyed. While our leaders on the right, the Americans in congress and at Fox News and these other outlets warn us not to politicize this,” Kimmel said.
“They immediately criticize our president for even speaking about doing something to stop it. Because they don’t want to speak about it because they know what they’ve done and they know what they haven’t done. And they know it’s indefensible, so they’d rather sweep this under the rug.”
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He also pointed to theNational Rifle Associationfor advocating to uphold gun laws.
“Our cowardly leaders just aren’t listening to us,” Kimmel added. “They’re listening to the NRA, they’re listening to those people who write them checks that keep them in power. Because that’s how politics works.”
Peter Freedman, director of digital content at WFAA, responded to Kimmel’s tweet with an explanation for the commercial interruption.
“We’d made the decision earlier in the day to extend our 10 o’clock news to include extra Uvalde coverage in our broadcast, it had nothing to do with your monologue,” he wrote. “We’re on the same team.”
The children killed were in the second, third and fourth grades, police confirmed. Among the dead weretwo sets of cousinsand fourth grade teacherEva Mireles, 44.
source: people.com
