"The president and his pals in the MAGA media are not happy with me right now. Trump even called in to Fox to complain about me tonight."
"Of course, they decided to twist that to say it was an insult to plumbers, which it was not. I wouldn't put a plumber in charge of Homeland Security for the same reason I wouldn't call a five-star general to pull a rat out of my toilet."
"I'm not upset that the head of Homeland Security used to be a plumber. I'm upset that he isn't still a plumber."
Jimmy Kimmel faced backlash for joking about Markwayne Mullin's plumbing background as he became Homeland Security Secretary. Critics, including Trump, accused Kimmel of mocking working-class Americans. Kimmel clarified that his joke was misrepresented and emphasized that he was not insulting plumbers. He expressed concern over Mullin's qualifications for the role, suggesting that a plumber may not be the best fit for Homeland Security. Kimmel also mocked conservative media's outrage, asserting that he was not upset about Mullin's past but rather about his current position.
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