"I would argue Kimmel did this to himself, but of course, people want to blame conservatives for this happening, Sean Hannity said. Well, can you name one prominent conservative? I've been boycotted in my career, had calls for my firing many times in my career. No liberal ever came to my defense. Ever. My private text messages released. No liberal ever came to my defense. Putting all that aside, can you name one prominent conservative that said, I want Jimmy Kimmel fired?' Because I can't."
"President Donald Trump himself has explicitly called for ABC to fire the vocal Trump critic Kimmel, repeatedly attacking the late-night host as talentless and at one point demanding that ABC get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with George Stephanopoulos. After Stephen Colbert's ouster earlier this year, Trump even leaned into a mob boss flourish by suggesting that Kimmel would be the next to go."
Conservative media defenses denied that conservative figures broadly called for ABC to suspend or fire Jimmy Kimmel, asserting no prominent conservatives demanded his removal. A Fox News contributor echoed that assessment and criticized Kimmel's qualifications for a broadcast platform. Former President Donald Trump publicly urged ABC to remove Kimmel and suggested potential replacements. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr recommended suspension and encouraged affiliates to refuse to air Kimmel after the politicization of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The situation showed a tension between denials of conservative responsibility and explicit calls from high-profile conservatives for disciplinary action.
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