Jimmy Kimmel Throws Trump's Paid Agitators' Claim Right Back in His Face

"Trump has repeated the claim nearly half a dozen times through January while decrying the protests against immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota, pushing the claim that demonstrators are paid by political opponents without providing evidence on social media, in speeches, and during cable interviews. Opening the Jimmy Kimmel Show! on Tuesday night, the host challenged the president to do something he rarely does to prove his charge."

"The studio audience jeered and booed as Kimmel played back a clip of Trump calling protesters paid insurrectionists and paid agitators. He followed: I believe he believes it. He can't imagine anyone ever doing anything without getting paid for it. Paid. These are not paid agitators. These are concerned Americans. If they're paid agitators, by the way, prove it. Quit saying they're paid agitators, prove it."

Jimmy Kimmel turned President Donald Trump's repeated dismissal of anti-ICE protesters as paid agitators back on the president during a Tuesday night show. Trump repeated the paid-agitator claim multiple times in January while criticizing protests of immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota and offered no evidence on social media, in speeches, or during cable interviews. Kimmel played clips of Trump's remarks, challenged him to prove the allegation, and said protesters are concerned Americans. Kimmel also called Trump a paid agitator for selling a crypto coin that urged "fight, fight, fight," and the studio audience reacted with jeers and cheers.

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