(DCNF)—Conservative podcaster Ben Ferguson said Monday on Fox Business’ “The Bottom Line” that it’s “beautiful” that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension has been lifted because conservatives will get to watch the “disaster” ABC is “committed to.”
Disney announced Monday it would lift Kimmel’s suspension and bring back “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday evening. Since the show was pulled Wednesday, Democrats have complained about free speech being stifled. Fox’s Dagen McDowell asked Ferguson how liberals have responded and what he thinks they will do next.
“It’s cancel culture 2.0 now with the Democratic Party. ‘We’re in favor of free speech only if it’s our guys,’ number one. And two, ‘Now that we’ve brought him back, what does this mean?’ I actually think this is beautiful, and just hear me out for a second. Now, everybody knows how bad Jimmy Kimmel is,” Ferguson said. “Now, there’s been a light that’s been shined on the bigotry and hatred of conservatives and Christians and flyover country by Jimmy Kimmel, because all of the old clips have now been put together in montages and have gone viral on social media.”
Disney’s ABC announced Wednesday that Kimmel would be indefinitely suspended following his Sept. 15 monologue, in which he said the “MAGA gang” had hit “new lows” and claimed Republicans were trying to portray Kirk’s alleged assassin as “anything other than one of them.”
In response, Democrats, including California Rep. Eric Swalwell and former President Barack Obama, accused Republicans and Trump’s administration of taking “cancel culture” to a “new and dangerous level.”
Ferguson went on to say that not only does he not believe Kimmel’s show will last long but that conservatives now get to witness how the “free market” will reject him.
“So if you are watching Jimmy Kimmel now, you are someone that I think hates 50-plus percent of Americans. I don’t think he’s going to survive this in the ratings long-term. But now ABC News is committed to a disaster, and we get to witness it and watch it as the free market is going to decide,” Ferguson added. “They will reject this, and they’re going to reject it big. Then they’re still going to have to fire this guy or cancel him down the road.”
“So, you know what, for all the Democrats you just played a moment ago that were freaking out, welcome to Freedom of Speech,” Ferguson said. “I’m so happy to have you over here with us. God bless you. It’s going to be fun, because the next time you start saying that any one of us should be canceled, I’m going to play those words right back for you.”
Following Kimmel’s Sept. 15 monologue, the late-night host doubled down Tuesday against Vice President JD Vance, who called out violence from the far-left. Kimmel said “many in MAGA-land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk.” According to the Wall Street Journal, sources told the outlet that Kimmel allegedly planned to defend his remarks, claiming his words had been “twisted” by some Republicans.
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more idiots on the right. Kimmel was always coming back from the moment the virtue signaling over his suspension not firing was jumped on by the ignorant right who can’t think their way out of a paper bag. Greg Abbott also will be reinstating the hundreds of teaching certificates in Texas once the heat dies down. The people who engaged in the hateful rhetoric were essentially given a paid vacation aka rewarded for what they did. Abbott knew this when he suspended them. They should have been immediately terminated. This is how we are played by the people on the right. The actual wolves in sheep’s clothing. Trump is out there speaking about Kirk when he is partially responsible for this death. Crockett, Waters and Schumer amongst others in elected office have been outright and directly calling for violence against conservatives. Omar as well. Trump and Bondi sat on their hands as usual and did NOTHING. They did run their mouths a lot about being arrested for interfering with law enforcement yet we see every single day elected democrats doing just that with absolutely no consequences. Trump has turned out to be an absolute disaster. He is nothing more than another worthless vapid politician. He is a liar, (the Epstein files were not a hoax) and he is responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands (operation warp speed). The only thing the has accomplished is pissing liberals off. those that think he accomplished something at the border will be reminded when the next democrat is in office and they bring every single person back that was deported, on the taxpayers dime, with reparations, also on the tax payers dime. Men will be back in woman’s sports the next day. Where are the laws embedding any of these things. All executive orders that will be overtured as quickly as put in place. The only good thing that has come out of this administration is the Democrat, Kennedy. Even his hands are tied with getting the covid death shot off the market. He did get some traction but Trump refuses to allow it to be removed otherwise his operation warp speed will looked at for exactly what it is.
It’s not the democrats that destroyed this country it’s the republicans. The democrats have done exactly what they said they would do. The republicans have sat on their hands for the past 10 years and lied time after time.
Doug, Trump wasn’t responsible for Kirk’s death, AT ALL. That’s 100% on members of the anti-Democratic party. You’re a more on for claiming Trump was at fault, not even a little.
This Kimmel crapola showcases the abject stupidity of yammering Democrats. Why would Republicans and the Trump administration try to assassinate Trump’s biggest supporter?