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Tapper: Kimmel removal ‘direct’ First Amendment violation
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:11 am
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:11 am
This guy.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper called ABC’s decision to suspend comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show a “direct” violation of the First Amendment, accusing the broadcaster of stifling speech that is critical of President Trump and his allies.
“If we do not have the ability to criticize, mock, investigate our leaders, we are no longer the United States of America,” Tapper said while appearing on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert, which has also been canceled in a move cheered by Trump.
“It’s a very chilled atmosphere,” Tapper said of the mood in Washington, D.C. “We all have to keep our head down, focus on the job and report the news and be fair, honest, and truthful. And that job has not stopped.”
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper called ABC’s decision to suspend comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show a “direct” violation of the First Amendment, accusing the broadcaster of stifling speech that is critical of President Trump and his allies.
“If we do not have the ability to criticize, mock, investigate our leaders, we are no longer the United States of America,” Tapper said while appearing on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert, which has also been canceled in a move cheered by Trump.
“It’s a very chilled atmosphere,” Tapper said of the mood in Washington, D.C. “We all have to keep our head down, focus on the job and report the news and be fair, honest, and truthful. And that job has not stopped.”
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Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:12 am to Jbird
What's Tapper's ratings?
Maybe it's his time?
Maybe it's his time?
This post was edited on 9/19/25 at 10:13 am
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:12 am to Jbird
a private company can fire anyone they want.
No one is stopping Kimmel from saying anything he wants, Kimmel can go on X or YT and say whatever he wants
No one is stopping Kimmel from saying anything he wants, Kimmel can go on X or YT and say whatever he wants
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:13 am to Jbird
The problem is the left doesn’t have a true understanding of what the first amendment is or the Bill of Rights for that matter.
The first amendment protects you from being persecuted by the government for what you say.
It does not protect you from a non-governmental, private employer from having an issue with something you said on their network.
The same people were celebrating Tucker Carlson being fired from Fox.
The first amendment protects you from being persecuted by the government for what you say.
It does not protect you from a non-governmental, private employer from having an issue with something you said on their network.
The same people were celebrating Tucker Carlson being fired from Fox.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:13 am to Jbird
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Tapper
He knows he's on the chopping block. That's the reason for his comments.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:14 am to Jbird
If you want to see their head explode tell them free speech covers “hate speech”.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:14 am to Jbird
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show a “direct” violation of the First Amendment
He doesn't know anything about the 1st Amendment. It is intended to protect you from the government arresting you for your speech. He wasn't arrested, and the government had nothing to do with him getting fired from his job. These tools get paid to lie to the public.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:15 am to Jbird
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Tapper: Kimmel removal ‘direct’ First Amendment violation
Wow thanks for the update. I wasn't aware that Kimmel had been arrested.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:15 am to Jbird
Another “constitutional scholar.”
A direct 1st violation would be imprisoning him for what he said.
A direct 1st violation would be imprisoning him for what he said.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:16 am to Jbird
The left seem to view being fired for expressing one’s views as a more serious injustice than being killed for doing so.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:17 am to Jbird
Except that it’s not at all. An employer can choose what they see as appropriate representation of their company and what they don’t.
Kimmel is being held accountable and they can’t stand it lmao
Kimmel is being held accountable and they can’t stand it lmao
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:18 am to Jbird
ABC is not the government, and the 1A doesn’t apply to their decisions obviously and it certainly wasn’t any violation, let alone a “direct” one. Trapper is either dumb or disingenuous. Probably both.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:18 am to Jbird
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Tapper said while appearing on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert
And people wonder why late night shows are dead......
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:25 am to Jbird
Hopefully the FCC will send all of these assholes like Tapper a notification of spreading false information as well.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:26 am to Jbird
Lol.... file a lawsuit, let's see how that ends up! Those people are fools.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:29 am to Hangover Haven
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What's Tapper's ratings?
Maybe it's his time?
He's like Whoopi and has to keep working after he probably had to pay the publisher back some of his advance for his 'unflinching and explosive reckoning' work of fiction, Original Sin - 'Joe Biden Sharts the White House'
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:30 am to Jbird
Good
They all should be very afraid.
They all should be very afraid.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:31 am to Jbird
What did that pole smoker say when Trump was banned from all social media platforms
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:31 am to Jbird
Oh look. Another member of the media doing the same thing that got Jimmy Kimmel fired: spouting blatant lies meant to sow division.
These people might be retarded.
These people might be retarded.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:34 am to Jbird
Think about it - he was effectively terminated by fricking CNN for being a dishonest and politicized far left fricking whackjob.
F*CKING CNN!
F*CKING CNN!
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