The late night host announced that his interview with the Texas Senate candidate will only air on YouTube
Jimmy Kimmel says that his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will not air on TV after President Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) threatened Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC, their affiliates, and local stations.
During his Wednesday monologue, Kimmel said that while Talarico would stop by the show for an interview on Thursday, viewers at home won’t be able to watch it on broadcast television. Instead, the interview with the Democratic nominee has been relegated to YouTube.
“Tomorrow night, I’ll be interviewing James Talarico — tomorrow night, under unusual circumstances,” Kimmel began. “You know, for a lot of years, for the whole 20-plus years of our show, in fact, I’ve been interviewing Americans who are running for office with no problem at all, just like Letterman did, Leno did, Arsenio, et cetera, et cetera. I’ve interviewed a lot of political candidates from Hillary Clinton to Ted Cruz to Donald Trump himself.”
Oh no another anti trans politician doesnt get to be on TV?
Serious question from a trans person, are you going to vote for Ken Paxton? Do you think he’ll be better for us?
Voting for most politicians isn’t easy. Most of them do not have our backs. I am concerned though with good people who should be voting for harm reduction, and then putting all their energy into fighting by other means between elections, not doing that.
I am seeing a lot of people who put their effort into not voting or throwing their vote away, then feeling like they’ve “done something” and not doing anything else between cycles. I don’t know you and I’m not accusing. I’m just curious how yelling about Talrico at this point, helps?
Now we know you’re either directly or indirectly voting for fascism
How embarrassing for you
What’s your problem with Talarico? He’s pretty consistently voted against trans athlete bans and strongly supports LGBTQ+ rights in interviews. Why label him anti-trans?
You can wait for your perfect politician while someone else votes in theirs. It’s your right.
Gonna be waiting a long time if you want progressives to win in Texas.