Comer Defies Trump, Backs Kimmel's Free Speech

0:00On April 29, Republican Congressman James Comer, from Kentucky, just split from President Trump and his supporters by standing up for late-night host, Jimmy Kimmel. Right-wing voices want Kimmel canned after a joke about first lady Melania Trump, looking like she might soon be single. Comer says, no way, he's all about free speech and doesn't want to kill off comedy. He called the joke tasteless and over-the-line, but stress viewers can just flip the channel if they hate it. Trump are also pushed back on the Federal Communications Commission, demanding early license renewals from Disney's ABC stations, hoping chair Brendan Carr, skips this drama for bigger fish. Plenty of folks on the writer fired up, linking Kimmel's dark humor to rising political violence, especially since the bit aired right before A. Shooter tried ambushing a Trump dinner in Washington. Comer admits he's a comedy buff who knows lots of comics, and he thinks the left has already choked out too much funny stuff. Still, he wishes Kimmel would dial back the edgy material that gets people riled up.

1:02Kimmel fired back, insisting his words weren't anywhere near calling for violence, and that he's long spoken against guns. This back and forth shows free speech tensions cutting across party lines, leaving us to wonder where the line sits between laughs and limits. Pop culture, powered by AI. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today. I'm Corey with The Story.