Trumps Slam Kimmel for Violent Rhetoric

0:00On April 27, Melania Trump lasted Jimmy Kimmel right after his shooting at the White House correspondence dinner. She called out his hateful and violent rhetoric on late-night TV and demanded ABCs step up and hold him accountable. Melania said, Kimmel hides behind the network, and it's time they stop enabling his attacks on her husband and his policies. A few hours later, Donald Trump jumped in on True Social. He ripped into Kimmel's speech at the dinner, agreed it went way too far, and called for Disney and ABC to fire him immediately. Trump set the comedian's words, crossed a serious line into promoting violence. Critics of the Trump's fired back quick, pointing to years of fiery language from the president himself. They recalled him telling crowds to knock the crap out of protesters and fight like hell after the 2020 election loss. Meanwhile, Meghan McCain powed on from the Republican side, saying she's sick of Kimmel spreading hate. Former Republicans echoed similar gripes about Kimmel before and after Melania's post.

1:00The whole thing highlights deep divides over who's really fuelling division in media and politics these days. As this plays out, Kimmel's team hasn't commented yet, but expect more back and forth in the coming days on who draws the line between comedy and… calls to action.