Jimmy Kimmel defends free speech as he returns to late-night television

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man.
44% : "He is yet another arm of the DNC (Democratic National Committee) and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major illegal Campaign Contribution.
43% : "Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what was obviously a deeply disturbed individual - that was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make.
39% : Kimmel, a four-time Oscars host, said Trump was not just after comedians he disliked, but also journalists, saying of the Republican president: "He's suing them, he's bullying them." "I know that's not as interesting as muzzling a comedian, but it's so important to have a free press, and it is nuts we're not paying more attention to it," Kimmel said.
27% : Before Kimmel's show aired on Tuesday, Trump wrote that he "can't believe" ABC gave Kimmel back his show, and hinted at further action against the network.
26% : Disney's decision to cut short Kimmel's exile marked a high-profile act of defiance in the face of an escalating crackdown by Trump on his perceived media critics through litigation and regulatory threats from the FCC.
15% : "Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who's not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99 per cent positive Democrat GARBAGE," Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social.

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