Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA is urging ABC-TV affiliates not to carry Jimmy Kimmel Live when it returns to the airwaves.
Andrew Kolvet, who is the organization’s spokesman and executive producer of Kirk’s famous podcast, slammed the network and parent firm Disney on Monday for caving and allowing the embattled late-night host back. Kimmel’s show got removed a week back over some shocking on-air remarks that he made regarding MAGA supporters and Kirk’s murder.
Disney and ABC caving and giving Kimmel the chance to return to the air is not a surprising move, but it’s their mistake.- Kolvet was seen tweeting minutes after the network revealed that Kimmel would be returning to the air.
Nextstar and Sinclair don’t have to make the same choice, he continued. The involuntary hiatus for Kimmel came as the FCC Chair Brendan Carr floated around the idea of taking federal action against the network over his comments, and after Nexstar and Sinclair vowed not to carry the program on their stations.
So far, neither Nexstar nor Sinclair nor the FCC has provided a response on this matter in regards to requests for a comment. Turning Point USA was co-founded by Kirk, and now his widow is the organization’s CEO.