“Let me inform you, that was the worst Taco Tuesday of my complete life,” the Jimmy Kimmel Reside host stated on the high of his monologue Wednesday night time, lower than 24 hours after Donald Trump gained the election. “We had the selection between a prosecutor and a felony, and we selected the felony to be President of america. Greater than half of this nation voted for the felony who’s planning to pardon himself for his crimes.”
That is Trump’s third Presidential election. He gained in 2016 and misplaced in 2020 to Joe Biden.
“Donald Trump is just like the Emperor from Star Wars: he’s outdated, he’s evil, and he retains coming again with no cheap clarification in anyway,” Kimmel quipped.
Referencing the aftermath of the 2020 election when Trump refused to just accept the result, Kimmel famous, “Kamala Harris referred to as Trump in the present day. She conceded after which defined what the phrase conceded means.”
At one level, Kimmel turned critical — and visibly emotional — together with his voice cracking as he listed the potential penalties from Trump profitable a second time period.
“Let’s be sincere. It was a horrible night time final night time,” he stated. “It was a horrible night time for ladies, for kids, for the tons of of 1000’s of laborious working immigrants who make this nation go, for well being care, for our local weather, for science, for journalism, for justice, at no cost speech. It was a horrible night time for poor folks, for the center class, for seniors who depend on Social Safety, for our allies in Ukraine, for NATO, for the reality and democracy and decency.
“And it was a horrible night time for everybody who voted in opposition to him. And guess what? It was a nasty night time for everybody who voted for him, too. You simply don’t notice it but.”
Kimmel has been a frequent goal of Trump, particularly after the late-night comic referred to as out the previous (and now future) President on the Oscars earlier this yr.
That was not misplaced on Kimmel who was seen packing his workplace within the chilly open for tonight’s episode, telling Guillermo he was leaving the nation.
“I can’t keep for one more 4 years of this,” he stated, noting that he seemingly is on Trump’s enemies listing.
Guillermo urged him to remain: “We’d like you to assist us get by this; you will have an important voice.”
Kimmel ultimately agreed, admitting, You’re proper, I want to remain right here. Now we have unfinished enterprise.”
Watch the chilly open and the monologue above.
