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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: Imagine Kelly publicly criticized Donald Trump, labeling his call to fire Jimmy Kimmel as very inappropriate.
- 0:24[SPEAKER_00]: On her Thursday show, she addressed Trump's demand for ABC to remove Kimmel over a joke about Melania Trump.
- 0:30[SPEAKER_00]: The president of the United States should not be calling for any private company to fire any employee, especially over free speech.
- 0:37[SPEAKER_00]: Kelly 55 stated.
- 0:39[SPEAKER_00]: While deeming the joke out of line, she emphasized the importance of protecting free speech.
- 0:43[SPEAKER_00]: From 79, renewed his demand on truth social, urging ABC to cancel Kimmel for his perceived lack of humor and low ratings.
- 0:51[SPEAKER_00]: When his ABC fake news network firing seriously unfunny Jimmy Kimmel, who incompetently presides over one of the lowest rated shows on television.
- 0:59[SPEAKER_00]: He wrote, adding that people are angry, and it should happen soon.
- 1:03[SPEAKER_00]: Helly highlighted ABC's approach to cancel culture, pointing out their history of similar controversies.
- 1:08[SPEAKER_00]: ABC set the rules for how we engage in cancel culture.
- 1:11[SPEAKER_00]: They have lots of examples, she said.
- 1:13[SPEAKER_00]: She stressed that standards should apply equally to Republicans, asserting, but of course ABC doesn't really operate that way.
- 1:20[SPEAKER_00]: In the conversation with Adam Kerala, who defended Kimmel's joke as a typical roast, he clarified that the reaction was disproportionate.
- 1:27[SPEAKER_00]: Kimmel responded during a monologue, suggesting that if ratings were the criteria for termination, Trump should also be concerned about his own standing.
- 1:35[SPEAKER_00]: If incompetently presiding over not just one of, but the lowest ratings in history, we should both be out of a job because you're not doing too good either.
- 1:42[SPEAKER_00]: Her remarks follow Trump's recent criticisms of Kelly and other conservative figures who he perceives as unfaithful to him.
- 1:49[SPEAKER_01]: In response to a CNN segment, Trump dismissed her, and others like Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones as low IQ and mentally ill.