During Jimmy Kimmel’s Monday night (September 15) monologue, he urged suspected shooter Tyler Robinson might need been a pro-Trump Republican.

An ABC spokesperson has confirmed with Deadline that Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been pulled “indefinitely” on account of remarks Kimmel made within the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

The information comes shortly after Nexstar canceled Kimmel’s late night time present on the stations it owns all through the United States.

“Nexstar’s owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the foreseeable future beginning with tonight’s show,” the corporate mentioned in a press release Wednesday (September 17). “Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”

Kirk, a distinguished conservative activist and commentator, was assassinated on September 10, whereas talking at an outside occasion at Utah Valley University attended by practically 3,000 individuals. Investigators say  the suspected shooter, Tyler Robinson, fired a single, deadly shot from a close-by rooftop, killing Kirk immediately after which fleeing the scene.

Robinson was apprehended inside 48 hours after allegedly confessing each by way of textual content messages to his accomplice and in a handwritten observe left at his residence, stating he might “no longer tolerate [Kirk’s] hatred” and referencing motivations rooted in political and ideological disagreements.

Authorities found that Robinson’s actions have been deliberate for over every week previous to the assassination, with proof together with digital messages, a hid observe, and DNA on the rifle linking him to the crime.

During Kimmel’s Monday night (September 15) monologue, he urged Robinson might need been a pro-Trump Republican.

“The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel mentioned. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”

Kimmel has been a frequent goal of Trump’s rage. Shortly after CBS introduced the cancelation of Stephen Colbert’s late-night discuss present, one thing FCC chair Brendan Carr publicly celebrated, Trump urged that “next up will be an even less talented Jimmy Kimmel.”

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