Longtime late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel lost his mind and his composure on his show after former president and current President-Elect Donald Trump won a resounding victory in the November 5, 2024, presidential election, something that many on the left refused to see as imminent even as Trump did quite well in the polls.
In fact, Trump’s victory was large enough, certain enough, and fast enough that it was just the next day when Kimmel was having an utter meltdown and started crying about the election results. While not much of a surprise given Kimmel’s longtime history of leftism, it was still shocking to see him cry on air about Trump’s success.
Beginning his little tirade on air, Kimmel began by ranting about how “terrible” the night supposedly was for women, children, and immigrants, saying, “Let’s be honest: it was a terrible night last night. It was a terrible night for women, for children, for the hundreds of thousands of hardworking immigrants who make this country go. Um…”
His voice started shaking as he tried getting that little speel out and failed in holding back his tears. He then paused as the shakes ended and the audience halfheartedly tried to raise his spirits with cheers. Kimmel then went back to ranting about how awful the night was for various interest groups, ignoring that most of what he was spewing was incorrect and that not once did he mention how ordinary Americans will do because of the victory.
Doing so, he said, “For healthcare, for our climate, for science, for journalism, for justice, for free speech. It was a terrible night for poor people, for the middle class, for seniors who rely on Social Security. For our allies in Ukraine, for NATO, for the troops, and democracy and decency, and it was a terrible night for everyone who voted against him — and guess what? It was a bad night for everyone who voted for him, you just don’t realize it yet.”
Joking about Kimmel’s crying on X (formerly Twitter), one person joked, “🚨CRINGE ALERT: JIMMY KIMMEL TRYING TO GET A PERMANENT SEAT WITH THE WOMEN ON THE VIEW. IN TEARS ON HIS SHOW LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMPS WIN.” Watch Kimmel cry here:
Kimmel’s performance was so ridiculous that even ESPN’s Stephen Smith skewered him when he appeared on “The Will Cain Show” on Thursday, November 7, saying, “That would not have been me. It would not been a postmortem, it certainly would not have been me crying. I’m not crying over the fact that Donald Trump is the president.”
Smith continued, “The American people have spoken. You can say what you want, but this country has said we went too far left. Enough’s enough. We got to stop this nonsense. It’s about our pocketbooks, and it’s about safety. Period. And if you don’t like it, get over it. The bottom line is the economy was doing well before COVID.”
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