Barack Obama continues to sound off in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel being pulled
from the airwaves for remarks made about Charlie Kirk‘s killer.
As reported, the late-night host was slammed by an FCC exec for claiming the
right activist’s shooter was of MAGA affiliation during a monologue.
Distributor Nexstar echoed the condemnation, and ultimately, ABC benched the
show “indefinitely” amidst the drama.
While U.S. resident Donald Trump celebrated the move, others have slammed it –
branding the move as a politically-charged attack on “free speech.”
Having initially blasted the Kimmel axing, the former President has followed
up with an additional weigh-in.
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Taking to X, Barack Obama wrote:
“This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech
is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is
Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.”
Continuing, he wrote:
“First there’s this piece by David French, who devoted much of his legal
career to defending the First Amendment rights of conservative writers and
scholars”
He added another piece from American abolitionist Frederick Douglass:
“Second, it’s worth reading this excerpt from Frederick Douglass.”
With that, what are…
