Danica Patrick responds to Jimmy Kimmel getting pulled off air after Charlie Kirk assassination remarks
Former motorsport star Danica Patrick has weighed in on Disney's indefinite removal of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel from ABC airwaves for newest comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination In social media posts on Wednesday Patrick celebrated Kimmel's removal One of her Instagram stories shared a news summary of Kimmel's removal with her own caption reading Human decency is coming back Thank God CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMPatrick also shared a screenshot of one of Kirk's own tweets from that read Jimmy Kimmel isn t funny Patrick has been an outspoken conservative in latest years who has staunchly supported President Donald Trump and the majority of his policies She is one of the a great number of right-wing figures on social media defending the latest decision to remove Kimmel for his newest comments On Monday Kimmel accused conservatives of reaching new lows in trying to pin left-wing ideology on -year-old suspect Tyler Robinson even though prosecutors reaffirmed those ties in Tuesday s indictment We hit specific new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to number political points from it Kimmel announced Kimmel s comments came one day after both FBI bureaucrats and Utah Gov Spencer Cox noted that Robinson held a leftist ideology and was increasingly radicalized in latest years It was also revealed that he had a romantic relationship with a biological male roommate who is transitioning to female Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Brendan Carr then issued a threat against Disney if it didn't address the conflict FCC CHAIR LEVELS THREAT AGAINST ABC DISNEY AFTER KIMMEL SUGGESTED CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSIN WAS MAGA Appearing on Wednesday's The Benny Show Carr called Kimmel's comments certain of the sickest conduct and suggested there were likely avenues the FCC could pursue In chosen quarters there's a very concerted effort to try to lie to the American people about the nature of one of the largest part crucial newsworthy citizens interest acts that we've seen in a long time in what appears to be an action by Jimmy Kimmel to play into that narrative that this was somehow a MAGA or a Republican-motivated person Carr notified host Benny Johnson Nexstar Media Group which owns hundreds of television stations informed earlier it would preempt Kimmel's show on its ABC affiliates starting Wednesday night for the foreseeable future and would replace it with other offerings over his comments about suspected Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson News of Kimmel's removal from air was then verified by Disney later on Wednesday night Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely a Disney spokesperson validated to Fox News Digital Fox News Digital's Joseph A Wulfsohn contributed to this summary Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
