4-27-26 Afternoon Rush - Melania Trump Calls For Jimmy Kimmel To Be Fired Following A Joke He Told!
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Dave Neal
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🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Afternoon Update: Trump Meltdown Over Kimmel Joke, War Escalation, Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Fallout
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Donald and Melania Trump are demanding consequences after a late-night joke from Jimmy Kimmel set them off, with calls growing from their camp to have him fired. We break down what was said, why it struck a nerve, and how the backlash is playing out across media and politics.
Plus, major updates on the ongoing war as tensions continue to rise, with new developments that could shift the trajectory of the conflict.
And we're following the latest on the shocking shooting tied to the White House Correspondents' Dinner—what we know now, unanswered questions, and how security concerns are being addressed in the aftermath.
All that and more in today's Rush Hour afternoon episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour. |
| 0:03.4 | Your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. |
| 0:07.8 | Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:13.8 | Good afternoon, everybody, on this Monday, April 27th, 2026. |
| 0:18.4 | I have all of your news for your rush hour ride home. And we have the first lady of |
| 0:22.9 | the United States, aka a. Kloos, calling for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired. That's right, after a joke he |
| 0:30.3 | made on his show, she's attacking our First Amendment rights to a good old joke. That's what it is. |
| 0:37.0 | They're calling it problematic, I guess. I mean, it's a good old joke. That's what it is. They're calling it problematic, |
| 0:39.8 | I guess. I mean, it's a late-night TV show. The guy makes jokes. I'm going to share what he had to say, |
| 0:45.6 | which is leading the First Lady and the president to take to their accounts to criticize him. |
| 0:52.0 | This is wild. It's just wild to me how we've got anybody even supporting |
| 0:56.6 | this administration. They claim to be anti-woke, anti-PC, and then you make a joke about them, |
| 1:04.6 | weh, cancel their TV show. Shut the hell up. I'll share what Jimmy had to say in a second. |
| 1:12.1 | But here's Flotus. |
| 1:18.1 | Kimmel's hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn't comedy. His words are corrosive and deepens a political sickness within America. |
| 1:22.9 | Now, if she ended it there, I'd say, fine, enjoy your opinion. That's your right. That's your |
| 1:26.7 | First Amendment right. But she continues. People like Kimball shouldn't have the opportunity to enter our homes |
| 1:32.4 | each evening to spread hate. A coward. Kimball hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep |
| 1:38.9 | running cover to protect him, aka running cover to protect the First Amendment. |
| 1:45.2 | Enough is enough. |
| 1:47.8 | It is time for ABC to take a stand. |
| 1:54.9 | How many times will ABC's leadership enable Jimmy Kimball's atrocious behavior at the expense of our community? So here we have the first lady being more offended at a joke than she is at her own husband not releasing the Epstein |
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