again is drawing criticism from the Trump administration, including from the president and first lady themselves for a comedy sketch that aired two days before that security scare at the White House Correspondence Dinner.

On Thursday's episode of his late night show, Kimball delivered a parody speech like a roast, basically, noting that this year's event lacked that traditional comedians roast.

So Kimmel made one up instead, joking about several topics, including the First Lady.

So that was on Thursday, a couple of days before the event on Saturday.

The First Lady responded to that joke, writing in part on social media,

Kimmel's hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country.

People like Kimmel should not have the opportunity to enter our homes.

President Trump adding on true social, this is something far beyond the pale.

Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC.

While ABC has yet to comment, Kimmel responded last night.

It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80 and she's younger than I am.

It was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination. And they know that.

I've been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence in particular.

But I understand that the First Lady had a stressful experience over the weekend,

and probably every weekend, is pretty stressful in that house.

And also, I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject.

I do, and I think a great place to start to dial that back

would be to have a conversation with your husband about it because

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by the way

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should point out

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