The Jimmy Kimmel Trap: We Fell For It Again... | The Deep
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🗓️ 25 September 2025
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Jimmy Kimmel is back on air after his show was initially suspended due to misleading and insensitive comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killer being part of the “MAGA gang.” Following Charlie’s death, the conservative movement felt a strong surge of unity, but the situation with Jimmy Kimmel was the cause of argument and disagreement among those on the right. Was this free speech? Was it a violation of free speech for the FCC to pressure ABC to cancel Kimmel’s show? But the most important question after this incident is a broader one: what is it that conservatives continue to get wrong when engaging with their opponents in situations like this? In this episode of The Deep, Erika discusses the need to establish unity in strategy on the right and she lays out 6 rules for effectively engaging with our opponents.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro: What happened with Jimmy Kimmel?
3:05 - Sponsor: Taylor Frigon Capital Management
4:32 - Conservatives greatest pitfall
9:02 - Facts and logic aren’t the only things we need
9:58 - How do we respond to an increasingly more violent left?
11:55 - You don’t have to engage with everyone, actually
13:04 - Speak truth to the head, but also appeal to the heart
13:55 - Use strong, accurate language
16:18 - Institutions and platforms matter
18:00 - Audit your own house
19:59 - Always be ready to pay the price
19:50 - Conclusion: How to face our opponents
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| 0:00.0 | Well, that was fast. After a brief suspension and a heart-to-heart with his betters, Jimmy Kimmel was back on the late-night roster. |
| 0:08.3 | Kimmel had outraged the country after Charlie Kirk's death with an outright lie. |
| 0:12.7 | We had some 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 |
| 0:21.9 | and doing everything they can to score political points from it. |
| 0:25.6 | Charlie's death brought something rare on the right, unity. |
| 0:30.1 | For a flickering moment, conservatives of every stripe, we stood shoulder to shoulder in mourning |
| 0:36.0 | and outrage. |
| 0:42.7 | We knew instinctively that this was more than the assassination of a political figure. It was an attack on the very possibility of debate of peaceful disagreement of democracy itself. |
| 0:49.7 | But then Kimmel was suspended. |
| 0:53.0 | That same day, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr had appeared to |
| 0:57.0 | jawbone ABC affiliates on the Benny Johnson podcast. |
| 1:01.0 | I mean, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways |
| 1:06.0 | to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there's going to be additional work for |
| 1:12.9 | the FCC ahead. |
| 1:14.3 | The internet exploded with cries of First Amendment and government coercion. Never mind that |
| 1:20.8 | in a healthy culture, a hack like Kimmel would have been shamed off the air years ago. Never |
| 1:26.7 | mind that the FCC may well have had a legal case. |
| 1:30.4 | Democrats pounced, and principled conservatives got squeamish, as usual, about wielding power |
| 1:37.4 | to effect change. The media eagerly shifted from Charlie Kirk Political Violence Martyr to |
| 1:43.8 | Jimmy Kimmel, free speech martyr. |
| 1:46.6 | Even conservatives scolded each other. We can't let the FCC become the federal censorship commission. |
| 1:52.9 | True, but it already has. Then came the new baby conservatives, the defectors from the left. |
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