Jimmy Kimmel 在停播四天後於週二晚間重返ABC。他哽咽著告訴觀眾，他從未想過“輕視一名年輕人的謀殺案”，並批評川普政府威脅喜劇演員和媒體。
=》譴責暴力，批評川普.
Kimmel 首先感謝他的支持者：
I want to thank the people who don’t support my show and what I believe but support my right to share those beliefs anyway, people who I never would have imagined like Ben Shapiro, Clay Travis, Candace Owens, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, even my old pal Ted Cruz, who, believe it or not, said something very beautiful on my behalf.”
點名感謝的6人中有4名是共和黨人，包括極右大佬德州參議院Ted Cruz。
Kimmel剛被解雇，Ted就跳出來說政府不能幹涉自由言論。
- Kimmel 譴責暴力，沒有煽動暴力，煽動暴力的言行不屬於言論自由。
- Kimmel 質疑：殺手背後有左派團體操作，”質疑“ 是言論自由。
Ted Cruz video plays: ‘I hate what Jimmy Kimmel said. I am thrilled that he was fired.’
“Oh, wait,” Kimmel said. “No, not that. The other part.”
Ted Cruz video plays: ‘But let me tell you, if the government gets in the business of saying we don’t like what you, the media, have said, we’re going to ban you from the airwaves if you don’t say what we like, that will end up bad for conservatives.’
泰德·克魯茲的視頻播放：“我討厭吉米·坎摩爾說的話。我很高興他被解雇了。”
「哦，等等，」坎摩爾說。 “不，不是這個。是另一部分。”
泰德·克魯茲的視頻播放：“但是讓我告訴你，如果政府插手說我們不喜歡你們媒體所說的話，如果你們不說我們喜歡的話，我們就會禁止你們在電波中發言，這對保守派來說最終會很糟糕。”
