Kimmel Effect? People Still Think MAGA Killed Charlie Kirk

Jimmy Kimmel isn’t a broadcast TV anchor or CNN talking head.

He just pretends to be one via “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

The propagandist uses his ABC perch to share “news” with his hard-Left flock. Remember, Kimmel said of his former Republican viewers, “not good riddance but riddance.”

Lately, he out-Colberts Stephen Colbert, leaning into his anti-MAGA shtick following his one-week suspension.

Jimmy Kimmel just called Trump supporters “domestic terrorists” while saying Antifa doesn’t exist and there is “no chaos” in Portland, Chicago, or Los Angeles.

This guy is a professional LIAR.pic.twitter.com/sDfkHFtmWV

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 16, 2025

That ABC time-out has had serious legs for all the wrong reasons.

For those who forget the imbroglio, Kimmel suggested Charlie Kirk’s murderer was part of MAGA Nation days after the conservative leader’s assassination. It was a lie, full stop, and the blowback proved so potent that ABC temporarily took him off the air.

Kimmel returned, alternately weeping and ducking responsibility for his actions. The media, to no one’s surprise, refused to hold him accountable or correct the record.

So, between Kimmel’s cowardice and media malfeasance, many Americans didn’t learn that Kirk’s alleged killer was a furry-loving Leftist. The following is from the Right-leaning Media Research Center.

• • In a text conversation obtained by investigators, he plainly stated his motive: “I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.”
  • Multiple family members publicly confirmed his left-wing tendencies. Robinson’s mother remarked that over the past year, her son had started to “lean more to the left, becoming more pro-gay and trans rights-oriented.”
  • Another family member recalled him expressing outright hatred of conservatives.
  • Robinson inscribed his bullet casings with unambiguously far-left messages, despite the bad-faith insistence by corporate journalists that they were somehow inscrutable. The slogans included, “Hey, fascist, catch,” and “Bella Ciao” (the name of a left-wing song popular among antifa radicals). 

Now, we’re seeing the results of that obfuscation.

The MRC polled likely voters with a seemingly simple question – what was the ideology behind the alleged Kirk shooter?

The results are shocking.

Just 24 percent of respondents shared the correct answer. The suspect is on the Left.

The elitist media had a successful lap around the world of propaganda after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Only 24% of adult voters correctly identify Charlie Kirk’s killer as a left-wing psycho. @willcain cites new MRC poll on @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/atd409bKq9

— Media Research Center (@theMRC) December 5, 2025

That’s a depressing low number, unless you believe truth-averse influencers who have peddled any number of fact-free theories in recent weeks.

Should Kimmel feel guilty about this? Yes. And, while it’s too late to make a difference, he’d be doing the right thing if he addressed the matter anew from his ABC showcase.

We don’t need another faux apology, just an admission that he did the wrong thing. Twice. And that he won’t do it again, even if the lie might hurt Trump.

Are the poll results entirely Kimmel’s fault? No. The Legacy Media should take a bow here. As should Candace Owens, a toxic figure in our Body Politic, whose unhinged theories have made matters worse.

Yet a professional broadcaster like Kimmel should understand that having a powerful megaphone, one attached to a legacy broadcast channel, comes with some responsibility.