“Let me let you know, that was the worst Taco Tuesday of my entire life,” the Jimmy Kimmel Stay host stated on the high of his monologue Wednesday night time, lower than 24 hours after Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris within the 2024 Presidential election. “We had the selection between a prosecutor and a felony, and we selected the felony to be President of america. Greater than half of this nation voted for the felony who’s planning to pardon himself for his crimes.”
That is Trump’s third election. He received in 2016 and misplaced in 2020 to Joe Biden.
“Donald Trump is just like the Emperor from Star Wars: he’s previous, he’s evil, and he retains coming again with no cheap clarification in any respect,” Kimmel quipped.
Referencing the aftermath of the 2020 election when Trump refused to simply accept the end result, Kimmel famous, “Kamala Harris referred to as Trump at present. She conceded after which defined what the phrase conceded means.”
At one level, Kimmel turned severe — and visibly emotional — along with his voice cracking a number of occasions as he listed the potential penalties from Trump successful a second time period.
“Let’s be sincere. It was a horrible night time final night time,” he stated. “It was a horrible night time for girls, for youngsters, for the tons of of 1000’s of onerous working immigrants who make this nation go, for well being care, for our local weather, for science, for journalism, for justice, free of charge speech. It was a horrible night time for poor individuals, for the center class, for seniors who depend on Social Safety, for our allies in Ukraine, for NATO, for the reality and democracy and decency.
“It was a horrible night time for everybody who voted in opposition to him. And guess what? It was a foul night time for everybody who voted for him, too. You simply don’t notice it but.”
Kimmel has been a frequent goal of Trump, particularly after the late-night comic referred to as out the previous — and now future — President on the Oscars earlier this yr.
That was not misplaced on Kimmel who was seen packing his workplace within the chilly open of tonight’s episode, telling Guillermo he was leaving the nation.
“I can’t keep for one more 4 years of this,” Kimmel stated, explaining that he possible is on Trump’s enemies record.
Guillermo urged him to remain: “We’d like you to assist us get by this; you may have a vital voice.”
Kimmel ultimately agreed, admitting, “You’re proper, I would like to remain right here. Now we have unfinished enterprise.”
Watch the chilly open and the monologue above.
