Jimmy Kimmel Breaks Down During A Powerful Monologue About Texas School Shooting
Kimmel also spoke about most Americans supporting "keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and children," citing polls that support "common-sense gun laws."
How often do you see a Television host delivering a powerful speech free of bias or prejudices? It takes a lot of courage to call out political leaders without mincing words, but Jimmy Kimmel did just that and much more in his latest monologue for his popular show.
A passionate and tearful Jimmy Kimmel spoke about the Texas school shooting on Wednesday¡¯s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
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He begins the monologue by saying,
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¡°Here we are again on another day of mourning in this country. Once again, we grieve for the little boys and girls whose lives have been ended and the families that have been destroyed.¡±
Since Tuesday¡¯s show had already been taped before news broke of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Kimmel's episode aired on Wednesday.
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Kimmel addressed the camera directly without a studio audience as he appeared visibly shaken by sorrow and anger.
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The show's host struggled to compose himself, and he teared up when he spoke of "the little boys and girls whose lives have been ended and whose families have been destroyed."
Kimmel also spoke about most Americans supporting "keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and children," citing polls that support "common-sense gun laws."
Kimmel appealed to lawmakers¡¯ humanity and urged them to admit when they were wrong.
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¡°I don¡¯t believe Ted Cruz doesn¡¯t care about children ¡ He¡¯s a father. I bet he went to bed sick to his stomach last night. It¡¯s easy to call someone a monster, but he¡¯s not a monster. He¡¯s a human being. Here¡¯s the thing I would like to say to Ted Cruz, the human being, Governor Abbott, and everyone. It¡¯s OK to make a mistake. In fact, it¡¯s not just OK. It¡¯s necessary to admit you made a mistake when your mistake is killing the children in your state.¡±
He further appealed directly to Texas pro-gun Republicans Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. Greg Abbott, and Sen. John Cornyn to consider gun control laws, citing successful examples from abroad, such as the U.K. and Australia, which enacted stricter measures after mass shootings.
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¡°Our cowardly leaders just aren¡¯t listening to us; they¡¯re listening to the NRA, they¡¯re listening to those who write them checks, who keep them in power because that¡¯s how politics work,¡± said Kimmel.
"This is the only country where this keeps happening," the host said.
"If you care about this...we need to make sure that we do everything we can, that unless they do something drastic, let's make sure that not [one of these] politicians ever holds office again," he concluded.
Watch Kimmel's full, uncensored speech here:
To my friends in Dallas who are asking: I do not know whether our @ABCNetwork affiliate @wfaa cut away from my monologue tonight intentionally or inadvertently but I will find out. In the meantime, here's what you didn't get to see https://t.co/tqfHoBHMwN
¡ª Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 26, 2022
The devastating mass shooting left at least 19 children and two adults dead and has been considered the deadliest school shooting since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012.
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