The late night host announced that his interview with the Texas Senate candidate will only air on YouTube

Jimmy Kimmel says that his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will not air on TV after President Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) threatened Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC, their affiliates, and local stations.

During his Wednesday monologue, Kimmel said that while Talarico would stop by the show for an interview on Thursday, viewers at home won’t be able to watch it on broadcast television. Instead, the interview with the Democratic nominee has been relegated to YouTube.

“Tomorrow night, I’ll be interviewing James Talarico — tomorrow night, under unusual circumstances,” Kimmel began. “You know, for a lot of years, for the whole 20-plus years of our show, in fact, I’ve been interviewing Americans who are running for office with no problem at all, just like Letterman did, Leno did, Arsenio, et cetera, et cetera. I’ve interviewed a lot of political candidates from Hillary Clinton to Ted Cruz to Donald Trump himself.”

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      Being anti trans is being a fascist, having a democratic cover does not wash away his views on who he is ok with dying. Same as a Zionist supporting democrat.

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        As far as I saw he just recently said he doesn’t support trans people in women’s sports. This is not the same as the conservative population that generally think trans people don’t have a right to exist, use bathrooms, etc. Was there anything else he has said that is anti trans? I’m looking and I am not seeing.

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          Nobody who is concerned about trans people in women’s sports gives a fuck about women’s sports. The issue is basically a dog whistle for more general anti trans beliefs.

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            That’s why it’s being pushed as hard as it is, but there’s a reason it’s women’s sports and not, say, being around kids or any other conservative hysteria. In the absence of competing information, it’s easy for a reasonable person to see the argument/dogwhistle and think “yeah sure they have a point there,” and frankly the left’s generally poor communication on this topic doesn’t help. For clarity, by that last bit I mean “even considering the argument is automatically considered transphobia and gets condemnation rather than a rebuttal, which leaves the debate with only one side arguing their case.” Questioning the intentions of anyone who brings it up is also counterproductive; people can have opinions on things they don’t strongly care about.

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        Being anti trans is being a fascist

        I mean, no? Fascism by its nature resists definition, but no serious attempt at the task I’ve seen is that broad.

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      Totally understand the point you are trying to make, but help me understand why it makes sense for someone left of the DNC to compromise their political beliefs to fight fascism but not for the DNC to do the same? Doesn’t that logic apply equally?

      Also the greater good logic is why we are where we are. Why does more of the same = change?

      Edit: for clarification…why isn’t the focus on the right leaning DNCers that would defect to MAGA if the DNC shifted left?