Comer: Kimmel ‘has a right’ to make jokes that anger Trump

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday defended comedian Jimmy Kimmel, who is facing calls for his firing over jokes he made last week about President Trump and first lady Melania Trump.

“I don’t want to cancel comedy. I believe in freedom of speech. I think that was, you know, a lot of Kimmel’s jokes are tasteless and probably borderline inappropriate,” Comer said in an interview with NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network. “But the end of the day, he has a right to do that.”

“And the viewers, if they don’t like it, they can turn the channel,” he added. “So, I would hope that if my friend [Federal Communications Commission Chair] Brendan Carr is looking at something on ABC, it has more to do than with a tasteless joke, so hopefully we can move on.”

The Kentucky Republican called himself “a big fan of comedy,” and noted “I love Dave Chappelle.”

“All the comedians, and I know a lot of them feel like many people, usually from the left, have........

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