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The Trump administration is renewing its censorship of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Trump is calling for Kimmel's firing, and first lady Melania Trump took to X to demand ABC “take a stand” following Kimmel's roast of the president on his show, after news broke that no comedian would perform at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.¹

It was on his show that aired on Thursday, days before the dinner, that Kimmel made a joke that the first lady had "a glow like an expectant widow"—a comment on Trump’s health that rings different now, given the alleged gunman at the event Sunday night.²

Regardless of how you feel about Kimmel's comedy, this is clearly an extension of the Trump administration’s attempts to discredit, censor, and outright cancel the platforms of notable critics like Kimmel, Jon Stewart, Joy Reid, Mehdi Hasan, and others. Meanwhile, far-right MAGA influencers akin to Alex Jones, spewing extreme conspiracy theories and violent rhetoric on YouTube, are legitimized by the administration.³

MAGA is determined to abuse the power of the government to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them, even in cases that are clearly political satire. This is censorship, plain and simple. Will you sign the petition?

This is an attempt by the White House to exploit for their own political gain a terrifying incident that should be treated with serious concern—a blatant excuse to revive their campaign of censorship. Let's be clear: Trump built his presidency on political violence, inflammatory rhetoric, and divisiveness. He doesn't want to turn the political temperature down—he wants to control it. And this is yet another attempt to silence and intimidate people who speak out against him.

ABC and Disney must commit to standing up against government censorship. Neither critics, comedians, nor corporations should be scared into submission by MAGA.

Will you join more than 230,000 MoveOn members and sign the petition to let ABC know that the public expects them to stand up against the Trump administration and government censorship?

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Shortly after Sunday’s evacuation, Trump supporters took to social media claiming that the incident was why construction of Trump's extravagant ballroom should move forward—claims echoed by Trump officials demanding the lawsuit against the ballroom project be dropped in the wake of the assassination attempt.⁴

The administration is abusing its power and platform to capitalize on the fear of political violence—to build Trump’s ballroom, to silence his critics, and to control the media narrative.

The threat of political violence is real. And it has worsened under the Trump administration. One of Trump’s first acts in his second term was to pardon the violent January 6 insurrectionists—many of whom have gone on to be rearrested, charged, or sentenced for new criminal offenses.^5,6 Threats and harassment against judges and legislators are on the rise.⁷

But last year, when Minnesota Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were assassinated, Trump didn’t use his position to lower the political temperature. Instead, he spread misinformation and conspiracy theories that have been debunked.⁸

If Trump and the first lady want to seriously confront political violence and divisiveness, they have to first admit the call is coming from inside the White House. But we're going to keep calling out government-sanctioned censorship for what it is.

We successfully pushed back against attacks against Kimmel last fall, and we’re ready to do it again. Add your name NOW to demonstrate the public's broad opposition to the Trump administration’s attacks on free speech.

Thanks for all you do.

–MoveOn