'They want to die, and they’re taking us down with them,' Kimmel said, 'It’s like if the Titanic was headed towards the iceberg, and half of the passengers were like, ‘Can you please speed this thing up?’”
said on Monday night of the growing social discord in the country. “Especially the people who aren’t too bright.”host, during which he savagely mocked the protesters as well as President Trump for putting wind behind their sails.
“I get that people need to go back to work. I do. But the point of stay-at-home is to get a lid on this so weget back to work, and then stay at work,” Kimmel said, before comparing the protesters—many of whom have carried signs in support of Trump—to a death cult. “I’m starting to think that these characters who support Trump might be suicidal. They seem to be fighting hardest for the things that will kill them. They want the freedom to gather in large groups during an epidemic. They want guns.
During his marathon coronavirus press briefings in recent days, Trump has claimed the protesters have engaged in social distancing measures . “These are people expressing their views. I see where they are and I see the way they’re working. They seem to be very responsible people to me,” Trump said over the weekend.
Joked Kimmel in response, “Yes. They are very responsible. They’re very responsible for spreading a deadly virus.” The conservative protests of coronavirus safety restrictions were a popular talking point on Monday’s late-night broadcasts. Over at
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