Karoline Leavitt responded to Barack Obama’s criticisms about Jimmy Kimmel’s show cancellation on Saturday, saying ABC executives made the decision independently.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joined Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany on her new show « Saturday in America », where she discussed former President Barack Obama’s comments about « Jimmy Kimmel Live » being indefinitely suspended.
« With all due respect to former President Obama, he has no idea what he’s talking about », Leavitt asserted. « The decision to fire Jimmy Kimmel and to cancel his show came from executives at ABC. »
« After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like », Obama posted to X on Thursday.
« This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it », he added.
