The assassination of Charlie Kirk continues to have reverberations around the world. People who celebrated his demise have found out that normal, everyday people find such conduct abhorrent.
Ken Blackwell, a Christian, a conservative columnist, a diplomat and a former statewide office holder in Ohio, had some insights into the Jimmy Kimmel debacle and the reactions of others.
No one banned Jimmy Kimmel from every major social media platform.
That happened to President Donald J. Trump.
No one tried to throw Jimmy Kimmel in jail for daring to speak his mind.
That happened to Trump.
And no one ever fired a bullet at Jimmy Kimmel.
That happened to Trump.
And it happened to Charlie Kirk… who paid the ultimate price for daring to stand boldly for truth and for this country.
The Left is trying desperately to equate assassination to mean tweets by Trump. By corollary they would cheer the assassination of Trump if it were to succeed.
What happened to Jimmy Kimmel?
His bosses at a corporate media empire decided he wasn’t profitable anymore. That’s it. His “edgy comedy” stopped drawing ratings, advertisers weren’t impressed, and the suits pulled the plug.
That’s not censorship.
That’s the free market at work.
But let’s not confuse that with what conservatives face every single day.
Donald Trump was systematically deplatformed… erased from the digital public square because Silicon Valley thought Americans shouldn’t hear him.
Charlie Kirk was assassinated for speaking his mind… gunned down because his faith and patriotism inspired millions.
Regular conservatives across this country have lost jobs, been “canceled,” silenced, and targeted for nothing more than refusing to bow to the mob.
Jimmy Kimmel has not had that happen to him. Kimmel is still free to broadcast his swill on social media. It should be noted that Kimmel was prepared to follow up his ghoulish commentary with another monologue attacking everyday Americans. That is why he was let go. This was not the government stepping in and removing Kimmel.
Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.
But here’s the truth: the consequences should come from the people, not from a ruling elite that rigs the system. If you bomb on TV, the audience tunes out. If you’re unfunny, the market moves on.
That’s what happened to Jimmy Kimmel. His ratings tanked. His bosses looked at the numbers and saw the writing on the wall.
The advertiser-coveted 18–49 demographic—the one that keeps shows alive—collapsed. Kimmel averaged only 129,000 viewers in that bracket this August. That’s down from 212,000 in January and less than half of his June peak of 284,000.
That’s a nosedive.
Advertisers bailed.
Audiences tuned out.
And ABC saw him for what he was: unprofitable.
But when you are silenced, banned, jailed, or shot for your political beliefs—that’s not “consequences.”
That’s tyranny.
That’s persecution.
That’s an attack on the very fabric of America.
The left wants to blur the line. They want you to think losing a TV contract is the same as being stripped of your voice, your freedom, or your life.
Don’t fall for it.
The Democrats want to equate freedom lovers with extremism. They want to brainwash people into believing that anyone who does not agree with them is a potential terrorist who needs to be removed from society. The Democrats want to cow the public into silence. They want the public to be afraid to speak out against their policies and ideas. Why? Because they know they cannot win a debate. That was Charlie Kirk’s strength, exposing the lack of substance behind Democratic ideas.
Kimmel’s problem is ratings.
Trump’s problem is a corrupt system that will do anything to stop him.
Charlie’s problem was that he was so effective, so fearless, so inspiring, that evil targeted him with deadly violence.
Kimmel’s story is the story of a washed-up entertainer who couldn’t cut it.
Trump’s story is the story of a man hounded, prosecuted, and even shot at for daring to fight for you.
Charlie’s story is the story of a Christian warrior taken from us because he refused to be silent.
We are at a crossroads. One side cheers when conservatives are silenced.
The other side—the side of freedom—believes that even when we disagree, the answer is more speech, not less.
That’s the America we’re fighting for.
So no, Jimmy Kimmel isn’t a victim.
He’s a failed late-night host whose corporate handlers tossed him aside.
The real victims are the conservatives who are banned, prosecuted, silenced, and even killed because they dared to speak truth.
We will not be silenced.
We will not back down. And we will not let the media gaslight us into thinking Kimmel’s firing is anywhere near the persecution faced by Trump, Charlie, and millions of patriots across this country.
We are all Trump.
We are all Charlie.
And together, we are the movement they cannot cancel.
