According to Mediaite, Kimmel opened his Monday night remarks by seizing on the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis during protests against the administration’s 30-day enforcement surge in Minnesota. Good’s death, which has triggered additional demonstrations nationwide, quickly became a vehicle for Kimmel’s broader critique of the administration and its supporters.
Kimmel praised the anti-ICE protests that followed, framing them as a patriotic stand against government overreach. “Thousands and thousands of patriotic Americans took to the streets over the weekend in various cities, Washington, Salt Lake City, to peacefully protest and exercise their First Amendment rights,” Kimmel said, pointedly adding: “While we still have First Amendment rights.”
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After airing footage of the demonstrations, Kimmel turned his fire on Homeland Security leadership and the administration’s rhetoric about domestic unrest. “The head of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, she doubled down again, she said Renee Good was a domestic terrorist. This is what they want us to believe. They need to paint anyone who protests as violent and dangerous, even a mom in a Honda. They need Antifa to be real so they could call in the military and cancel elections and declare martial law.”
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From there, Kimmel shifted to foreign policy, derisively rebranding President Trump as the “Lie-yatollah,” a jab at both the President and Iran’s Ayatollah. “Ironically, while the White House is trying to squash the protests here, the Lie-yatollah is said to be mulling over a military strike on Iran to support the protesters there from atop his golden toilet,” the host began, mocking the administration’s stated support for Iranian demonstrators.
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Reading aloud the President’s warnings and threats to intervene in Iran on behalf of protesters facing a brutal regime, Kimmel proposed a sarcastic solution. “I have an idea. Send all those guys from ICE out of Minneapolis to Iran. They could help.”
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Kimmel wrapped up by airing a derisive montage of ICE officers slipping on icy Minneapolis streets, a segment he titled “ICE Ice Capades.” While the bit played for laughs, it underscored a familiar pattern in late-night television: federal law enforcement, border security, and the President himself cast as punchlines, even as many Americans view those same institutions as essential to public safety, national sovereignty, and the rule of law.
