{"id":26249,"date":"2025-09-26T01:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T01:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=26249"},"modified":"2025-09-26T01:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T01:12:05","slug":"karoline-leavitt-shreds-obama-after-his-comments-about-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=26249","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt Shreds Obama After His Comments About Kimmel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"510\">Former President Barack Obama criticized the suspension of <em data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"210\">Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em>, calling it an example of government pressure on the media. In a post on X, Obama argued that the administration has taken cancel culture \u201cto a new and dangerous level\u201d by coercing media companies to silence voices it dislikes, warning that such actions run counter to First Amendment protections.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"844\">White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back during an appearance on Fox News\u2019 <em data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"624\">Saturday in America<\/em> with Kayleigh McEnany. \u201cWith all due respect to former President Obama, he has no idea what he\u2019s talking about,\u201d Leavitt said, stressing that the decision to pull the show came from ABC executives\u2014not the White House.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"1212\">Leavitt added that she personally informed President Trump of the suspension while they were in the United Kingdom, emphasizing that Trump \u201chad no idea this was happening.\u201d She said ABC acted because Kimmel \u201cknowingly lied to his audience\u201d about the death of Charlie Kirk, arguing that the network viewed it as a breach of trust during a time of national mourning.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1559\">Disney, ABC\u2019s parent company, confirmed the show\u2019s indefinite suspension. 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