Jimmy Kimmel said he was left feeling “shocked and sick” over the weekend’s news out of Minneapolis, where federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti while he was filming them.
“Just one atrocity after another being committed by this gang of poorly trained, shamefully led, mask-wearing goons,” Kimmel said. “And that is what they are: They’re goons committing vile, heartless and even criminal acts, and it’s sickening to watch.”
Kimmel said the footage “clearly” shows that Pretti was “executed by ICE” then had a damning question for President Donald Trump’s supporters.
“Is that the law and order that you voted for if you voted for this?” he asked.
He said he has family in Minneapolis afraid to go to work and take their kids to school.
“How does this end? What’s the plan here? Is the plan to just keep doing this in every city that didn’t vote for Donald Trump?” he asked. “Does anyone on any side believe this is good leadership?”
He also called out the right for hypocrisy, as many conservative figures defended the federal agents who shot Pretti.
“If that was a group of trans swimmers shooting a guy for making a cellphone video, you’d be heating up the electric chairs right now,” he said. “Admit it. You would. Let’s cut the bullshit already.”
Kimmel choked up at least twice as he talked about Pretti, including at the end of the monologue as he showed a video of the man at work, honoring a patient who had just died.
See the full monologue below:
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