Nervous lefties launch LA billboard campaign defending Jimmy Kimmel after ‘hateful’ Trump joke
Left-leaning advocacy group MoveOn is launching a billboard campaign in Los Angeles to defend Jimmy Kimmel after President Trump called for his firing over a joke about First Lady Melania Trump. The campaign urges Disney and ABC to protect free speech and resist government censorship amid an FCC investigation into ABC's broadcast licenses. MoveOn has also projected anti-censorship messages on the FCC headquarters, framing the situation as a First Amendment issue.
- ▪President Trump demanded that ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel after Kimmel referred to First Lady Melania Trump as an 'expectant widow.'
- ▪The FCC opened an investigation into ABC’s TV licenses following Kimmel’s joke.
- ▪MoveOn is deploying mobile billboards near Disney and ABC offices in Los Angeles to defend Kimmel and advocate for free speech.
- ▪The billboards urge new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro to 'protect free speech' and 'stand firm against FCC Censorship.'
- ▪MoveOn projected anti-censorship messages on the FCC headquarters in Washington, D.C., calling the investigation a political stunt.
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Metro Nervous lefties launch LA billboard campaign defending Jimmy Kimmel after ‘hateful’ Trump joke By Katie Jerkovich Published May 2, 2026, 6:28 p.m. ET Rattled supporters of Jimmy Kimmel are planning to roll out billboards near his network’s corporate headquarters after President Trump demanded that ABC ax the late-night host over his “hateful” joke aimed at the president and first lady. Lefty advocacy group MoveOn is targeting Disney and ABC offices in the Los Angeles area with the mobile billboards, urging new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro to “protect free speech” and “stand firm against FCC Censorship.” MoveOn said the billboards will “circulate around Disney Headquarters, Disney-ABC Television Group, ABC 7, and Disney’s corporate office in Burbank, CA,” WDWNT reported.
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