‘The Suppression of Democratic Party Speech Is Coming’: Former Bush Aide Reacts to Jimmy Kimmel Suspension

David Frum, a former speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, warned on Wednesday that a “suppression of Democratic Party speech is coming” after late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air.

“We don’t have to speculate about what comes next because President Trump, in his televised speech after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and his aide Stephen Miller have already told us what is coming next,” said Frum during an appearance on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront, adding:

What is coming next is a crackdown on Democratic Party fundraising. President Trump said we are going to go after those who raise funds for causes we don’t like. Stephen Miller said that even more emphatically. In April of this past year, Donald Trump, at his personal command, ordered his Department of Justice – an astonishing thing for a president to do – to investigate the Democratic Party’s small dollar donation platform, ActBlue. The attack on Democratic Party fundraising is coming next. The suppression of Democratic Party speech is coming next.

Look, Donald Trump has maliciously attacked the standards of living of ordinary Americans with his tariffs. He’s enormously corrupt. He’s taking billions of dollars in meme coins and other kinds of crypto coins. He cannot afford a free and fair election in 2026, and what he thinks about every moment of the day is, “How do I head off a free and fair election in 2026?” And what is happening now is part of a hastily developed strategy to seize this opportunity created by this terrible tragedy afflicting a family, afflicting many people who admired him, to make political competition in the United States unfree and unfair.

ABC announced on Wednesday that it had suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! over a controversial monologue Kimmel delivered about the assassination of Kirk, a conservative activist.

“Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED,” celebrated President Donald Trump following the news. “Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!!”

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