Former President Bill Clinton appeared to reference Jimmy Kimmel’s brief suspension while giving remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative on Wednesday.
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FormerPresidentBillClintonwarnedthathefearstheUnitedStatesislosingitsfreedomofspeechafterwhatappearedtobeareferencetolate-nighthostJimmyKimmel’sbriefsuspensiononWednesday.
ClintongaveremarksattheClintonGlobalInitiativeannualmeetinginhonorofits20thanniversary,wherehecriticizedseveralTrumpadministrationpolicies,includingcutstoforeignaidandrestrictionsonimmigrationasylumclaims.
ThoughhedidnotmentionTrumporKimmelbyname,Clintonreferenced“theweightofgovernment”beingusedtorestrictformsofexpression,includingcomedy.
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“I’mworriedthatwe’reatriskoflosingourfreedomofspeech,andthattheweightofthegovernmentisbeingusedtorestrictexpressionfromjournalismtocomedy,”Clintonsaid.
“JimmyKimmelLive!”waspulledofftheairlastweekafterKimmel’scommentsaboutthealleg
