{"id":2496936,"date":"2025-10-09T11:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-jeff-bridges-hits-immigration-enforcement-officers-in-jimmy-kimmel-interview-get-ice-off-our-streets\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:18:21","slug":"actor-jeff-bridges-hits-immigration-enforcement-officers-in-jimmy-kimmel-interview-get-ice-off-our-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-jeff-bridges-hits-immigration-enforcement-officers-in-jimmy-kimmel-interview-get-ice-off-our-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Jeff Bridges Hits Immigration Enforcement Officers in Jimmy Kimmel Interview: &#8216;Get ICE Off Our Streets&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factor-jeff-bridges-hits-immigration-enforcement-officers-in-jimmy-kimmel-interview-get-ice-off-our-streets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2496936&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor Jeff Bridges appeared on &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; where he, adopting his iconic character &#8220;The Dude&#8221; from *The Big Lebowski*, urged people to &#8220;calm down&#8221; amid what he described as a troubled and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-pushes-senate-democrats-to-take-responsibility-for-potential-debt-default\/\" title=\"Joe Manchin Pushes Senate Democrats to Take Responsibility for Potential Debt Default\">aggressive time<\/a> in society.during the segment,Bridges criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with a sarcastic remark, calling to remove ICE from streets and jokingly into beverages. The show framed this as a call for reduced tension and aggression. However, the commentary highlights a contrast between Bridges&#8217; Hollywood perspective and the realities faced by ordinary Americans dealing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-kennedy-bidens-energy-agenda-going-to-gut-my-state-hurt-america-will-destroy-our-energy-independence\/\" title=\"Senator Kennedy: Biden\u2019s Energy Agenda Going To \u2018Gut\u2019 My State, \u2018Hurt America.\u2019 Will \u2018Destroy Our Energy Independence.\u2019\">issues related<\/a> to illegal immigration, such as human trafficking and drug overdoses. The piece suggests that Bridges&#8217; and similar celebrities&#8217; criticisms are disconnected from the everyday consequences of the issues ICE addresses.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Bridges joined Jimmy Kimmel in trashing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel like we are in such a troubled time,&rdquo; Kimmel said as he set the stage for another round of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >late-night virtue signaling<\/a> on ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People are getting crazier every day,&rdquo; he added, before asking his guest to  some &ldquo;wisdom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bridges obliged and slipped into the persona of &ldquo;The Dude&rdquo; from 1998&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0118715\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Big Lebowski<\/a>&rdquo; after putting on a cardigan and a pair of sunglasses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, The Dude here. 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A nine? We oughta be at zero, you know? Or zero and a half, at max,&rdquo; the 75-year-old added.<\/p>\n<p>Then, while still in character, Bridges suddenly turned political.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3o19T4ike70?si=ZFAqXRTARQJPfgmC&amp;start=601\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;ICE!&rdquo; he declared, before sneering, &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s get ICE off our streets and into our beverages.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He took a sip of the signature White Russian drink from &ldquo;Lebowski&rdquo; and smirked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This aggression will not stand, huh? Right?&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel, of course, ate it all up.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-hamm-10-years-after-don-draper\/\" title=\"Jon Hamm 10 years after Don Draper\">irony isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t lost on anyone who has been paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>Bridges urged Americans to &ldquo;calm down&rdquo; on the same show that<em> just<\/em> returned from a hiatus after Kimmel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jimmy-kimmels-ratings-collapse-took-comedian-5-shows-end-back-basement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spread a false claim<\/a> that a conservative had assassinated Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>So when Bridges calls for &ldquo;zero and a half aggression,&rdquo; it rings hollow.<\/p>\n<p>Outside his Hollywood bubble, Americans are living with the very realities ICE confronts every day.<\/p>\n<p>Those are realities like human trafficking, fentanyl overdoses, and violent murders committed by illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>These are not punchlines. They are tragedies.<\/p>\n<p>For a man who&rsquo;s made a fortune portraying rugged heroes and moral wanderers, Bridges&rsquo; jab at ICE shows he&rsquo;s detached from the world he pretends to represent.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Dude&rdquo; abides on film, but Jeff Bridges, like too many in Hollywood, mocks the people who actually bear the cost of the chaos he can afford to dismiss.<\/p>\n<p>Bridges and his Hollywood ilk live in a bubble funded by ordinary Americans who escape to the movies to escape actual problems &mdash; problems like crime.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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