{"id":2596643,"date":"2026-04-29T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-bro-cnn-mainstay-david-axelrod-calls-on-jimmy-kimmel-to-apologize-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:42:10","slug":"obama-bro-cnn-mainstay-david-axelrod-calls-on-jimmy-kimmel-to-apologize-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-bro-cnn-mainstay-david-axelrod-calls-on-jimmy-kimmel-to-apologize-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Bro, CNN Mainstay David Axelrod Calls on Jimmy Kimmel to Apologize to Trump"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fobama-bro-cnn-mainstay-david-axelrod-calls-on-jimmy-kimmel-to-apologize-to-trump%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=2596643&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>Jimmy Kimmel is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-14-republicans-who-voted-to-advance-democrats-gun-control-wish-list-just-betrayed-their-base\/\" title=\"The 14 Republicans Who Voted To Advance Democrats\u2019 Gun Control Wish List Just Betrayed Their Base\">facing significant backlash<\/a> for a joke he made about Melania Trump, in wich he compared her to an \u201cexpectant widow.\u201d The article says the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >comment drew renewed attention<\/a> after the real White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner weekend was marked by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arrest-made-in-halloween-weekends-fatal-shooting-of-2-in-tampa-18-more-injured\/\" title=\"Arrest ... in Tampa&#039;s Halloween shooting that killed 2 and injured 18.\">violent incident involving<\/a> a gunman. It also reports that Melania publicly rebuked Kimmel on social media, arguing his remarks were not comedy and were harmful. even though Kimmel offered an description that many critics still didn\u2019t accept, the piece adds that even former Obama speechwriter David Axelrod criticized the joke as tasteless and suggested Kimmel should apologize, though it\u2019s unclear whether he will.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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>As a leftist comedian, you know you\u2019ve probably stepped in it when even former President Barack Obama\u2019s cabal is questioning you.<\/p>\n<p>But will it matter for progressive late night television host Jimmy Kimmel?<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel found himself in a bit of hot water after he cracked a somewhat tasteless joke at the expense of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kimmel-faces-backlash-joke-calling-melania-expectant-widow-2-days-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kimmel<\/a> took to the airwaves to offer his two cents on the forthcoming White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner by staging his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-hope-echoes-of-obama-at-harris-rally-mean-history-could-repeat-in-2024-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrats hope echoes of Obama at Harris rally mean history could repeat in 2024- Washington Examiner\">mock dinner<\/a> for a bit:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jimmy Kimmel delivered a fake White House Correspondents Dinner speech, saying \u201cMrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o4a59eYnZl\">pic.twitter.com\/o4a59eYnZl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libbyemmons\/status\/2048452196417655243?\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur First Lady Melania is here\u2026 so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow,\u201d Kimmel said.<\/p>\n<p>That \u201cjoke\u201d picked up much more traction online after the weekend\u2019s actual White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, which saw a crazed gunman charge the room where the event was taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel\u2019s crass quip triggered a rare public rebuke from Melania.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kimmel\u2019s hateful and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-slams-violent-rhetoric-on-the-right-then-argues-president-trump-deserved-to-have-been-drone-bombed\/\" title=\"MSNBC SLAMS Violent Rhetoric on the Right \u2013 Then Argues President ... Deserved to Have Been Drone Bombed\">violent rhetoric<\/a> is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn\u2019t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.<\/p>\n<p>People like Kimmel shouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 First Lady Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS\/status\/2048769128513585618?\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cKimmel\u2019s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country,\u201d the first lady posted. \u201cHis monologue about my family isn\u2019t comedy \u2014 his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople like Kimmel shouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Kimmel has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jimmy-kimmel-doubles-amid-backlash-melania-joke-people-arent-buying-explanation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proffered<\/a> an explanation \u2014 most of his critics aren\u2019t buying it \u2014 he has still stopped woefully short of actually apologizing.<\/p>\n<p>Enter former Obama speechwriter and CNN talking head David Axelrod.<\/p>\n<p>While he couldn\u2019t quite offer a full-throated critique of Kimmel\u2019s remarks, Axelrod still told the anti-Trump television host that he was in the wrong this time:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmykimmel?\">@jimmykimmel<\/a>. He\u2019s funny &#038; courageous at a time when there has been too much cowardice.<br \/> That said, this WAS a tasteless joke.<br \/> The WH will use any issue to demand he be fired because his satire touches a nerve, and ABC is right to resist.<br \/> But he\u2019d be right to apologize. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qfAN6ySaQh\">https:\/\/t.co\/qfAN6ySaQh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/2048847387356258599?\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s funny &#038; courageous at a time when there has been too much cowardice,\u201d Axelrod said of Kimmel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat said, this WAS a tasteless joke,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WH will use any issue to demand he be fired because his satire touches a nerve, and ABC is right to resist,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cBut he\u2019d be right to apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear what\u2019s \u201cfunny &#038; courageous\u201d about someone who\u2019d \u201cbe right to apologize,\u201d but Axelrod\u2019s remarks showed that even he\u2019s worried about Kimmel\u2019s schtick taking his Trump feud too far.<\/p>\n<p>But will Kimmel listen? 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