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Jimmy Kimmel: Florida is 'America's North Korea'
Washington Examiner ^ | June 6, 2021 | Carly Roman

Posted on 06/07/2021 5:38:50 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Jimmy Kimmel called Florida "America's North Korea" during a recent broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC.

The comedian went after the Sunshine State, and particularly Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, for the state's recently announced "python challenge," where participants win prizes for capturing large snakes in an effort to protect the Everglades wetlands.

"In America’s North Korea, the Sunshine State, from time to time, we enjoy taking a look at what’s going on, and tonight, we are doing it again in a Gov. DeSantis edition of 'This Week in Florida,'" Kimmel said before playing a clip of DeSantis announcing the challenge, prompting the comedian to joke that "all the prizes are pythons."

DeSantis praised the python challenge as instrumental in "protecting, restoring and preserving the Everglades for future generations."

"At my direction, the state has taken unprecedented steps to increase python removal, including hosting the Python Challenge annually, and expanding access for python hunters to 134,000 acres of state parks and the Big Cypress National Preserve," he continued. "As a result of our efforts, [Florida's Fish and Wildlife Commission] had a record year for python removal in 2020, and has now removed more than 13,000 pythons since 2000. I’m proud to be here today to kick off registration for another Python Challenge, and I look forward to seeing this year’s results."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: abc; bidenvoters; florida; jimmykimmel; rondesantis
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To: bert

I used to live in Margate....................


61 posted on 06/07/2021 6:30:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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Jim bo please come to Florida....we love to show you how troll for gators.....bye


62 posted on 06/07/2021 6:31:37 AM PDT by mastertex (mastertex)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Just the opposite. Florida is a “free state.” California is a “slave state.” They are slaves to the masks and authoritarian government.


63 posted on 06/07/2021 6:33:06 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Mr. Mojo

If it keeps New Yorkers and Californians from wanting to move there, I’m all for it.

(s) nully, who in a happier time was a Floridian...


64 posted on 06/07/2021 6:33:12 AM PDT by null and void (When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
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To: Travis McGee

Maybe I should have done more homework, but I didn’t know (though I should have) that he was a Navy Lieutenant. My son is an Air Force Lieutenant. 😀👍


65 posted on 06/07/2021 6:35:27 AM PDT by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force combat pilot )
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To: lodi90

I wonder which leftist shithole his show is based out of, NY or CA?


66 posted on 06/07/2021 6:39:53 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Mr. Mojo

Kimmel is supposed to be a funnyman but all I see is a joke.


67 posted on 06/07/2021 6:43:57 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Does the Left hate liberty and prosperity so much that they compare a state trying to protect its people’s freedom and welfare with a murderous totalitarian kingdom?


68 posted on 06/07/2021 6:44:06 AM PDT by Little Ray (Corporations don't pay taxes. They collect them.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Well, let’s see....

*Starving citizens who eat grass to survive....Nope, not Florida.
*Insane dictator (or possibly his sister) who executes people by anti-aircraft gun or being torn apart by rabid dogs...Nope, not Florida.
*Electrical power so restricted that you can see just the capital from space at night...Nope, not Florida.
*Prevention of people leaving to find freedom with heavy fencing, border guards, and shoot-to-kill orders...Nope, not Florida.

Methinks Comrade Kimmel needs to get a clue.


69 posted on 06/07/2021 6:48:26 AM PDT by hoagy62 (DTCM&OTTH)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Late night comedy is the primary source of political information for Millennials. Of course, the scripted “jokes” are designed to reflect the collectivist narrative in a highly precise way. Just spew it out in a snarky, sarcastic tone that gives the listener the impression they now know more than “Dad”, and the message content can be whatever the controllers want - actual humor optional.


70 posted on 06/07/2021 6:50:21 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: mastertex

Maybe he should come to Florida.

A lot can be hid - and never found - in a swamp.


71 posted on 06/07/2021 7:08:03 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Mr. Mojo

What’s a Kimmel ?


72 posted on 06/07/2021 7:11:09 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Mr. Mojo

Kimmel is about as funny as Samantha Bee and about as much in touch with reality.


73 posted on 06/07/2021 7:20:49 AM PDT by falcon99 (qu)
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To: DesertRhino
Well, he's the same guy who was on The Man Show, but I always thought Adam Carolla was the (by far) funnier of the two.

Oddly, the most "Un-PC" thing Kimmel ever did on that show was his blackface impression of Karl Malone, which I thought was both unfunny and actually racist even back then.

Carolla was hilarious, though.

74 posted on 06/07/2021 7:24:34 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: NicoDon

“IN SPITE OF THE RISK OF HURRICANES. That people would rather deal with hurricanes than leftists pretty much tells you all you need to know..”

Of course. With hurricanes you can pray to God for mercy that the storm will miss you. Leftist government acolytes have no mercy and you are assured of death and destruction.


75 posted on 06/07/2021 7:31:46 AM PDT by Paperpusher
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To: Mr. Mojo

Jimmy “Juggies” Kimmel weighs in...


76 posted on 06/07/2021 7:33:03 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Isn’t Jimmy suppose to be sitting in the corner? Go back and sit in the corner.


77 posted on 06/07/2021 8:01:06 AM PDT by BEJ
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typical LEFTIST: PROJECTING the evils of HIS side and HIS state(s),onto Red States.


78 posted on 06/07/2021 8:11:12 AM PDT by PhineasSpear (PhineasSpear)
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To: Joe Brower

It’s ok. Maybe his comments will keep his fans and people like them away from our state.


79 posted on 06/07/2021 8:22:33 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: Pollard

His show is based out of Los Angeles.


80 posted on 06/07/2021 8:24:19 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (No masks necessary? I guess voting by mail will be eliminated for 2022 and 2024. Yippee!)
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