{"id":34543,"date":"2017-05-02T21:18:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T04:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=34543"},"modified":"2017-05-03T10:00:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T17:00:40","slug":"right-wingers-display-their-perverse-family-values-by-attacking-jimmy-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=34543","title":{"rendered":"Right-Wingers Display Their Perverse Family Values By Attacking Jimmy Kimmel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday night Jimmy Kimmel devoted a portion of his monologue to explaining why he was not on the air last week. Shortly after the birth of his son it was discovered that the child had a serious heart defect that required emergency surgery. A clearly emotional Kimmel told the story (video below) of how the problem was discovered and fixed. Thankfully, the child is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Misc\/kimmel.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34544\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/1719098844771570\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, it seems that nothing will fix the heart defects in conservatives who wasted no time in attacking Kimmel. Their outrage was incited by Kimmel&#8217;s audacity to advocate for all Americans to have access to the life-saving healthcare that his family had. What follows are some examples of what Republicans consider family values:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shut up, Jimmy Kimmel, you elitist creep <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TrpZSHX1d2\">https:\/\/t.co\/TrpZSHX1d2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Washington Times (@WashTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WashTimes\/status\/859491117930340354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sorry Jimmy Kimmel: your sad story doesn&#39;t obligate me or anybody else to pay for somebody else&#39;s health care.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalshFreedom\/status\/859462346275782656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkDice\/status\/859524785197301760<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Process2Succeed\/status\/859376982139834368<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Don&#39;t use Jimmy Kimmel&#39;s viral newborn story to defend Obamacare&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NbG0SK1uYb\">https:\/\/t.co\/NbG0SK1uYb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4TP5qaXJ4\">pic.twitter.com\/d4TP5qaXJ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/859783699851862016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition to these sick wingnuts, Media Matters found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/02\/jimmy-kimmel-attacked-after-saying-everyone-should-have-access-healthcare-his-newborn-son-did\/216251\" target=\"_blank\">several other<\/a><\/strong> repulsive characters who believe that only kids whose parents have money should be allowed to live. It&#8217;s an ideology that is right in line with a party that opposes food and shelter for underprivileged children as well. It&#8217;s aligned with the policies of GOP representatives like Robert Pittenger (R-NC). He thinks that families with sick kids can <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/dc\/house-goper-move-to-another-state-if-you-have-a-pre-existing-condition\" target=\"_blank\">just move<\/a><\/strong> to states with more compassionate healthcare. That, of course would mean selling their home, leaving family and friends, and hoping they could find a new job. His colleague Mo Brooks of Alabama is no better. He offered a ludicrous <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2017\/05\/republican-sick-people-dont-deserve-affordable-care.html\" target=\"_blank\">defense of TrumpCare<\/a><\/strong> by saying that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;It will allow insurance companies to require people who have higher health care costs to contribute more to the insurance pool that helps offset all these costs, thereby reducing the cost to those people who lead good lives.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Huh? So in Brooks&#8217; view, Kimmel&#8217;s infant son was not living a good life. That evil urchin. Serves him right. And what does Kimmel&#8217;s sad story have to with healthcare anyway? That, at least, is the position of Fox News who managed to do a segment on the monologue without ever mentioning ObamaCare or Kimmel&#8217;s plea to support it. Maybe Fox should ask President Obama about that:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well said, Jimmy. That&#39;s exactly why we fought so hard for the ACA, and why we need to protect it for kids like Billy. And congratulations! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/77F8rZrD3P\">https:\/\/t.co\/77F8rZrD3P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/859457313232605184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MmWWoMcGmo0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday night Jimmy Kimmel devoted a portion of his monologue to explaining why he was not on the air last week. Shortly after the birth of his son it was discovered that the child had a serious heart defect that required emergency surgery. A clearly emotional Kimmel told the story (video below) of how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,361,16],"tags":[1219,1066,301],"class_list":["post-34543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-healthcare","category-wankery","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-obamacare","tag-republicans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/kimmel.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-8Z9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35721,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35721","url_meta":{"origin":34543,"position":0},"title":"Jimmy Kimmel Pounds Fox News Host as a &#8216;Phony Little Creep&#8217; for Lying About GOP Healthcare Bill","author":"Mark NC","date":"9\/21\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The feud between talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel and Sen. 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