Jimmy Kimmel says joke was not call for assassination as Trumps call for his ouster after shooting

Hours after the president and first lady called for Jimmy Kimmel’s ouster, the late-night host defended the joke that sparked their ire in the wake of an assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Days before an armed man charged a security checkpoint at Saturday’s dinner, Kimmel aired a skit mocking the annual dinner and addressing the first lady, saying, ‘You have a glow like an expectant widow,’ and adding sarcastically, ‘and the look of joy we see on her face every time they’re together.’

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