Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel made a bold plea to voters ahead of the 2024 election. On Monday, he urged viewers to “move on already” from Donald Trump.
He compared Trump to a “cancerous polyp” on the nation’s health and urged people to vote to “remove it.” Kimmel’s goal? A future without Trump dominating the news.
He asked his viewers to imagine a normal day without Trump. “Forget about what side you’re on,” Kimmel said. “Just imagine waking up, checking the news, and no one says the words ‘Donald’ or ‘Trump.’” Kimmel pictured a simple morning: no political fights, no red hats, no family arguments. “You check the sports, Al Roker does the weather, off to work you go,” he joked.
Kimmel also spoke about the tension and nerves surrounding the election. He said waiting for the results was like “waiting to get the results of a biopsy.” Kimmel pointed to the close race in the polls and said it shows “nobody knows anything!” He admitted he doesn’t know the outcome, but he sees Vice President Kamala Harris gaining support. He pointed out big names like Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Dick Cheney endorsing her, joking that it’s a “rebel alliance.”
Kimmel also shared moments from Trump’s recent rallies. He highlighted Trump’s comments about using guns against his political enemy Liz Cheney, talking about not leaving office after the 2020 loss, and criticizing polls he disagreed with.
Kimmel noted how shocking statements like these don’t even make big headlines anymore.
One surprising topic Kimmel discussed was a recent audio tape involving Jeffrey Epstein and journalist Michael Wolff. In the recording, Epstein called Trump his “closest friend for 10 years” and shared details about Trump’s behavior.
Epstein claimed Trump liked to pursue the wives of his friends. Kimmel was shocked this didn’t make bigger news. “We just got a hundred hours of Jeffrey Epstein saying he and Trump were BFFs. I didn’t even get an alert about it on my phone,” he said.
Kimmel ended with a criticism of election polls. He mocked how they make people worry even though they’re often wrong. “There are only two choices. You have a 50 percent chance of being right,” he joked.
He pointed out that after the election, pollsters who guessed right will brag, while those who got it wrong will disappear quietly. “We don’t know anything. But we let these polls decide whether we feel like throwing up or not,” he said.
Kimmel’s message was clear: he wants to see an America that feels calm and normal again, without Trump in the spotlight. Most of all, he reminded viewers of the power of their vote.
