When it comes to Republican battles with Hunter Biden, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel knows which side he’s on. As Hunter showed up at his contempt vote at the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, Kimmel claimed that the stunt showed that it was Republicans who “were the ones on crack.”
Kimmel began by feeling the need to provide some background information, "The backstory is a MAGA-happy gang of Republicans, they made it their mission to paint Hunter Biden -- you're familiar with the crackhead Hunter Biden—okay, as some kind of criminal mastermind who's charged with bringing money into the family. So they served him with a subpoena, they ordered him to testify, as part of this manufactured impeachment query they're doing and Hunter said, ‘All right, I'll testify, but only if I can do it in public.'"
Of course, closed door testimony is how Democrats began their 2019 impeachment of Donald Trump, but Kimmel thinks a different set of rules should apply now, "He wanted to do it on TV, presumably so we can see what a joke this is and they said, no, no, we have to do it in secret so we can spin it however we like afterwards and Hunter says no deal either we do it in public or we don't do it at all. So, this morning, the Oversight Committee meets, with cameras rolling, for a hearing on whether to hold Hunter in contempt for not showing up. And guess who shows up? Hunter Biden."
Preparing to play some video clips from the proceedings, Kimmel declared "It was incredible. It was like when the polar bear showed up on Lost. It was like C-SPAN meets The Maury Povich Show. They didn't know what to do. They were planning to do a big grandstanding routine where they give the little speeches they hope will get on Fox News, but instead they ended up looking like they were the ones on crack."
After playing a clip of Rep. Nancy Mace telling Hunter that he is "the epitome of white privilege" and has "no balls," Kimmel returned and missing the irony of it all retorted, "That was Nancy Mace of South Carolina calling Hunter Biden out for white privilege. Have you met your own party? Have you met your own face by the way? Nancy Mace completely lost it. She demanded that he be arrested and locked up. Nothing satisfies these people. They're constantly asking, 'Where's Hunter?' And then he shows up, and they're mad."
If Kimmel alleges that Republicans were only trying to get on Fox then Hunter was only trying to get on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Kimmel was happily to oblige.
Here is a transcript from the January 10 show:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1/10/2024
11:37 PM ET
JIMMY KIMMEL: The backstory is a MAGA-happy gang of Republicans, they made it their mission to paint Hunter Biden -- you're familiar with the crackhead Hunter Biden—okay, as some kind of criminal mastermind who's charged with bringing money into the family. So they served him with a subpoena, they ordered him to testify, as part of this manufactured impeachment query they're doing and Hunter said, "All right, I'll testify, but only if I can do it in public."
He wanted to do it on TV, presumably so we can see what a joke this is and they said, no, no, we have to do it in secret so we can spin it however we like afterwards and Hunter says no deal either we do it in public or we don't do it at all. So, this morning, the Oversight Committee meets, with cameras rolling, for a hearing on whether to hold Hunter in contempt for not showing up. And guess who shows up? Hunter Biden.
It was incredible. It was like when the polar bear showed up on Lost. It was like C-SPAN meets The Maury Povich Show. They didn't know what to do. They were planning to do a big grandstanding routine where they give the little speeches they hope will get on Fox News, but instead they ended up looking like they were the ones on crack.
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KIMMEL: That was Nancy Mace of South Carolina calling Hunter Biden out for white privilege. Have you met your own party? Have you met your own face by the way? Nancy Mace completely lost it. She demanded that he be arrested and locked up. Nothing satisfies these people. They're constantly asking, "Where's Hunter?" And then he shows up, and they're mad.
