MAGA poured scorn on the guest host of Live! over his jokes about the late Republican Senator .
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Kimmels Graham Jokes Ignite MAGA Outrage
MAGA Twitter poured scorn on the guest host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! over his jokes about the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.Graham died suddenly Saturday ...
Graham died suddenly Saturday at the age of 71, and his sister Darline Graham Nordone has been
The news became fodder for comedian Ike Barinholtz, who is one of the rotating stable of performers filling in for Kimmel during his summer vacation.
'But the big political story today is that we officially have a replacement for Lindsey Graham in the Senate,' said Barinholtz: 'and it's Lindsey Graham's sister, which is very confusing because I always thought Lindsey Graham was Lindsey Graham's sister.'
Noting that Nordone had just been sworn in, Barinholtz, 49, cracked that she 'said she'll work very hard over the next several months to support the president, and she pledges to suck his t**s even harder than her brother did.'
His quips were greeted with howls of condemnation on X, where one user fumed: 'Disgusting. Good grief,' and another snapped: 'Pure trash nothing remotely funny.'
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The Daily Mail has contacted Graham's office for comment.
MAGA Twitter poured scorn on the guest host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! over his jokes about the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham; Kimmel pictured December 2025
Graham, pictured last month, died suddenly Saturday at the age of 71, and his sister Darline Graham Nordone has been appointed to serve out the remainder of his Senate term
During his monologue, Barinholtz joked that he approved so strongly of the idea of Graham's sister replacing him that he was 'going to use it myself.'
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He proclaimed that 'in the event I am unable to fill my duties here at the Jimmy Kimmel show, the remainder of my term as guest host will be served out by my sister, Ikina Barinholtz. She's here with us tonight. Say hi.'
's killer may have been part of the 'MAGA gang,' prompting the FCC chairman to publicly threaten a probe into the show.
The early murder investigation indicated that the accused gunman Tyler Robinson held leftist views and allegedly texted his live-in lover Lance Twiggs, aka Luna, that he shot the conservative influencer because he 'had enough of his hatred.'
Kimmel's suspension was met with an explosive outcry from Hollywood, and ABC
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Robinson, 23, is now standing trial for Kirk's murder in Utah, where if convicted he could .
Kimmel announced his summer holiday late last month, joking on the air that he would be '.'
To laughter from the live audience, he added: 'I asked one of our commander-in-chief’s all-time favorites, Rosie O’Donnell, to be here to keep the hits coming.'
Among the other celebrity guest-hosts he assembled were Jelly Roll - who is in the midst of a publicity whirlwind over his divorce from Bunnie XO - as well as Colman Domingo, Anthony Anderson and .