Daniel Baldwin accuses Jimmy Kimmel of fueling hatred toward Trump

4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 5

On his 3 May show, Baldwin linked Kimmel's monologues to last month's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooting targeting President Donald Trump and administration members.
He said Hollywood figures' rhetoric can inspire violence, while stopping short of alleging direct wrongdoing by Kimmel, whose recent Melania Trump joke drew calls from the president and first lady for his firing.
Baldwin contrasted today's climate with Hollywood's response after Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. Kimmel has said his remarks were not calls for assassination, and ABC did not immediately comment.

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