For some unknown reason, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel welcomed former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to his Wednesday show to discuss the political world’s recent developments, including on health care. True to form, Kimmel could not resist calling GOP efforts “inhumane” despite not actually describing what those efforts entail. Additionally, during his earlier monologue, Kimmel lamented that Paramount is trying to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, which includes CNN, and led him to claim all “we’ll have left” after such a purchase would be “Rachel Maddow and Reading Rainbow.”
In the Buttigieg interview, Kimmel lamented that the Biden-era Obamacare subsidies are set to expire and attacked Republicans, “I mean, besides it being hurtful and damaging and inhumane and all of those things, isn't it just dumb? I mean, aren't people going to be very angry when they realize they're paying another $1,200 a month for health insurance?”
It is ironic that Senate Republicans unveiled their new plan on Tuesday and Kimmel pretended that never happened. However, Kimmel brings on guests to parrot his own ideas, and Buttigieg obliged, “I would think so. Yeah, and look, that's one of the reasons why you see right now some Republicans, not a lot, but some Republicans starting to do something remarkable, which is defying this president. You're seeing it with people I never thought you would see this from.”
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