--- title: Chris Evans Tweets at Joe Walsh on Jimmy Kimmel, Healthcare description: 'Captain America' star Chris Evans continued to channel his alter ego in real life when he called out a callous tweet from Joe Walsh. canonical: https://time.com/4766832/chris-evans-joe-walsh-tweet/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-04T15:29:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:00:59.322Z og:title: Chris Evans Blasts Joe Walsh for Criticizing Jimmy Kimmel og:description: "This is beyond misplaced" og:url: https://time.com/4766832/chris-evans-joe-walsh-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc60a820240c98faa/6988cbfe2dce012a1d9ed589/chris-evans-joe-walsh-healthcare-tweet.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Fox Searchlight Pictures' "Gifted" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Evans Blasts Joe Walsh for Criticizing Jimmy Kimmel twitter:description: "This is beyond misplaced" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc60a820240c98faa/6988cbfe2dce012a1d9ed589/chris-evans-joe-walsh-healthcare-tweet.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chris Evans Channels Captain America to Call Out Joe Walsh's Criticism of Jimmy Kimmel > Sponsored content. 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A gentle but clear reminder to former congressman and [current radio shock jock Joe Walsh](http://time.com/4398929/joe-walsh-repeats-dallas-comments/) that while it’s okay to have different views on health care, it’s always important to have kindness for our fellow human beings. It all began after Jimmy Kimmel shared an emotional story about how his newborn son had an unexpected heart surgery just a day after being born, using the moment to highlight the importance of affordable healthcare. After the show, Walsh sent out a callous tweet criticizing the late night host and new dad for making an emotional appeal. > [](https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/859462346275782656) While the responses to Walsh’s thoughts on the matter ranged from affirmative to [calling him out on Walsh’s parenting choices](https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/859496409745170432?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Fjoe-walsh-jimmy-kimmel-baby-tweet%5Fus%5F5908eac9e4b05c397683ad95), Evans encouraged Walsh to use better judgment when it came to speaking out about what he believed in. > [](https://twitter.com/ChrisEvans/status/859865999176118272) This isn’t the first time that Evans has used his platform to speak out on politics. He previously [exchanged strong words with former KKK leader David Duke](http://time.com/4667314/chris-evans-on-david-duke/) after Duke supported Jeff Sessions’ confirmation as Attorney General and has also been vocal about Donald Trump’s stance on immigration, the Dakota Access Pipeline and gun control. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4766832/chris-evans-joe-walsh-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4766832/chris-evans-joe-walsh-tweet/"},"headline":"Chris Evans Channels Captain America to Call Out Joe Walsh's Criticism of Jimmy Kimmel","datePublished":"2017-05-04T15:29:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T09:00:59.322Z","description":"\"This is beyond misplaced\"","url":"https://time.com/4766832/chris-evans-joe-walsh-tweet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","twitter","Jimmy Kimmel","Chris Evans","Captain America"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc60a820240c98faa/6988cbfe2dce012a1d9ed589/chris-evans-joe-walsh-healthcare-tweet.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc60a820240c98faa/6988cbfe2dce012a1d9ed589/chris-evans-joe-walsh-healthcare-tweet.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of Fox Searchlight Pictures' \"Gifted\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of Fox Searchlight Pictures' \"Gifted\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Araya Diaz—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4766832/chris-evans-joe-walsh-tweet/","name":"Chris Evans Channels Captain America to Call Out Joe Walsh's Criticism of Jimmy Kimmel"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Highest-Grossing Comic Book Movies MONEY","description":"Countdown to the highest-grossing comic book movies of all time!","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2NYipFas/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-02-28T16:20:34.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2NYipFas.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4766832/chris-evans-joe-walsh-tweet/","duration":"PT1M17S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4766832/chris-evans-joe-walsh-tweet/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```