--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Reads Mean Tweets From Trump Supporters description: Jimmy Kimmel read mean tweets about himself from Trump supporters canonical: https://time.com/4904600/jimmy-kimmel-trump-supporter-mean-tweets/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-17T16:23:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:29:31.655Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Responds to Mean Tweets From Trump Supporters og:description: Kimmel ticked off some of Trump's supporters and they responded angrily og:url: https://time.com/4904600/jimmy-kimmel-trump-supporter-mean-tweets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95322a4cfaaa5429/6988da1a8fd2ee77bf358767/kimmelmeantweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1432 og:image:height: 806 og:image:alt: kimmelmeantweet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Responds to Mean Tweets From Trump Supporters twitter:description: Kimmel ticked off some of Trump's supporters and they responded angrily twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95322a4cfaaa5429/6988da1a8fd2ee77bf358767/kimmelmeantweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Tried to Reach Out to Trump Supporters. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=b0805019-61c1-445b-96aa-d83cfb385b66&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: President Trump Again Blames 'Both Sides' for Charlottesville Violence [Watch (HLS stream): President Trump Again Blames 'Both Sides' for Charlottesville Violence](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EzwfOun0.m3u8) (1:32)  _Published 2017-08-15. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that anti-racism protesters bear some of the blame for the violent rallies in Charlottesville, returning to his original comments that "both sides" were responsible for the deadly clashes._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 17, 2017 4:23 PM UTC President Donald Trump said Tuesday that anti-racism protesters bear some of the blame for the violent rallies in Charlottesville, returning to his original comments that "both sides" were responsible for the deadly clashes. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 17, 2017 4:23 PM UTC In the wake of President [Trump’s statement](http://time.com/4903291/charlottesville-donald-trump-poll/?xid=homepage) on the [violence in Charlottesville](http://time.com/4902439/donald-trump-charlottesville-republicans-react/?xid=homepage), Va., Jimmy Kimmel reached out to Trump supporters on Wednesday night’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ He wanted to let them that he understood they didn’t necessarily want to agree with “smug liberals,” but he said “deep down inside, you know you made a mistake. You know you picked the wrong guy. And it isn’t getting better. It’s getting worse.” Some Trump supporters watching responded to [Kimmel’s message](http://time.com/4902623/donald-trump-charlottesville-stephen-colbert-jimmy-kimmel/?iid=sr-link4). “I think it might have worked. I really think I made a breakthrough,” Kimmel summarized on Wednesday night’s installment. “I base that on the thoughtful responses that I got on Twitter and Facebook from people like Thomas, who wrote, ‘Why don’t you go somewhere else like a different country if you don’t like our president and stop you’re \[sic\] crying on tv [snowflake](http://time.com/4902144/donald-trump-charlottesville-blame-both-sides-kkk-nazi/?xid=homepage).’ Well, thank you, Thomas.” Kimmel then launched into what was basically one of his Mean Tweets segments, with all of the responses directed at him. “I hate em all tbh \[to be honest\] but if you’re down for some mind-numbing retardation I guess jimmykimmel has got that down pact \[sic\],” said one. “If Jimmy Kimmel heard a firecracker as he was walking by himself anywhere, he would [wear his pants](http://time.com/4904380/steve-bannon-mocks-opponents-theyre-wetting-themselves/?xid=homepage) like the little coward he is,” read another, which led Kimmel to quip: “You know what, he’s right. I _would_ wear my pants. I wear them whenever I go out.” ## Transcript I've condemned neo- Nazis, I've condemned many different groups, but not all of those people were neo- Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists. I think there's blame on both sides. You look at both sides I think there's blame on both sides, and I have no doubt about it. What about the alt- left? They came charging, as you say, at the alt- right. Do they have any semblance of guilt? [ CROSSTALK ]. Let me ask you this, what about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs, Do they have any problem? I think they do. There was a group on this side, you can call them the left, you've just called them the left, that came violently attacking the other group. So you can say what you want, but that's they way it is. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down, to them, a very, very important statue, And the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name . >> [ UNKNOWN ] George Washington was a slave owner. Was George Washington a slave owner? So, will George Washington now lose his status? Excuse me. Are we going to take down statues to George Washington How about Thomas Jefferson? What do you think about Thomas Jefferson? You like him? I do love Thomas Jefferson. Okay good. Are we gonna take down the statue? Cuz he was a major slave owner. Now are we gonna take down his statue? So you know what? It's fine. You're changing history. You're changing culture. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4904600/jimmy-kimmel-trump-supporter-mean-tweets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4904600/jimmy-kimmel-trump-supporter-mean-tweets/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Tried to Reach Out to Trump Supporters. 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