--- 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: 2026-04-13T07:46:34.893Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Tried to Reach Out to Trump Supporters. Watch Him Read the Meanest Tweets He Got in Response. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 17, 2017 4:23 PM UTC  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. 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