cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36251529

After news broke that late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was cancelled by Disney over his comments about Charlie Kirk, US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to social media to question the motivations behind the abrupt cancellation. 

Schumer wondered in a Thursday afternoon post on X whether “Epstein” was “the real reason” Kimmel was forcibly scrubbed from the airwaves, reports Fox News Digital.

“IS EPSTEIN THE REAL REASON TRUMP HAD KIMMEL CANCELED?!” Schumer asked in the post, which also included a screenshot of a New York Times article about how all the popular late-night hosts, including Kimmel, have used the newly released Epstein documents to roast the president over his alleged association with the disgraced financier.