Jimmy Kimmel called out President Donald Trump once again Thursday night.
In the opening monologue of his show, a visibly emotional Kimmel addressed the school shooting in Florida that occurred the day before and killed 17 people.
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“Welcome back to the show. Natalie Portman, Kyrie Irving, and Nick Foles are on the way, but first – as I’m sure you know and feel – this is another very sad day in America. Another senseless shooting,” the host began. “This time – at a high school in Parkland, Florida.”
Kimmel then played a clip from the president’s address to the nation about the shooting in which he said, “No parent should ever have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them goodbye in the morning.”
“Agreed,” Kimmel responded, adding that Trump should tell other Republican leaders in Congress to pass laws to keep assault-style rifles “out of the hands of people who are going to shoot our kids.
“And don’t you dare let anyone say ‘It’s too soon to be talking about it,’ because you guys said that after Las Vegas,” he continued. “You said it after Sandy Hook. You say that after every one of these eight now fatal school shootings we’ve had in the United States this year.”
“Children are being murdered,” Kimmel added, beginning to break. “Do something. We still haven’t talked about it. You still haven’t done anything about this. Nothing. You’ve literally done nothing.”
Kimmel then pointed out that one of Trump’s first acts as president was to make it easier for those with mental illness to purchase weapons, and that his party voted to repeal mandates on access to mental health from health care providers.
“So, I agree,” Kimmel said, “this is a mental illness issue because if you don’t agree we need to do something about it, you’re obviously mentally ill.”
The host concluded by encouraging Americans to help by writing and calling the representatives, and voting them out if they refuse to do anything about gun control.
