ieExplains: What did Jimmy Kimmel say about Charlie Kirk’s killing to get taken off air?

In his Monday evening monologue, Jimmy Kimmel had suggested Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, might have been a pro-Trump Republican

What did Jimmy Kimmel actually say to raise the ire of the Maga movement? Picture: AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

When announcing that it would pull Jimmy Kimmel’s programme off air, the TV station operator Nexstar Media Group called comments the comedian had made about the far-right activist Charlie Kirk’s death “offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse”.

Supporters of Donald Trump have praised the decision, and the White House deputy chief of staff called it an example of “consequence culture”.