Discussing Jimmy Kimmel, Benny Johnson attacks Ben Shapiro and Ted Cruz, saying they “woke-scolded our own side”
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From the April 28, 2026, edition of The Benny Show, streamed on YouTube
BENNY JOHNSON (HOST): There you go. So, there it is. Victim-blaming. And so, then now, the circle of life is complete. It's Melania Trump's fault. It's Trump's fault that people that listen to me and that repeat exactly the kind of things that I repeat, that these people are wanting to kill Trump. It's Trump's fault.
Now you've come — this is now the victim-blaming circle of life. And why? Why is Jimmy Kimmel allowed to do this? Because it is precisely the same thing that he did to Charlie. Exactly the same thing.
Let's look at the elements here. Lying about what happened, omitting what happened.
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And then what Jimmy Kimmel does is he signals to left-wingers, you're going to be protected by me, Jimmy Kimmel, with taxpayer-funded infinity dollars. So, if you are a left-winger and you go murder a righty, then I, Jimmy Kimmel, will use my platform to honor you and protect you, so go kill more. That's what Jimmy Kimmel is saying.
And the exact same thing — we were right, the Ben Shapiros and Ted Cruzs of the world that woke-scolded us, woke-scolded — eternal shame on them, that woke-scolded our own side. They did this when we got Jimmy Kimmel ripped off air the first time. And now that Jimmy Kimmel's back on air, saved by them, now he's doing it all over again. We were right. They were wrong. And we should learn a lesson in all that.