ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is playing protection racket for scandal-plagued former Rep. Eric Swalwell, staying silent about the disgraced Democrat's latest controversies even after using his show as the official launch pad for Swalwell's gubernatorial campaign.
During Monday night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Hollywood liberal made zero mention of the mounting scandals surrounding Swalwell, who announced his California governor run on Kimmel's ABC show just weeks ago. Talk about selective journalism.
This is the same Eric Swalwell who was kicked off the House Intelligence Committee for his cozy relationship with suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang. The same politician who spent years peddling the Russia collusion hoax. The same man who threatened to use nuclear weapons against American gun owners.
But apparently none of that matters to Kimmel, who's more interested in protecting his Democratic Party friends than informing his audience about the candidate he helped promote.
Media Protection Racket in Full Swing
What we're witnessing here is the mainstream media's protection racket in action. Kimmel uses his ABC platform to boost Swalwell's political ambitions, then conveniently ignores any negative news that might damage his chosen candidate.
"This is exactly why Americans don't trust the legacy media anymore," said one political analyst. "They're not journalists – they're Democratic Party operatives with press credentials."
Patriots across California deserve to know the truth about the candidates seeking to lead their state, not sanitized propaganda from Hollywood elites.
While Kimmel plays defense for Swalwell, real questions remain about the former congressman's fitness for office. How can someone who compromised national security by getting entangled with a Chinese spy be trusted to govern America's largest state?
The silence from ABC and Kimmel speaks volumes. When you can't defend your candidate's record, apparently the strategy is to simply pretend the scandals don't exist.
California voters deserve better than a governor who's already proven he can't be trusted with classified information. Will they see through the media smokescreen, or will ABC's propaganda campaign succeed?