Jimmy Kimmel tears apart his critics on health care bill

"[He] kisses my ass like a little boy meeting Batman."
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Johnny Lieu
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Jimmy Kimmel isn't taking your shit lying down.

On Tuesday night, Kimmel went to town on the Graham-Cassidy bill — proposed by Republican senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy — for failing the "Jimmy Kimmel test."

In the monologue, Kimmel said Cassidy "lied right to my face" when he appeared on the show in May, where the senator promised coverage for kids like Kimmel's son who was born with congenital heart disease. 

In the day after Kimmel's outburst on the bill, politicians and television personalities lined up to criticise the talk show host. Like Cassidy, who accused Kimmel of not understanding the bill, when talking to CNN's Chris Cuomo on Wednesday morning.

So, in his opening monologue on Wednesday night, Kimmel returned fire, calling out Cassidy for pulling out the "all comedians are dummies card."

"Which part of that am I not understanding? Or could it be Senator Cassidy, that I do understand, and you got caught with your GOPenis out. Is that possible?" he asked.

Kimmel also hit back at Fox News' Brian Kilmeade, who described the talk show host as a "Hollywood elite" who won't stop "pushing their politics on the rest of the country."

"The reason I found this comment to be particularly annoying is because this is a guy, Brian Kilmeade, whenever I see him — kisses my ass like a little boy meeting Batman," Kimmel said.

"Oh, he's such a fan. He follows me on Twitter. He asks me to write a blurb for his book, which I did. He calls my agent looking for projects. He's dying to be a member of the Hollywood elite."

Also on the hitlist was New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who described Kimmel as "not a serious person" on MSNBC. But the talk show host took it easy on the bill's co-sponsor Lindsey Graham, who labelled what Kimmel said on Tuesday "garbage," with the host saying Graham looked like his grandma.

So, here's the upshot, folks: Kimmel doesn't want your shitty healthcare bill, and if you're going to try talk smack about him, he'll be fine with ripping you to shreds.

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