Jimmy Kimmel slams Fox News for reaction to Trump appearing asleep in meeting

"Wait a minute, it's almost like these people are...hypocrites."
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Donald Trump closed his eyes and appeared to be dozing off at a recent cabinet meeting, prompting news stories and inevitable backlash to those stories from his supporters.

In the video above, Jimmy Kimmel plays a clip of the president's eyes closing while he listens to Secretary of State Marco Rubio ("Lower your voice, Marco, you're going to wake him up!" says Kimmel.) Next he plays a montage of various Fox News reporters jumping to the president's defence, before playing another montage of Fox News reporters criticising former president Joe Biden for the exact same thing.

"Wait a minute," says Kimmel, turning for a close-up on another camera. "It's almost like these people are...hypocrites."

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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