Jimmy Kimmel Corrects Trump: No, Brett Kavanaugh Was Not ‘Proven Innocent’

The late-night host went after the president for defending Kavanaugh’s right to “due process” after leading “Lock her up!” chants about Hillary Clinton.

“You know, it’s been going on in Washington and bleeding over to the rest of us—the arguing, the fights online, the polarization, the erosion of any semblance of decency and human kindness,” Jimmy Kimmel said during his monologue Monday night. “And sometimes you wonder if you’ll ever be able to laugh about any of this stuff, and then you see something that fills you with hope.”

With that, the late-night host cut to the footage of President Donald Trump ascending the stairs to Air Force One with toilet paper on his shoe.

“There’s debate about whether that was toilet paper or a napkin or maybe a page of the constitution,” Kimmel joked. “I’m going with toilet paper. If that isn’t the perfect metaphor for how things are going in this country right now, I don’t know what is.”

From there, Kimmel moved on to the swearing-in of Justice Brett Kavanaugh after he was confirmed to the Supreme Court by the smallest margin since 1881.

During the White House ceremony, Trump also apologized to Kavanaugh, saying, “What happened to the Kavanaugh family violates every notion of fairness, decency and due process.” The president added. “I must state that you, sir, under historic scrutiny, were proven innocent.”

“First of all, no he wasn’t. He wasn’t proven innocent,” Kimmel said. “Secondly, Donald Trump, isn’t he the guy who had everyone chanting, ‘Lock her up! Lock her up!?’ Oh, boy, the Washington Monument is like a big middle finger right now pointing at us.”

During the White House ceremony, Trump also apologized to Kavanaugh, saying, “What happened to the Kavanaugh family violates every notion of fairness, decency and due process.” The president added. “I must state that you, sir, under historic scrutiny, were proven innocent.”

Then, transitioning to a bit about Melania Trump’s first solo trip overseas, Kimmel noted that when she was out of the country the “acting first lady” was Sean Hannity.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jimmy-kimmel-corrects-trump-no-brett-kavanaugh-was-not-proven-innocent?yptr=yahoo

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Pope Francis Says Getting An Abortion Is Like 'Hiring A Hitman'

Pope Francis likened getting an abortion to “hiring a hitman” during an address at the Vatican on Wednesday.

“I ask you: Is it right to ‘take out’ a human life to solve a problem? What do you think? Is it right? Is it right or not?” Francis asked the thousands of people in attendance, according to Reuters.

When the crowd responded “No,” the pope continued: “Is it right to hire a hitman to solve a problem? It is not right to kill a human being, regardless of how small it is to solve a problem.”

Some outlets, including Reuters and The Guardian, translated Francis’ comments as likening abortion to hiring “a hitman.” Other outlets, such as Al Jazeera and Politico, translated Francis’ quote as saying “a contract killer.” Either way, his meaning is clear.

“A contradictory approach allows the suppression of human life in the mother’s womb in the name of safeguarding other rights,” Francis said earlier in his address, according to Reuters. “But how can an act that suppresses an innocent and helpless life that is germinating be therapeutic, civilized or even simply human?”

Francis’ comments are in line with his last remarks on abortion, which he made in June. He denounced abortion at the time, and likened it to the “white glove” equivalent to Nazi-era eugenics practices.

“Last century, the whole world was scandalized by what the Nazis did to purify the race. Today, we do the same thing but with white gloves,” Francis said, adding that families should accept children “as God gives them to us.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-francis-abortion-hiring-a-hitman_us_5bbdf4bce4b0876edaa42e40

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