Overview

• In a Jimmy Kimmel Live video from Chicago, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker wore a protective vest and deadpanned about “chaos,” even joking that residents are forced to eat hot dogs with ketchup.
• Jimmy Kimmel invited viewers in so-called war-torn communities to post their own clips using the hashtag #ShowMeYourHellHole.
• The bit answered President Trump’s depictions of big cities as overwhelmed by crime and unrest, language that has included “enemy within,” Washington as a “rat hole,” Chicago as a “war zone,” and Portland as a “burning hellmouth.”
• Democrats, including Pritzker, accuse Trump of normalizing domestic military-style deployments, and courts in Chicago and Portland have temporarily blocked federally ordered deployments.
• The appearance followed the recent return of Jimmy Kimmel Live after a brief suspension over controversy regarding Kimmel’s comments about the fatal attack on right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.