Kimmel Urges Trump to Resign After Democratic Midterm Wins

Jimmy Kimmel used his Wednesday monologue to urge President Donald Trump to leave office after Democrats won control of the House and Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Democrats gained governorships in Texas, Ohio, Iowa and Georgia, the reports said of the results Kimmel called a blue wave.

Kimmel rejected Trump’s claim that Republicans would have won more races if Trump had been on the ballot. He argued the president had already dominated the campaign and blamed him for deepening divisions in the country. Kimmel said the election result left Trump with one option: resign.

The host also criticized Trump’s cabinet, accusing its members of staying silent rather than challenging the president. Kimmel warned that Trump would shift blame onto those around him. He mocked Vice President JD Vance as well, pointing to Vance’s change from describing Trump as “the American Hitler” to calling him the greatest president of his generation.

Kimmel’s monologue followed a White House statement attacking his talent, ratings and comments. Kimmel joked that being laughed at was part of his show and noted that the statement repeated language used about him before. He also teased the White House spokesperson over calling him a loser after the Republican losses.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, described the election result as a political meteor strike and an unusually severe setback for his party. The reports offered no further response from Trump to Kimmel’s call for him to resign.

Voters Reject Trump as Kimmel Says He Should Resign

The midterm results delivered a sweeping rebuke to President Donald Trump and the Republicans, with Democrats taking control of the House and Senate and gaining governorships in Texas, Ohio, Iowa and Georgia. On Wednesday, Jimmy Kimmel said the outcome made Trump’s departure the obvious next step.

Kimmel rejected Trump’s claim that Republicans would have done better if he had been on the ballot. The president, Kimmel argued, was already everywhere in the campaign. He blamed Trump for dividing the country and said voters had united to remove him from power.

The White House chose to attack Kimmel even after the Republican losses, criticizing his talent, ratings and remarks. Kimmel responded that ridicule is part of his show and pointed out that the White House had used similar language about him previously. The contrast gave his monologue a further target: an administration that found time to disparage a comedian while confronting a major electoral defeat.

Kimmel also said Trump’s cabinet had failed to challenge him and would face blame from a president he portrayed as loyal only to himself. He mocked Vice President JD Vance for moving from calling Trump “the American Hitler” to praising him as the greatest president of his generation. The election results, in Kimmel’s telling, leave Trump with no credible excuse to remain.

Kimmel Turns Republican Losses Into a Partisan Resignation Demand

Jimmy Kimmel used the Democrats’ midterm victory to press a partisan case against President Donald Trump, calling for him to resign after Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress. Democrats gained governorships in Texas, Ohio, Iowa and Georgia.

Kimmel dismissed Trump’s claim that Republicans would have won more races if Trump had been on the ballot. He blamed the president for the results and framed the election as a public rejection of Trump. The monologue went beyond election analysis, urging the president to leave office and mocking his political future.

Kimmel also attacked Trump’s cabinet, portraying its members as too fearful to speak up. He criticized Vice President JD Vance by invoking Vance’s past description of Trump as “the American Hitler” and his later praise of Trump as the greatest president of his generation. Kimmel used the contrast to question Vance’s consistency.

The White House had issued a statement denigrating Kimmel’s talent, ratings and comments. Kimmel turned that attack into another joke, saying that getting laughed at was part of his show and teasing the spokesperson for calling him a loser after the Republican losses. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, characterized the election as an extraordinary blow to his party. The monologue made clear that Kimmel saw the results not as a reason for political restraint, but as ammunition for his continuing criticism of Trump.