Overview
- In his March 18 monologue on ABC, Kimmel criticized President Trump’s statements about mail-in voting and denounced the SAVE America Act as an effort to deter participation in the midterms.
- Kimmel read recent Truth Social posts and aired a clip of Trump alleging Republicans in California were denied ballots while Democrats received several, a claim the host mocked and rejected.
- He argued the bill would require documents such as a passport or birth certificate to prove citizenship, noting a driver’s license may not suffice in many states and that many voters lack passports.
- To counter claims of widespread illegal voting, Kimmel cited Michigan data he described as showing 0.0028% of 2024 votes were illegal, calling election fraud a largely nonexistent problem.
- He joked about filing an FCC complaint over what he labeled “fake news” on public airwaves, a nod to his recent jabs at FCC chair Brendan Carr.