Hollywoods entertainment class has once again demonstrated the cultural divide between insulated elites and the working Americans they routinely deride.
According to Gateway Pundit, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel used his ABC platform to launch a sneering monologue targeting President Trumps newly confirmed Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, ridiculing his blue-collar rsum rather than engaging with his record. In his segment, Kimmel mocked Mullins past, describing him as a low-level MMA fighter and a plumber before his election to the U.S. Senate, a line delivered with the kind of smug contempt that has become standard fare on network late-night television.
Kimmel framed Mullins appointment as part of a broader caricature of President Trumps personnel choices, quipping, Rudy Giuliani might not be with us much longer, but dont worryTrumps got a whole new generation of thinkers lined up, including his newly confirmed Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin He continued, He is the now-former senator of Oklahoma. Before he was elected to the Senate, Markwayne Mullin was a low-level MMA fighter and a plumber.
The ABC host then escalated the mockery, jeering, Thats rightwe have a plumber protecting us from terrorism now. Oh, it worked for Super Mario, why not Markwayne? But honestly, I mean, if Trump is going to keep picking these unqualified people to run the department, why not have more fun with it? I mean, next time, instead of Markwayne, how about Lil Wayne for Homeland Security? At least we could get a concert out of it, right? He also took a swipe at Mullins predecessor, adding, Mullin is replacing Kristi Noem, who was ousted three weeks agoand will never be seen again.
The backlash from those who actually understand and respect working-class America was swift. Tricia McLaughlin, former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the DHS, responded pointedly, writing, A plumber likely makes a heck of a lot more than the producer who wrote this joke. The elitism is so grating.
Kimmels routine is especially galling given the lefts constant self-congratulation over its supposed solidarity with working people, while celebrating figures such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the ex-bartender turned socialist congresswoman, or Zohran Mamdani, the unemployed aspirant rapper known as Mr. Cardamom before entering New York politics. The contrast is stark: when conservatives elevate someone with a real-world trade and a record of service, Hollywood mocks; when progressives do it, the media hails them as authentic folk heroes.
The episode underscores why so many Americans have tuned out coastal entertainers who sneer at the very people who keep the country running. The Hollywood elites can keep their jokes; the American people will take the plumber over a so-called comedian any day of the week.
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