Actor and comedian Ike Barinholtz became this year’s second summer guest host of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday and the second to try to claim they are following in Kimmel’s footsteps by becoming a free speech martyr. What made Barinholtz’s claim extra dumb is that he tried to do so preemptively as he attacked Sen. Mitch McConnell after his hospitalization as a health care hypocrite and Sen. Lindsey Graham after his unexpected death by joking with sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez that they had nothing nice to say about him.
In Barinholtz’s world, if you do not agree with him about the economics of health insurance, you do not want people to have health care at all, “In all seriousness, though, I do want to extend well wishes to Senator McConnell. I hope you get the quality health care you’ve fought so hard to deny everyone else, so thank you. Pulling for you, Mitch.”
Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Ike Barinholtz appears to preemptively make himself a free speech martyr for going after Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham, “In all seriousness, though, I do want to extend well wishes to Senator McConnell. I hope you get the quality healthcare… pic.twitter.com/ZMn46pZNcf— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 14, 2026
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