Jimmy Kimmel Calls Out Trump & Dan Patrick on Quarantine 'Minilogue'

7 weeks ago

The late-night host gives commentary on the president and Texas lieutenant governor calling for people to return to work earlier than initially planned and joins the rock musician for some FaceTime.

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00:00Unfortunately, my kids also went into this with a thought, and that thought was,

00:04you are not going to get anything done around the house.

00:07In the latest installment of his coronavirus-themed mini-log,

00:11Jimmy Kimmel is blasting the president and the Texas lieutenant governor

00:13and still has time for a little FaceTime with Dave Matthews.

00:17Kimmel kicked off his YouTube series by updating everyone on how quarantine has been going.

00:21The host explains that stories about Shakespeare and Sir Isaac Newton have been making the internet rounds,

00:25saying how some of their greatest ideas were invented while under quarantine during the plague.

00:30So far, all I've discovered is you can slide a laundry basket down the stairs, but congratulations to them.

00:37Later in the show, Kimmel touched on an idea that Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick floated around recently,

00:42quote, that old people are willing to go to an early grave in order to help boost the stock market.

00:47In a clip with Tucker Carlson, he's seen saying,

00:49No one reached out to me as a senior citizen and said,

00:51Are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all Americans love

00:57for your children and grandchildren?

00:59And if that's the exchange, I'm all in.

01:01That doesn't make me noble or brave.

01:03No, it makes you an idiot.

01:05Kimmel noted how the Texas lieutenant governor isn't alone in this, quote, moron-a-thon,

01:09citing the fact that President Trump is also pushing for a back-to-work movement,

01:13referencing Trump's plan to have the country up and running by Easter.

01:16By Easter? That's in two and a half weeks.

01:20Even Jesus is like, Jesus, calm down. Let's think this through.

01:25Later in the show, Kimmel had a chit-chat with none other than Dave Matthews,

01:28who's currently at home in Washington.

01:30Matthews revealed that he's been getting used to this strange time and, quote,

01:34updates of our fearless leader putting both his feet and both his hands in his mouth

01:38and bouncing around the room like a spectacular monkey fool.

01:41Among the things Matthews has learned in quarantine is his patience.

01:45The fuse is shortened for everyone, but we all come back, thankfully.

01:49Matthews adds that the whole experience of being in home isolation has been testing,

01:53but cites his amazing family for managing to make it work.

01:56Nobody has run out of the house screaming with their heads on fire.

01:59For more on Jimmy Kimmel's latest quarantine mini-log, head to THR.com.

02:02For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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