Sinclair also noted "regardless of ABC's plans for the future of the program," Jimmy Kimmel Live! won't return until it is "confident that appropriate steps have been taken to uphold the standards expected of a national broadcast platform." Social media users were left sick of what Kimmel would have to do to return to the air, as one person raged: "This is unconscionable and criminal. Anything remotely that was said was about the Republican party and about President Trump... The nightmare began on Monday, September 15, when Kimmel suggested the "MAGA gang" was attempting to score political points off the conservative podcaster's death.