EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been pulled from ABC after backlash over comments Kimmel made during his Monday night monologue about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and local lawmakers are speaking up.

This comes after Nexstar Media Group, the parent company of this news station and which owns more than 200 local television stations nationwide, announced its ABC affiliates would pre-empt Kimmel's show indefinitely over his comments.

The remarks were called “offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse.”

The company’s broadcasting division president, Andrew Alford, said continuing to give Kimmel a platform was not in the public interest.

The decision has sparked mixed reactions. One student told KTSM the following:

“I

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