Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension was a shock. Late-night hosts are rallying in response.

Reaction has been fierce since the shock news that ABC was suddenly suspending Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves on Wednesday evening in order to placate MAGA figures mad at comments the talk show host had made in connection with the killing of Charlie Kirk . Kamala Harris called the decision “an outright abuse of power” and a “frontal assault on free speech,” while Barack Obama labeled it “precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent.” And so it was that the eyes of a nation seeking yet more guidance and moral clarity in a moment of extreme disquietude turned next to … Jimmy Fallon? Well, to be fair, he could be next on the chopping block if President Trump gets his way .

We know the late-night crew tends to stick up for one another, e