About this episode

Jimmy Failla discusses security issues at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and comments on Jimmy Kimmel's controversial joke about Melania Trump.

On this episode of Fox Across America, Jimmy Failla addresses a viral “hot mic” clip where he was pointing out the laxed security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner about an hour before a shooting occurred. Co-founder and CEO of The Federalist Sean Davis gives his take on whether ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel deserves to be canned following a tasteless joke about first lady Melania Trump. PLUS, retired NYPD inspector Paul Mauro stops by to share his thoughts on the overall lack of security at the Washington Hilton on the night of the Correspondents’ Dinner. [00:00:00] Jimmy addresses viral WHCD “hot mic” moment [00:38:40] Kimmel facing more scrutiny over Melania joke [00:57:03] Sean Davis [01:15:35] Liberals misrepresent Trump’s post-WHCD rhetoric [01:34:10] Paul Mauro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jimmy Failla

Guests: Sean Davis, Paul Mauro

Topics covered

• security flaws
• White House Correspondents’ Dinner
• Jimmy Kimmel
• NYPD
• viral moments
• political commentary

Keywords

• security
• hot mic
• Melania Trump
• NYPD
• White House
• Correspondents’ Dinner
• Jimmy Kimmel
• Sean Davis
• Paul Mauro

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Federalist

Places: White House, Washington Hilton

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