Hollywood has been scrambling for damage control ever since Jimmy Kimmel got suspended for his disgusting comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
The entertainment industry finally realized they’d crossed a line that even they couldn’t defend.
But Jane Fonda just made one move that proves leftists haven’t learned a damn thing from Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Fonda brings back Communist-era group to defend Kimmel
Less than a month after Charlie Kirk was gunned down by a left-wing extremist, Jane Fonda announced she was bringing back an activist group that originally defended Communist sympathizers.¹
The so-called "Committee for the First Amendment" first formed back in 1947 when Hollywood stars rushed to defend the Hollywood Ten – screenwriters and directors who got hauled before Congress for their Communist ties.²
Now Fonda thinks she can dust off the same playbook to defend Jimmy Kimmel’s sick jokes about a political assassination.
The group’s mission statement reads like something straight out of a faculty lounge at Berkeley.
They claim the federal government is waging a "coordinated campaign to silence critics" across media, academia, and entertainment.³
What they really mean is they’re mad that one of their own finally faced consequences for mocking the murder of a conservative activist.
The timing here isn’t coincidental.
Fonda announced this committee revival just as the shock of Charlie Kirk’s assassination was starting to sink in across the country.
The original committee defended actual Communists
Here’s what Fonda conveniently left out of her press release.
The original Committee for the First Amendment was a complete disaster that ended up defending actual Communist Party members.⁴
Her father Henry was one of the Hollywood stars who got played for suckers back in 1947, along with big names like Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, and Lucille Ball.⁵
They thought they were defending free speech.
Turns out several of the Hollywood Ten, including screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, actually were Communist Party members.⁶
Even Humphrey Bogart figured out he’d been duped.
By 1948, Bogart was so embarrassed he published an article in Photoplay magazine titled "I’m No Communist."⁷
Bogart admitted that Hollywood stars "always go overboard about things" and warned against being "used as dupes by Communist organizations."⁸
But apparently Jane Fonda never got that memo.
She’s bringing back a group that originally defended Communist sympathizers to now defend someone who joked about conservative assassination.
This isn’t about free speech – it’s about accountability
Look, nobody’s trying to silence Jane Fonda or shut down Hollywood.
They can make all the anti-Trump movies they want.
They can give all the sanctimonious award show speeches their hearts desire.
But there’s a difference between political commentary and what Jimmy Kimmel pulled off after Charlie Kirk got murdered.
Making jokes about a political assassination crosses every line of basic human decency.
Charlie Kirk was 31 years old when he was gunned down while speaking at Utah Valley University.⁹
He was doing exactly the kind of campus speaking tour that made him a target for left-wing hatred in the first place.
For Kimmel to use that tragedy as material for his monologue wasn’t "free speech" – it was sick.
And for Fonda to frame his suspension as government censorship shows how completely out of touch these Hollywood elites really are.
The real threat to free speech comes from the Left
Here’s what makes Fonda’s whole performance so ridiculous.
The same people crying about Jimmy Kimmel’s "free speech rights" spent years trying to destroy anyone who disagreed with them.
They got conservatives banned from Twitter and Facebook.
They pressured advertisers to boycott Fox News shows.
They tried to get people fired for attending Trump rallies or donating to conservative causes.
When Charlie Kirk was alive, these same people constantly tried to get him banned from speaking on college campuses.
They called him a "white supremist" and a "fascist" for supporting America First policies.
They made his life hell every chance they got.
And now that he’s dead – murdered by one of their radical followers – they want us to feel sorry for Jimmy Kimmel?
The American people see right through this garbage.
Hollywood’s new committee includes all the usual suspects
Fonda managed to round up over 550 Hollywood celebrities for her new committee.¹⁰
The list reads like a who’s who of Trump-hating leftists: Sean Penn, Billie Eilish, Pedro Pascal, Whoopi Goldberg, and Ben Stiller.¹¹
These are the same people who’ve spent years calling half the country Nazis and fascists.
They live in their Beverly Hills bubbles and actually believe they’re being "oppressed" because one of them finally faced consequences for crossing a basic decency line.
They make millions of dollars, get invited to fancy parties, and have platforms to spread their political views to millions of people.
But somehow they’re convinced they’re the real victims here.
The entertainment industry had a chance to do some soul-searching after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
They could have asked themselves whether their constant demonization of conservatives contributes to political violence.
They could have wondered if calling everyone to the right of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a "Nazi" might inspire unstable people to commit acts of terrorism.
Instead, they doubled down.
Fonda’s response proves they still don’t understand what they’ve unleashed in this country.
Charlie Kirk’s assassination was a turning point.
It showed everyone just how far the radical Left is willing to go to destroy their political opponents.
And Jane Fonda bringing back a group that once defended Communist sympathizers to now defend jokes about political assassination tells you everything you need to know about where Hollywood’s priorities really lie.
¹ Jane Fonda, Committee for the First Amendment announcement, October 1, 2025.
² House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, 1947.
³ Committee for the First Amendment mission statement, October 1, 2025.
⁴ Congressional records, House Un-American Activities Committee, 1947-1948.
⁵ Committee for the First Amendment membership records, 1947.
⁶ Communist Party membership records, Hollywood Ten defendants.
⁷ Humphrey Bogart, "I’m No Communist," Photoplay Magazine, March 1948.
⁸ Ibid.
⁹ Charlie Kirk assassination, Utah Valley University, September 10, 2025.
¹⁰ Committee for the First Amendment signatory list, October 1, 2025.
¹¹ Ibid.
