Last week, Jimmy Kimmel, the late-night talk show host with
a terminal case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, wanted to host a segment with voters
who oppose DACA. To find willing guests, ABC Casting had reached out to me and
fellow Trump supporters to appear on the show. At first, I was reluctant.
Kimmel uses every shame-inducing prop imaginable to attack President Trump in
particular and conservatives in general. I reached out to friend and fellow
activist, Robin Hvidston, director of We the People Rising, for advice. She encouraged
me to go with her and four others: Chanell Temple, Wes Parker, Lorie Masonas,
and Celeste Grieg. All of us know each in other conservative circles throughout
Southern California.
On the recording date, we signed in and passed through
security screenings. Immediately I noticed along the entry corridor all kinds
of photos with Kimmel’s favorite guests and craziest moments. The most
prominent photo portrait featured Kimmel shaking President Barack Obama’s hand
at a state dinner. I decided to fix the picture (see above).
Before meeting with Jimmy, the production crew led us
through a dress rehearsal of sorts, to make sure that we were comfortable
speaking alone and defending our stance on DACA. Kimmel then interviewed each of us about the
program on the steps outside of his theater. I told him that nearly 50% of DACA
recipients are fraudulent, and illegals commit proportionally more crime than
Americans. He finished our brief interview with: “I want you to meet somebody.”
After the interviews, our team waited in the Green Room. I
pondered who Kimmel was going to have us meet. “He’s going to present a child
who is in this country illegally,” I imagined. The rest of the team I were
prepared for anything. Lo and Behold, Kimmel introduced us to Esmeralda, a DACA
recipient brought into this country by her law-breaking illegal parents. She was
seated with a baby girl in her lap. Kimmel staged the most compassionate
scenario, hoping to shame us into silence. Immediately, I showed the mother and
child my shirt, which featured the profile of young Ruben Morfin, an
all-American 13-year old boy executed by an illegal alien. “He had dreams,
too,” I quickly shared before Kimmel shushed me. He would attempt to silence me
an unprecedented five times. Little did Little Kimmel realize, however, but all
of us were seasoned activists trained in how to deal with fawning, guilt-trip
inducing liberal media hacks.
Right away, I opened up about our need to put Americans
first, including our homeless veterans and foster children. “OK, Arthur, that’s
enough.” And why couldn’t I finish? “Because this is my show!” Kimmel fired
back. He would say that three more times. What a dictator! I mentioned general
statistics about illegals committing a higher rate of crimes that native-born
citizens. “OK Sean Hannity, give it a rest,” Kimmel mocked me. “I don’t watch
Hannity,” I countered. Other people in our group were shocked to see how
triggered the comic had become. Lorie fired back: The New York Times is fake
news!”
Kimmel tried to refocus the discussion: “Who still thinks
Esmeralda should be deported?” Lorie, Wes Parker, and I raised our hands. Wes
said that the baby could not be deported, but the mother should be. Celeste
established that it’s a legal matter. Hoping to ratchet up the pressure, Kimmel
brought in Esmeralda’s fiancé Micahel, an American citizen working in the
Kansas correctional system and serving in the army.
Immediately, all of us declared that Michael should marry
Esmeralda. That would settle her legal status. They already had a kid together,
so what was holding them back? Celeste even offered to host a fundraiser for
their wedding. Because my father is ordained to officiate weddings, I offered to
call him, but Kimmel refused: “Don’t call your Dad.”
I pointed out that there are ways to settle Esmeralda’s
unlawful status. My friend Fernando had entered illegally, then married an
American citizen. I then reasserted to Michael and Esmeralda that we are a
nation of laws, and that I have not been afraid to tell illegals that they must
establish legal status. “I find it hard to believe that you have friends,”
Kimmel retorted. Everyone else gasped at his insolent behavior. Kimmel was
trying to rile me and others up, but failed time and again. I prepared to call
Fernando, but Kimmel wouldn’t let me, because I would have proven how wrong he
was … again.
Chanell gave the most impassioned statements, declaring how
her husband was an immigrant, that she had waited in line with him for years
before finalizing his naturalization status. “You are playing on our
compassion! You didn’t let us bring our children!” Chanell then showed a
picture of her daughter on her phone. She died at 5 years old, unable to get
adequate health care. “Why won’t the federal government pay more attention to
Americans?” Chanell asked. During the earlier individual interview segment,
Chanell had railed against illegal aliens for stealing the civil rights
movement forged by black Americans to assert their rights in the South. Chanell
schooled Kimmel on the a`mnesty movement’s misuse of the term “Dreamer” for
young illegals. “Our children are dreamers, too!”
Chanell also described the devastation which illegal
immigration has wrought in black communities. In another disgusting display,
Kimmel looked over to Esmeralda: “You’re not going around killing black people,
are you?” It is amazing to me to what extent white liberals will dishonor the plights
of the very minority communities which they virtue-signal about to the press
and the public. Wes Parker slammed Kimmel’s whole set-up expertly: “You are
trying to put our compassion on trial!” We refused to be bullied from our
opposition to DACA. Robin reassured Esmeralda that she would not have to wait
ten years for legal status if she married Michael.
The pièce de
résistance occurred when Kimmel tried one more time to silence me. Bursting
through all of Kimmel’s attempts to shame us, Lorie reminded the audience about
the needs of American citizens. In rude yet repeated fashion, Kimmel championed
Esmeralda but talked over Lorie, and I finally calmly asked: “Jimmy, why won’t
you let this Latina for Trump speak? You keep interrupting her. Is it because
she has darker skin than you?”
With that, Kimmel completely lost it and shouted at me:
“Shut up, you a---hole!”
BAM! Everyone else in the room was shocked, including
members of the production crew. I burst out laughing. I triggered this
left-wing comic, and it was good! There is nothing more satisfying than
catching white liberals in the depths of hypocrisy.
Kimmel even talked about the child’s safety and security.
Our team answered: “If you really care about young Rosa, why don’t you adopt
her while Esmeralda establishes her legal status in this country?” I then
mentioned that maybe that wouldn’t be a good idea, since Hollywood is full of
pedophiles, plus the whole #MeToo scandals. Everyone gasped. We really turned
the tables on Kimmel at that point.
The recording for the segment wrapped up shortly afterwards.
One of the production assistants smiled: “You guys did a great job. You stood
your ground!” He even gave me a high five. When exiting the sound stage, I
asked if I could have a donut, but one of the crewmembers cut me off: “Nope.
Just the staff.” The attitude from some of the staffers changed. They had
expected to corner us, but failed miserably. I asked about Kimmel’s side-kick parking
security guard Guillermo, who leads spelling bees dressed up in a bumble-bee costume
and mispronounces the spelling words. Someone snidely said to me: “He got
deported.” Why would they say such a thing? Because Guillermo is Hispanic? “That’s
racist”, I said out loud.
Going home, I wondered if the production crew were going to distort
the forum to make us look bad. Well, Kimmel's DACA segment
broadcasted that same night, and they presented us accurately as respectful
and clear-headed. Kimmel’s one joke directed at me: “I’m trying to imagine you
as a child,” fell flat, much like his “bombshell” guest, porn star Stormy
Daniels, who had announced prior to appeared that she did nothing with Trump.
I received emails and message from all over the country thanking
us for our appearance. There have been some haters, mostly citing the
discredited the Southern Poverty Law Center, but their vitriol on social media
merely exposed their unbelievable hate. It was a real victory for us and for
Trump supporters in general. We turned the tables on a liberal media mogul, we
got national attention, and we demonstrated to conservative voters that you can
indeed stand your ground on contentious issues without fear.
Kimmel and Co. didn’t realize whom they were messing with,
and I am glad I could relate what else happened behind the scenes. At this
point, I hope that Kimmel and his production team will show some guts and release
the entire video of our forum with Esmeralda, Michael, and their child!
