‘Jeopardy!’ Host Ken Jennings Takes Fiery Stance Against Trump ‘Regime’ | EUROtoday

We’ll take “Anti-MAGA Celebrities” for $200, Ken.

On Wednesday, Ken Jennings obtained fairly spicy — no less than by “Jeopardy!” requirements — when he printed a submit on Bluesky that very clearly expressed his emotions about President Donald Trump’s “regime.”

The recreation present host’s candid take got here amid a reposting spree through which he shared a number of posts that condemned the Department of Homeland Security after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot and killed 37-year-old Minneapolis mom Renee Good that very same day. DHS has characterised Good as considered one of a number of “violent rioters” who have been blocking ICE officers throughout a focused operation, and that she “weaponized her vehicle” in an try to run over an officer. Videos of the incident, nonetheless, point out that Good was attempting to reverse her automobile and flee the scene when an officer shot at her a number of instances.

“The ‘prosecute the former regime at every level’ candidate has my vote in 2028,” Jennings wrote.

Earlier within the day, Jennings additionally printed: “America is always like ‘ok but the NEXT regime change will work,’ like when I ‘cut out carbs’ briefly every January.”

Jennings additionally shared a number of different posts that implied that the ICE taking pictures was his tipping level.

Nestled between each Jennings’ scorching takes on his Bluesky account is a submit by author Kashana Cauley that reads, “They spent all that time complaining about crime in cities so they could implement their solution of killing people in cities.”

Other posts Jennings shared on Wednesday embrace one posted by Bloomberg’s Daniel Nichanian, which included a quote about Good from her mom. Another repost features a screenshot of a Minnesota Star Tribune article about native baby care facilities reporting that ICE brokers have been displaying up at their services.

And though Jennings made his anti-Trump stance obvious, he additionally made his dislike for doom-and-gloom takes about the way forward for the U.S. clear as nicely.

On Wednesday, Jennings additionally shared one Bluesky consumer’s response to his submit about whom he intends to vote for in 2028.

The consumer’s response was: “If there’s even an election in 2028.”

Jennings reacted to this type of take as “tactically wrong.”

“‘No point discussing political opposition to fascism, there won’t be elections anyway’ cedes victory to your enemies. It’s defeatism and nihilism,” he mentioned.

He added: “It’s totally understandable if you’re dooming about any facet of the American experiment right now. So your feelings are ‘valid’ in the sense that they represent real anxiety, and I get that. But to vent that anxiety in other people’s spaces is wrong…”

Jennings making his left-leaning ideology abundantly clear on-line might come as a shock to some, however the former “Jeopardy!” champ has a historical past of sharing his liberal stances on social media.

He’s expressed his help for progressive lawmakers like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). He additionally mocked an “awful MAGA grandma” on X, when it was Twitter, in 2018.

After former host Alex Trebek died in November 2020 — and Jennings’ identify started to be thrown round as a candidate for the subsequent host — Jennings tried to apologize for a few of his “unartful and insensitive” tweets he printed through the years.

Since formally getting the internet hosting gig in 2022Jennings has been a lot quieter about politics on social media, however, contemplating that he shared one other anti-Trump submit on Bluesky Thursday, this would possibly simply signify that he simply doesn’t give a rattling about being bipartisan anymore.