It all started when Democrat presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr., who President Biden has no plans to debate, tweeted this about the Covid era and weight gains:
Americans gained an average of 29 pounds during the Covid lockdowns. I will help turn this around by encouraging our citizens to exercise, eat well, and fortify their immune systems by removing harmful chemicals from our food.
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) June 25, 2023
Jimmy Kimmel obviously doesn't believe that and attempted to mock Kennedy Jr's tweet and suspects that he might actually be Borat:
wow! we each gained 29 lbs? that almost sounds like nonsense! (there’s a good possibility this guy is Borat) https://t.co/ngK4HYFsWl
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) June 27, 2023
Twitter's Community Notes and others pointed out that among Americans who did gain weight during the pandemic, the average extra weight has been found to be 29 pounds.
Almost. 😉
— AJ Kay (@AJKayWriter) June 28, 2023
Maybe take it up with the APA.https://t.co/skXby56WlJ pic.twitter.com/w0VR52187j
You’re a smug prick, Jimmy, in addition to being wrong and chronically unfunny! Congrats! https://t.co/fYh9kGRoKz pic.twitter.com/ui2O8tLrVi
— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) June 28, 2023
Ah, "averages..."
I feel like you don’t understand averages…
— definitely not advice (@stillnotadvice) June 28, 2023
Elite media dunking on RFK for reporting shocking facts they've never even heard of. https://t.co/mnBb1YF4mv
— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) June 28, 2023
Would Kimmel also mock claims that student test scores in math and reading have plummeted because of government (and union) actions during the pandemic?
Yikes, you don’t know what average means? LOL
— Nikki Moonitz (@NMoonitz) June 28, 2023
If only Jimmy understood statistical definitions like mean, mode, averages. https://t.co/L5BJbmURoG
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) June 28, 2023
— Keri Lynn (@kerilynnNY) June 28, 2023
In defense of Kimmel and other late-night hosts, they're a little short-handed:
Ladies and gentlemen... The devastating results of the Writer's Guild strike. 👇 https://t.co/YlEK1FqB6t
— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) June 28, 2023
The writers are on strike. Now you can see how stupid the “celebrities” really are. https://t.co/dLydwbY74L
— WindTalker (@nmlinguaphile) June 28, 2023
And it was bad enough when the writers were NOT on strike. Yikes.
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