Many of Kimmel’s comedy peers called the decision to cut his show censorship, symptomatic of creeping fascism that had suddenly creeped ever closer, or authoritarianism that was already here.

Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.

“Our members are under attack and so is the core democratic principles of this country,” WGA West executive director Ellen Stutzman told THR.