Jimmy Kimmel echoes Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's message to ICE with a T-shirt

Jacob Frey condemned ICE's actions, calling their self-defense claim false and demanding accountability for Renee Nicole Good's killing
PUBLISHED JAN 8, 2026
Jimmy Kimmel displayed a shirt echoing Mayor Jacob Frey's demand for ICE to leave Minneapolis, after Renee Nicole Good’s death (Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube)
Jimmy Kimmel displayed a shirt echoing Mayor Jacob Frey's demand for ICE to leave Minneapolis, after Renee Nicole Good’s death (Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube)


LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the late-night talk show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ addressed the recent shooting in Minneapolis and backed Mayor Jacob Frey during an episode that aired on Wednesday, January 7.

In the middle of the episode, Kimmel pulled out an emblazoned T-shirt that read “ICE get the f**k out of MPLS,” as a clip of Frey played soon after, urging ICE agents to leave his state after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good. 

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 24: TV personality Jimmy Kimmel speaks during The Celebration of
TV personality Jimmy Kimmel speaks during 'The Celebration of Life for Kobe & Gianna Bryant' at Staples Center on February 24, 2020, in Los Angeles, California (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Jimmy Kimmel mocks Trump with a T-shirt

During the segment, before Kimmel pulled out a T-shirt with Jacob Frey’s words emblazoned on it and addressed the Trump administration’s decision to strike Venezuela as well as its push to acquire Greenland.

Jimmy Kimmel said that Donald Trump was going to kill everyone and joked that he won’t stop killing people until he won a Nobel Prize. The talk show host pulled up a T-shirt with a slogan aimed at the president.

“Donald J Trump is gonna kill you,” the T-shirt read.

President Donald Trump addresses a House Republican retreat at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on January 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. House Republicans will discuss their 2026 legislative agenda at the meeting. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump addresses a House Republican retreat at The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on January 06, 2026 in Washington, DC (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

As he called Trump a “maniac,” Kimmel addressed ICE agents fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. He claimed that Trump’s alleged killing spree wasn’t limited to other nations and people overseas. 

“An ICE agent today shot and killed an unarmed 37-year-old woman during an ICE operation,” Kimmel explained.

He said that the administration disguised the attack as an act of protection, noting that the official statement said that the ICE agents shot at Good in self-defence. 

Kimmel addressed Trump’s recent social media post about the same, and said that he had also seen the video in question. He dismissed the president’s claims that Good ran over the ICE officer, noting that it didn’t seem like that to him. 

A notice reading
A notice reading "RIP Renee, murdered by ICE" is seen next to a memorial for Renee Nicole Good on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Kimmel said that it seemed to him that Good had gotten scared and tried to drive away when she was shot.

He stated that the court would have the final say in the matter, before he played a clip of Mayor Jacob Frey telling ICE to get out of Minneapolis during a recent press conference. 

He said that the administration’s claims of self-defence were “bulls**t” and criticized the agent's recklessness that resulted in Good losing her life. 

Trump chimes in on Renee Nicole Good’s death

The president took to Truth Social soon after the shooting and said that it was “hard to watch.” He referred to Renee Nicole Good as a “screaming woman,” and added that she was a “professional agitator.”

U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, one of the largest manufacturers of semiconductor chips, plans to invest $100 billion in new manufacturing facilities in the United States. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 3, 2025, in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“The woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting,” Trump wrote. 

The president further stated that she was violent, willful, and “viciously” ran over the ICE agent, who shot her in self-defence

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