A MAGA influencer attempted to start a literal witch hunt.

MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson took to X Sunday to imply that Jimmy Kimmel was some kind clairvoyant who predicted, or had something to do, with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s health decline.

A spokesperson for Giuliani confirmed Sunday that President Donald Trump’s former attorney was hospitalized for pneumonia and was in critical but stable condition.

The late night host’s crack about Giuliani follows a kerfuffle Kimmel caused in the MAGA world last week. Just days before the attempted assassination of Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, Kimmel quipped that first lady Melania Trump had “a glow like an expectant widow.” The joke led to both the first lady and the president calling for Kimmel to be fired because, as Trump put it, Kimmel issued a “call to violence.”

“After making Trump assassination jokes, Jimmy Kimmel joked about Rudy Giuliani last week, saying he ‘rose from the grave.’ It was just announced tonight that Rudy was hospitalized and is in critical condition,” Johnson wrote, implying that the comedian is some kind of fortune teller. “Why is Kimmel always joking about death?”

Johnson also shared a video of the quip Kimmel cracked about Giuliani last week.

“So last night, America’s mayor, Rudy Giuliani, rose from the grave to weigh in on the ongoing drama involving me,” Kimmel said in a monologue Tuesday, referring to the joke he made about the first lady. Kimmel went on to play a clip of Giuliani’s remarks about him, in which he called the comedian “one of the most distasteful human beings in this country” for his joke about the first lady.

While some Trump diehards used Johnson’s witchy conspiracy theory to express their dislike for Kimmel, plenty of critics weren’t really buying that the comedian is an oracle.

I didn’t know you credited Jimmy with such paranormal foresight. You’re a fucking loon, Benny.

So you believe Jimmy knew Rudy would be hospitalized bc he can predict the future? That’s a pretty ridiculous comment to make.

Wow. Jimmy's jokes are so powerful that he can predict the future. You're an idiot.

Why are you trying to blame Kimmel for Rudy going into the hospital last night for a joke he told a week ago?

So Jimmy can see into the future? There were no "assassination" jokes ... get on with your life.

Why does your president always celebrate death?

So it’s ok for guilliani and trump to say horrible things about people but not anyone else!!!??

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