The result was perhaps the most political Emmy telecast ever.
So get out and vote, make a plan, and vote for love and compassion and kindness."
“Gotta vote, I would be remiss not to mention that,” King said.
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“Vote up the ballot, hey… Rest in power [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].”
She represents just decades, hundreds of years of violence against Black bodies Breonna Taylor does.
Uzo Adubolikewise accepted her award forMrs.
Americawhile wearing a Breonna Taylor shirt.
Lets go change the world, she said.
Im so sorry for making this political!"
and Black lives matter.
Say it with me, Jimmy!
… Say it so that Mike Pence can hear it!"
“We dedicate this award to the victims and survivors of the Tulsa Massacre.
The fires that destroyed Black Wall Street still burn today.
The only way to put them out is if we all fight them together.”
Kimmel naturally made some political references as well.
“Of course we dont have an audience,” he said during his opening monologue.
“This isnt a MAGA rally, its the Emmys.”
The evening was capped withSuccessionwinningOutstanding Drama Seriesand creator Jesse Armstrong giving a series ofun-thank-yous.
“Un-thank you to the virus for keeping us all apart this year,” he said.
“Un-thank you to Donald Trump for his crummy and uncoordinated response.
Un-thank you to Boris Johnson and his government for doing the same in my country.
Un-thank-you to all the nationalist and quasi-nationalist governments you’re exactly the opposite of what we need right now.
And un-thank-you to the media moguls who do so much to keep them in power.”
Seethe full list of 2020 Emmy winners.
