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Jimmy Kimmel Lampoons Oklahoma’s $2-million Hydroxychloroquine Hoard

8:56 AM EST on March 4, 2021

Does Jimmy Kimmel have someone from Oklahoma on his writing staff?

Back in September, he mocked our state's large percentage of anti-maskers while hosting the Emmys. Now, less than a week after he made fun of Mike Morgan's reaction to a dog with six legs and two anuses, the late-night host lampooned Kevin Stitt's regrettable $2-million purchase of Hydroxychloroquine tablets. It's a topic we've covered here and here.

That was okay. I think the copy could have been a little better, but, from an Oklahoma perspective, it was neat to see our tourism department's b-roll footage used by someone other than the OKC Chamber of Commerce or an energy company for a Thunder commercial.

Also, I guess it's nice to our see state's fancy new generic logo – that we first leaked – finally put to good use! I bet when Kevin Stitt approved it he was thinking in the back of his mind "That logo will look nice and sharp when late-night comedians mock my stupid decisions someday."

Naturally, the video was shared by partisan national news websites that like to point out the moronic, wasteful, politically-driven mistakes made by dopey politicians who only want to appease Trump: