The Tonight Show
Posted June 14 2016 — 7:45 AM EDT
This weekend’s night club shooting in Orlando was still fresh in everyone’s minds when America’s late-night hosts returned from their weekend break on Monday night, June 13. An emotional Jimmy Fallon addressed the events in his opening monologue on The Tonight Show.
“Maybe there’s a lesson in all this. A lesson in tolerance,” he said. “We need to support each other’s differences and worry less about our own opinions.
Get back to debate, and away from believing or supporting the idea that if someone doesn’t live the way you want them to live, you just buy a gun and kill them.
We need to get back to being brave enough to accept that we have different opinions, and that’s okay, because that’s what America is built on.
The idea that we can speak up and live our lives and not be punished for that, or mocked on the internet, or killed by someone you don’t know.”
Fallon also had some specific words for the Orlando community.
“When I think of Orlando, I think of nothing but fun and joy and families,” Fallon said.
“If anyone can do it, you can.
Keep loving each other, keep respecting each other, and keep on dancing.”
Anderson Cooper stood near the scene of the tragedy by Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, where 49 people were killed and 53 injured early Sunday morning. At the time of airing the CNN segment, 48 of the 49 victims had been identified.
As their images appeared on the screen, Cooper read aloud the names of those killed along with a short description of who they were or where they worked.
He became noticeably upset in places, taking his time to regain his voice to continue honoring the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Cooper ended the tribute by saying, “we think it’s important you hear their names.”
No service for gays ….. then no spending any gay money in your state. I can take my honest and hard-earned money other places. And, FYI, I have been “thrown out” of better places.
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