Liberal Tonight Show viewers were left incensed after host Jimmy Fallon did not try to take down Donald Trump or attempt to trip him up with “gotcha” questions during the pair’s interview on the NBC program Thursday night.

Article by Daniel Nussbaum

Instead, Fallon hosted Trump for an entertaining but insightful interview, during which the candidate clarified his relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, talked about the upcoming first presidential debate and let the late-night host “mess up” his usually well-kept hair.

That wasn’t enough for progressives on Twitter, who took to the platform late Thursday night and Friday morning to excoriate Fallon for doing his job. Fallon’s name was still trending as of 9 a.m. Friday.

I don’t fault Jimmy Fallon for not being a journalist. I do fault him for his willingness to serve as hell’s court jester.

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) 16 de septiembre de 2016

@KatyTurNBC I will never watch Jimmy Fallon again. That’s how strongly I feel about humanizing a monster — Empty the Basket (@puppymnkey) 16 de septiembre de 2016

Can you imagine if Jimmy Fallon took a stand tonight

— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) 16 de septiembre de 2016

Jimmy Fallon does a lot of great impressions but his Sean Hannity tonight was one of his best. — stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) 16 de septiembre de 2016

Jimmy Fallon blew it tonight. Late night comedians used be the court jesters of culture. Humanizing a xenophobe is not okay. #FallonTonight

— Ateeya Manzoor (@Ateeya) 16 de septiembre de 2016

Jimmy Fallon a lil bitch for pretending to like Trump on his show, he was already sus for that Bill O’Reilly interview — Donald Coates (@DonaldSweaterss) 16 de septiembre de 2016

Jimmy Fallon has to play games because he can’t even conduct a coherent interview with a YouTube star. But you want him to interview Trump?

— dan (@DanJMoran) 16 de septiembre de 2016

Jimmy Fallon has the single worst interviews in Late Night. Games are fun though. — Red Foxx (@gotMAB21) 16 de septiembre de 2016

Jimmy Fallon just helped to ‘humanize’ a deranged, fascist Cheeto https://t.co/gXZfmDBjVW pic.twitter.com/xIGRNWe1Sj

— NoChill (@NoChillMonitor) 16 de septiembre de 2016

i used to really love jimmy fallon, but i stopped watching the tonight show months ago bc i knew he would eventually do smth like this — stephanie (@paulmcccartney) 16 de septiembre de 2016

Looking forward to watching Jimmy Fallon & David Duke slow jamming the news.

— mark (@mlnga) 16 de septiembre de 2016

Jimmy Fallon’s Hitler interview would have been entirely focused on his painting. — (((TheFaust))) (@FaustMN) 16 de septiembre de 2016

One user summed up the liberal outrage against Fallon in one sarcastic tweet:

What’s wrong with you Jimmy Fallon? Don’t you know you keep the comedy to the Dems, and hit the Reps with hard, gotcha questions?

— Duane (@Duane3846) 16 de septiembre de 2016

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