By Editor,Laura Parnaby

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Jimmy Kimmel has shocked viewers, and himself, by paying a rare compliment to a MAGA firebrand – marking an unexpected break from his usual politics.

Speaking on his late show Tuesday night, Kimmel ripped into Republicans for their rhetoric on the ongoing government shutdown – but praised Marjorie Taylor Greene for breaking ranks with her peers over the issue.

The comedian used his monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to question claims by President Donald Trump’s administration that the bill currently causing a stalemate in the Senate would not impact healthcare if passed.

‘The reason the Democrats refuse to sign this budget agreement is because it will cause millions of Americans to lose their healthcare,’ Kimmel told viewers.

‘Republicans deny this, they say it won’t hurt anyone at all.’

Kimmel, 57, then went on to cite an X post from Georgia Rep. Taylor Greene which he said disproves this claim by most MAGA loyalists.

In part of her lengthy post, Greene, 51, wrote: ‘I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district.

‘No I’m not towing the party line on this, or playing loyalty games.’

Responding to the post, Kimmel said: ‘I know this sounds crazy, but I will say it for the second time in a month: Marjorie Taylor Greene is right.’

‘I know,’ he joked, ‘I need something to wash out my mouth.’

Kimmel previously aligned himself with Greene last month, when she urged Trump to meet Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking victims in the Oval Office.

‘I can’t believe I’m saying this,’ Kimmel said at the time, ‘But good going, Marjorie Taylor Greene.’

Left-wing pundit Kimmel is ordinarily highly critical of Greene. He has previously slammed her speeches as ‘idiotic’ while describing her as a ‘sociopath’.

The insult came after Greene reported Kimmel to the Capitol Police for making a ‘threat of violence’ against her with a joke about Will Smith slapping her.

She quoted a clip from Kimmel Live where the comedian said: ‘This one Klan mom is especially upset with the three Republican senators who said they’ll vote yes on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.’

Kimmel then read Greene’s tweet about the Supreme Court nominee. ‘Murkowski, Collins and Romney are pro-pedophile. They just voted for #KBJ.’

‘Wow, where is Will Smith when you really need him, huh?’

Greene getting the cops involved only prompted Kimmel to double down on her.

Speaking in a Kimmel Live segment titled ‘Jimmy vs. Klan Mom’, the comedian said: ‘She’s dialing 911 because she got made fun of. She’s a snowflake and a sociopath at the same time.

‘A snowciopath, as we’ll refer to her from now on… If she’s going to report me to the police, if that’s how she wants to play it, I’ll report you right back.’

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has also praised Greene for her X post on the budget dispute, in a surprising cross-party alliance.

‘Hold on to your hats,’ Schumer said on Tuesday, ‘I think this is the first time I’ve said this, but on this issue, Representative Greene said it perfectly.’

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail in August, Greene said that it may be time for her to walk away from the Republican party.

‘I don’t know if the Republican Party is leaving me, or if I’m kind of not relating to the Republican Party as much anymore,’ she revealed. ‘I don’t know which one it is.’

‘I think the Republican Party has turned its back on America First and the workers and just regular Americans,’ Greene added.

Her fidelity to the president is still strong, she insists, but she sees flashing red lights warning that the GOP is out of step with the MAGA base.

The government shutdown began on October 1, when Republicans and Democrats could not agree to pass a bill funding federal services for the coming months.

The expiring Obamacare subsidies are the key sticking point, making Greene’s admission that they are important to her so controversial among Republicans.

Democrats, including Schumer, have repeatedly said that they would be willing to negotiate an end to the shutdown should Republicans come to the table and talk about extending subsidies.

Effectively, every Republican, including GOP leadership, has said that all negotiations to extend the ACA subsidies should come after a government funding deal is reached. All except Greene.

The House passed a funding bill in September to keep the government open. However, that bill has not received the 60 votes necessary in the Senate to pass the government funding proposal.

Republicans hold 53 seats in the Senate and need Democratic votes to pass any funding deal.

The Senate has unsuccessfully voted on the funding bill five times and will presumably continue to vote on the proposal until an agreement is made.

However, Democrats are adamant that it won’t happen unless ACA subsidies are included.

Trump has warned that he will start mass layoffs of federal workers if negotiations continue to stall, a senior White House official said on Sunday.