It's funny how the left is trying to frame this as a "free speech" issue.
But when it was, say, Roseanne, it's all about how vile what she said was, which then justifies any consequences meted out. They didn't care about free speech then.
But with Kimmel it's about his right to say whatever he wants. They generally don't debate whether what he said was accurate or not. And because they're not dumb (some of them anyway), they know it's not actually a free speech issue when it's a private company so they disingenuously pretend that this was ABC acting in response to pressure from the government.
And now he's coming back on the air, which literally proves that the government didn't force them to fire him. But that's ok because their lie that the government made this happen served its purpose, it doesn't matter if it's shown to be false after the fact.