Jimmy Kimmel to Headline Fundraiser in LA for DCCC With Shonda Rhimes, Pelosi, Jeffries -- Minimum Ticket $25K
Source: MEDIAite
Feb 17th, 2026, 7:37 pm
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel will be headlining an upcoming fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, according to an invitation to the event shared by MS NOW contributor Teddy Schleifer.
Kimmel, along with fellow late night hosts like Stephen Colbert, has been a target of criticism from President Donald Trump, including threats of some sort of intervention from the Federal Communications Commission and calls for him to be fired. Thus far, Kimmel has managed to shrug off the attacks from the White House, other than a brief suspension that arguably raised his profile in anti-Trump circles, and just signed a contract extension with ABC last December.
On Tuesday, Schleifer shared a screenshot of the invitation to a fundraiser for the DCCC scheduled for the evening of March 10 in Los Angeles.
According to the invitation, Kimmel will be a Special Guest at the event, along with headliners Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). Also listed among the ambassadors, Democratic donors, and other politicos on the host committee is Shonda Rhimes, the television producer behind popular series including Greys Anatomy and Bridgerton.
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Jimmy Kimmel is doing a fundraiser for Hakeem Jeffries and the DCCC, per invite.
Shonda Rhimes involved too.
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1:25 PM · Feb 17, 2026

Upthevibe
(10,140 posts)Good!
quaint
(4,850 posts)with Democratic GOTV leaders for $25 minimum.
ancianita
(43,173 posts)Not to mention Michael S. Smith, Michelle's interior designer.
FakeNoose
(40,950 posts)I think I have to wash my hair ... or something ....
Miguelito Loveless
(5,583 posts)will ever have a fundraiser with great guests that we proles can afford. I wouldn't grip about this so much if I knew a lot of the money wasn't going to pay the same political consultants who have eaten up huge amounts of money while giving very bad advice.
Seeking Serenity
(3,301 posts)That really gives the "going after the working man" vibe.
It's a big club, and we ain't in it.