ESPN Issues Half-Apology For Anchor’s Anti-Trump Tweets

The other day, ESPN anchor Jemele Hill decided to call President Trump a white supremacist.

Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017

Trump is the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime. His rise is a direct result of white supremacy. Period.

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017

He has surrounded himself with white supremacists — no they are not "alt right" — and you want me to believe he isn't a white supremacist?

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017

He is unqualified and unfit to be president. He is not a leader. And if he were not white, he never would have been elected

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 12, 2017

Yawn. The #Resistance should really try to get a bit more creative.

Of course, jobless, crappy QB Colin Kaepernick tweeted his support. That kind of talk is right up his alley.

We are with you @jemelehill ✊🏾

— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) September 13, 2017

Birds of a feather and all.

Believe it or not, ESPN has issued a response, and it’s NOT in favor of Jemele.

ESPN Statement on Jemele Hill: pic.twitter.com/3kfexjx9zQ

— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) September 12, 2017

It’s a pretty plain statement. They slapped her on the wrist.

ESPN lets Jemele Hill's Trump 'white supremacist' comments slide https://t.co/2jUylonVLD pic.twitter.com/5ukpoRLnY5

— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) September 13, 2017

End of story, right? WRONG. How could ESPN betray the left like this?!???!??!?!?!

SHE IS CORRECT. EVERYONE KNOWS IT! @AP ESPN abandons anchor Jemele Hill's tweets after she called Trump "a white supremacist" and "a bigot."

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) September 13, 2017

ESPN fucking sold Jemele Hill out to appease fucking Breitbart, teeing her up for bullshit from the racist fucking White House. Despicable.

— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) September 13, 2017

White people are really mad at Jemele Hill. Just proves that they hate acknowledging white supremacy instead of white supremacy itself.

— jen snow (@melaninjen) September 13, 2017

I stand with Jemele Hill. She was honest and said what many of us have been saying for years. https://t.co/evqh0NNMo3

— Jenn M. Jackson (@JennMJack) September 13, 2017

Meanwhile, everyone is upset that Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggested Jemele’s comments are a fireable offense.

.@PressSec on Jemele Hill comments: "It's certainly something I think is a fireable offense by ESPN." pic.twitter.com/EqXjg56crr

— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) September 13, 2017

So now there’s a giant debate raging on. Should ESPN fire Jemele?

Actually no, an opinion is not a fact. Curt Schilling gave an opinion he was fired. Jemele Hill should be fired under same standards.

— 🇺🇸 Chiz 👌 (@CChiz5) September 13, 2017

Basically, this is the dumbest thing that has ever happened, and I’m over it. ESPN sucks. We all know this. I’m actually pleasantly surprised the network even dared to slap Jemele on the wrist. That was more than I expected.

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