A craze President Trump woke up early Friday and immediately slammed ESPN over its “bad programming” and politics, calling for the outlet to apologize for “untruth.”
“ESPN is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth!”
ESPN is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2017
The tweet comes after the White House has clashed with ESPN anchor Jemele Hill, who called Trump a “white supremacist” and a “bigot” on Twitter.
Hill in several tweets on Monday said that Trump’s rise to the presidency was a direct result of white supremacy in America.
“Trump is the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime. His rise is a direct result of white supremacy. Period,” Hill wrote. “The height of white privilege is being able to ignore his white supremacy, because it’s of no threat to you. Well, it’s a threat to me.”
ESPN called Hill’s Twitter tirade “inappropriate” but declined to discuss disciplinary action in a statement on Monday.
Twitter users also had something to say about the president’s behavior. Here are some of the highlights:
Let's see: hurricanes white supremacists n Korea and this asshole is worried about #ESPN
— Allison (@allimary92) September 15, 2017
What if Obama called for The Apprentice to be cancelled every time you, a private citizen, called him something?
— Vikki V (@MissVikkiV) September 15, 2017
Grow up and get over it.
— Vikki V (@MissVikkiV) September 15, 2017
Jemele Hill is a hero. ESPN should give her more airtime not less. So proud of her co-workers who refused to replace her!
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) September 15, 2017
— Steve Kemble (@RealSteveKemble) September 15, 2017
This is a violation of the First Amendment
Face it, hundreds of millions of people hate your guts because you're a lying traitorous failure
— Trump Diaries (@diaryofthetrump) September 15, 2017
