Smoky Mountain Journal -ESPN Gives Host Jemele Hill Slap On Wrist After Calling President Trump White Supremacist, Bigot




The Great Smoky Mountain Journal Staff Reports Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 03:51 PM

ESPN Gives Host Jemele Hill Slap On Wrist After Calling President Trump White Supremacist, Bigot
ESPN host Jemele Hill called President Trump "a white supremacist" in a Twitter rant on Monday, and the network said it "addressed" the incident with Hill -- though it didn't detail how. The network said in a statement Hill's comments "do not represent the position of ESPN." "We have addressed this with Jemele and she recognizes her actions were inappropriate," ESPN said Tuesday. ESPN Statement on Jemele Hill: 3:11 PM - Sep 12, 2017 7,283 7,283 Replies 1,393 1,393 Retweets 2,070 2,070 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy The co-host of the 6 p.m. "SportsCenter" broadcast posted a series of tweets Monday night about the president. In her rant, she called Trump a white supremacist "who has largely surrounded himself [with] other white supremacists." and called him "ignorant" and "offensive." She has yet to delete the tweets. Jemele Hill ✔ @jemelehill Replying to @DonnyParlock and 2 others Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists. 7:54 PM - Sep 11, 2017 6,848 6,848 Replies 7,967 7,967 Retweets 20,887 20,887 likes Jemele Hill ✔ @jemelehill Replying to @DonnyParlock and 2 others Trump is the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime. His rise is a direct result of white supremacy. Period. 7:58 PM - Sep 11, 2017 1,128 1,128 Replies 5,390 5,390 Retweets 15,030 15,030 likes Jemele Hill ✔ @jemelehill Replying to @DonnyParlock and 2 others 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? 7:59 PM - Sep 11, 2017 246 246 Replies 230 230 Retweets 689 689 likes Jemele Hill ✔ @jemelehill Replying to @DonnyParlock and 2 others 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 8:02 PM - Sep 11, 2017 1,554 1,554 Replies 3,745 3,745 Retweets 11,233 11,233 likes During her rant she also slammed Twitter users who replied to her and defended the president. While Hill may not have the support of her employer, controversial comedian Kathy Griffin took to Twitter to back Hill. "SHE IS CORRECT. EVERYONE KNOWS IT!" Griffin, who recently came under fire for posing for a photo shoot with a blooded Trump mask, wrote. Kathy Griffin ✔ @kathygriffin Replying to @AP SHE IS CORRECT. EVERYONE KNOWS IT! @AP ESPN abandons anchor Jemele Hill's tweets after she called Trump "a white supremacist" and "a bigot." 3:34 AM - Sep 13, 2017 Hill has been on ESPN since 2013. She took on the 6 p.m. time slot in February.