On Monday, Jemele Hill, co-host of ESPN’s 6pm Sports Center, angered many on Twitter with a tweet accusing President Trump of being a white supremacist in no uncertain terms.
“Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists,” she wrote.
Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017
She had quite a bit more to say about Trump and those who put him in office:
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
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.
— 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
Got that, Trump supporters? He’s in office because of white supremacy. Period. That’s nothing less than a slap in the face to every single person who voted for and supports the president.
There’s more:
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
She also blamed him for Charlottesville:
No the media doesn't make it a threat. It IS a threat. He has empowered white supremacists (see: Charlottesville).
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 12, 2017
She also said Trump is unqualified and unfit to be president:
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
Then she called him a bigot, again in no uncertain terms:
Donald Trump is a bigot. Glad you could live with voting for him. I couldn't, because I cared about more than just myself
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 12, 2017
Needless to say, Dylan Gwynn wrote at Breitbart, “Hill makes quite a serious charge here. This is also something that Mike Ditka, Curt Schilling, Craig James, or any other conservative who has worked for ESPN in recent years, would have been fired instantly for saying, Had they said something similar about former President Obama. Also, Hill, who proudly boasts a picture of herself with the Obama’s on her Twitter page, levies the charge against Trump without any evidence whatsoever.”
Naturally, she made quite a few people upset with her and ESPN.
https://twitter.com/CoachHalejr/status/907605723751874561
Apparently…
Heads up America – this is what .@ESPN thinks of you!
— RebelGal (@DebbieL2015) September 12, 2017
Or at least 60+ million voters.
https://twitter.com/Jimbean87055631/status/907449735350497281
This is what @espn has become. Left wing privilege at that network must be nice. So glad the ratings keep falling for this crappy network.
— Mike (@TSowell4prez) September 12, 2017
“ESPN recently fired 100 employees due, in part, to sinking ratings some attribute to the creeping politics from their personalities,” Derek Hunter wrote at the Daily Caller. No doubt this episode won’t help the network’s ratings.
Hill also went after Kid Rock, calling him a racist in so many words.
“He loves black people so much that he pandered to racists by using a flag that unquestionably stands for dehumanizing black people,” she said.
He loves black people so much that he pandered to racists by using a flag that unquestionably stands for dehumanizing black people. https://t.co/ukbl3RodoP
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017
Supporters loved her tweet, but many others weren’t impressed:
https://twitter.com/wmoravits23/status/907431541361577984
https://twitter.com/jaguarfan1982/status/907476352714108929
Indeed.
A post at The Federalist said her tweets aren’t the only thing that’s bad.
Ben Domenech wrote:
I asked Jemele to show her work and name the white supremacists Trump’s surrounded himself with. She didn’t answer – but her followers did, citing Steve Bannon, Seb Gorka, Stephen Miller, Jeff Sessions, Kris Kobach, and the Trump family themselves. So that’s two guys who are gone, the top Jewish staffer working in the White House, a former Republican Senator, a former Republican Secretary of State in Kansas, and a family of wealthy lifelong New York Democrats. That’s your indication of deep-seated white supremacy at the White House? These are the guys in white hoods carrying torches? And how exactly are they a threat to you?
Name them. https://t.co/8aB1aBTy8d
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) September 12, 2017
He went on to say that Hill “stars as one half of the primetime version of ESPN’s marquee product,” adding:
She’s also a perfect example of the real reason ESPN’s original programming is sucking wind: she’s a really lousy television host, having nothing to do with her politics. The SC6 branded show is not a good one, in part because you have two co-hosts who both are more serious and overly sincere than they are charismatic or quick with the snark. You don’t have the classic goofy/straight pairing, and they lack the tension of two co-hosts who disagree constantly. Neither is a particularly good interviewer, nor have they shown the ability to offer insight on sports that is deep, funny, or entertaining. The show is reduced to two fairly boring people sitting at a cramped table full of papers and laptops on a set that looks unchanged for the past twenty years talking about sports with less insight than a pair at the end of the neighborhood bar. Television is a visual medium, and visually, SC6 looks like local TV.
Exit question: Will ESPN do the responsible thing and fire Hill for this rant? We’re not holding our breath.
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