President Trump: “ESPN is Paying a Really Big Price for Its Politics” & Bad Programming
President Trump fires back at new target: ESPN, after a controversial tweet by one of its anchors.
FOX’s Jon Decker has more from the White House:
Days after ESPN anchor Jemele Hill tweeted said that “Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.” President Trump fired back on Twitter:
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
Meanwhile, White House Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she stands by her comment that the tweet is a fireable offense:
(Sanders) “ESPN has been hypocritical. They should hold anchors to a fair and consistent standard. ESPN suspended a long-time anchor Linda Cohn, not too long ago, for expressing a political viewpoint.”
So far ESPN anchor Jemele Hill has apologized to the network, but not to the President.
At the White House, Jon Decker, FOX News.