White House says ESPN's Jemele Hill committed a 'fireable offense' for calling Trump a white suprema

At a White House press briefing, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said ESPN anchor Jemele Hill's tweets calling Trump a 'white supremacist' were 'a fireable offense.' Hill had posted the remarks days earlier. Commentators noted the unusual nature of a White House official publicly urging a media company to fire a journalist for criticizing the president, and Sanders reaffirmed the position when asked again days later. The statement came amid Trump's broader pattern of pressuring media outlets over critical commentators.