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.

“ESPN is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth!” Quote verified against source