Mouthy Reporter Asks Sanders About Roseanne, Floored By Sarah’s Response
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On Wednesday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was pressed by reporters about the controversy surrounding comedian Roseanne Barr. One mouthy reporter, in particular, was floored by Sanders’ no-nonsense response.
On Tuesday, Roseanne Barr’s pro-Trump comedy was canceled — despite the fact that it was the top-rated show on television —after she released a tweet comparing former top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett to “Planet of the Apes.”
ABC has pulled the plug on the revival “Roseanne.” The move comes after series star and creator Roseanne Barr made a comment on Twitter Tuesday morning referring to former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett as looking like the offspring of the “Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes.” Jarrett, an African-American, was born in Iran to American parents.
“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said in a statement. Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger voiced his support for the cancellation, tweeting, “There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing.”
Barr deleted her tweet about Jarrett not long after posting it. She followed it up with an apology that read, “I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste. I am now leaving Twitter.” [Source: Variety]
“Has the president spoken to Roseanne Barr, who we know has been a longtime friend of his?” a reporter asked White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Wednesday. “Why did he choose to address the ABC apology instead of the underlying issue of concerns about a racist comment that she tweeted out?”
“I’m not aware of any conversations that have taken place. The president is simply calling out the media bias. No one’s defending what she said. The president is the president of all Americans, and he is focused on doing what is best for our country, and you can see that in the actions that he has taken,” Sanders said, rattling off a number of Trump’s accomplishments, according to The Daily Caller.
Sarah Sanders also referenced President Donald Trump’s tweet Wednesday asking why ABC never apologized to him. “Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that ‘ABC does not tolerate comments like those’ made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?” the president wrote.
“The president’s pointing to the hypocrisy in the media, saying the most horrible things about this president, and nobody addresses it,” said Sanders. “Where was Bob Iger’s apology to the White House staff for Jemelle Hill calling the president and anyone associated with him a white supremacist, to Christians around the world for Joy Behar calling Christianity a mental illness?” she asked.
“Where was the apology for Kathy Griffin going on a profane rant against the president on ‘The View’ after a photo showed her holding President Trump’s decapitated head? Where was the apology from Bob Iger for ESPN hiring Keith Olbermann after his numerous expletive tweets attacking Trump as a Nazi and even expanding Olbermann’s role after that attack against the president’s family?” Sanders continued.
“This is a double standard that the president is speaking about. No one is defending her comments. They’re inappropriate, but that’s the point that he was making,” Trump’s spokeswoman concluded. Indeed, there seems to be a glaring double-standard. When a conservative is attacked, it’s all fun and games. However, when a liberal is the butt of the joke, careers are ruined. Talk about dishing it out but not being able to take it!