Trump Breaks Silence On Roseanne Racism Row
US President Donald Trump has said he will not condemn Roseanne Barr over her racial outburst but instead attack ABC television for purported media bias.
Recall that the US network on Tuesday canceled hit sitcom “Roseanne,” after star Barr fired off a racist tweet against former White House advisor Valerie Jarrett, who was one of Barack Obama’s closest aides.
Jarrett revealed that Bob Iger, the head of ABC parent company Disney, telephoned her personally to tell her the network was cancelling the show.
Reacting in a tweet, Trump said that, “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?”
Also, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders later defended the president, saying that he was hitting out against media bias.
“The president is pointing to the hypocrisy in the media,” she said. “This is a double standard that the president is speaking about. No one is defending her comments. They’re inappropriate, but that’s what the point that he was making.”
