Donald Trump weighs in on racist Roseanne controversy and asks for apology from ABC
After comparing former Obama senior advisor Valerie Jarrett to a monkey, ABC cancelled Roseanne Barr’s popular sitcom.
That tweet from Barr was swiftly deleted but not before sparking an epic social media firestorm.
Barr took to Twitter to apologize for the smear saying, “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.” She says she plans to now leave Twitter (one can only hope for good), saying:
“It’s a joke,” she wrote in response to a CNN reporter.
ABC President Channing Dungey apparentely didn’t find the tweets funny and responded within hours with a statement cancelling the show:
Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.
But the deplorables didn’t waste any time rallying their troops to send ABC and Dungey a message over their butt hurt feelings.
Team Roseanne. Try cancelling Jimmy Kimmel and The View #BOYCOTTABC pic.twitter.com/dYoa6RWsGa
— Deplorable Debb (@Deb_bee14) May 29, 2018
@therealroseanne
I’m going to #BoycottABC pic.twitter.com/4CZ3H7vozw— Proud
Republican
(@ProudRepublica4) May 29, 2018
And now deplorables’ fearless leader Donald J. Trump, who has been an ardent supporter of the show, is now weighing in on the matter on Twitter.
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?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
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