{"id":24133,"date":"2017-09-15T17:06:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T17:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorlines.madeostudio.com\/article\/sources-say-espn-nearly-kept-jemele-hill-air-following-trump-comments\/"},"modified":"2017-09-15T17:06:59","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T17:06:59","slug":"sources-say-espn-nearly-kept-jemele-hill-air-following-trump-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorlines.com\/article\/sources-say-espn-nearly-kept-jemele-hill-air-following-trump-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources Say ESPN Nearly Kept Jemele Hill Off the Air Following Trump Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sources Say ESPN Nearly Kept Jemele Hill Off the Air Following Trump Comments<\/h3>\n

\n By Sameer Rao<\/span> Sep 15, 2017<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\"SportsCenter\" co-host Jemele Hill<\/a> and ESPN tweeted<\/a> apologies<\/a> for her tweets on September 11 and 12 criticizing President Donald Trump. The apologies came after Trump administration press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called<\/a> for Hill to be fired. But anonymous insiders told ThinkProgress<\/a> yesterday (September 14) that the controversy was much deeper behind the scenes\u2014and it almost cost Hill her spot on the air.<\/p>\n

Hill, who is a Black woman, posted the tweets below in response to opponents who jumped into a thread that began with Hill’s criticism<\/a> of Confederate Flag-defending rap-rock artist and Republican Senate hopeful Kid Rock.<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w\/ other white supremacists.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n