White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said that comedian Samantha Bee’s comments about President Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump were “vile and vicious.”
[Also read: Samantha Bee apologizes for using vulgar slur to describe Ivanka Trump]
During Bee’s Wednesday night show, she called Trump’s daughter and adviser a “feckless c–t” and told her to “put on something tight and low-cut and tell your father to fucking stop it.”
“The language used by Samantha Bee last night is vile and vicious,” Sanders said in a statement Thursday. She also called on Time Warner and TBS executives to “demonstrate” that Bee’s language would not be condoned. Bee’s show “Full Frontal” is broadcast on TBS, which is owned by Time Warner.
“The collective silence by the Left and its media allies are appalling,” Sanders continued. “Her disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast.”
NEW: @PressSec statement on Samantha Bee’s comments about @Ivankatrump. Per @kristincbrown. pic.twitter.com/3LsbqKlrVv
— Fin Gomez (@finnygo) May 31, 2018
Megyn Kelly, a host of NBC’s “Today” show, called Bee’s comments “disgusting” and asked how she was supposed to take networks seriously when they repost Bee’s slur towards Ivanka, but then condemn actress and producer Roseanne Barr for her recent racist tweet rant.
This is disgusting. How is this acceptable? And how are we expected to take any of these publications seriously if they gleefully repost something like this at the same time they (rightfully) condemn @therealroseanne? You know the saying Love is Love? Well Hate is Hate. https://t.co/YTjmZQ4zMV
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) May 31, 2018
Barr said Monday on Twitter that former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett was a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of the Apes.” ABC then canceled Barr’s show “Roseanne” amid backlash to her comments.
