Jemele and Mike

Yeah, you're talking about the original tweet (which I've noted was inadvisable), not the Bortles quote I was referencing.

 

There are no free speech rights in the workplace.

 

True, the workplace can decide to get rid of her.

But if the White House is saying ESPN should fire her? Different ballgame.

The Trump Administration denounced Jemele louder than it denounced the white supremacists it caters to for votes.

 

Not to thread-jack but I hate the phrase, "nobody cares." There will be more than 60,000 people in the stadium on Sunday for the Jags-Titans game. Somebody clearly cares. If there were 10 people, then 10 people cared. I had a very wise editor who advised me to stay away from hyperbole.
Oh ... 1-0.

 

The White House can't make ESPN fire her.

 

Yeah, I think the White House can. But considering all of Trump's losses since entering office, maybe you're right.

 

No. They really can't. There's nothing in the Constitution that gives the executive branch the power to fire someone in private industry.

 

You trying to tell us something? lol

 

When you think about it ...

There's something pretty sexy about a black woman at the height of her profession calling the first white president after the first black president a white supremacist and basically facing no repercussions. We've come a long way, baby.

 

Exactly. Which is why they should STFU about it.

I'm not delusional enough to think if Trump wants to pressure an entity enough to fire someone, he will.

 

Of course they should have stayed out of it. But they're powerless to do anything so it doesn't mean two shits. And if ESPN's leadership is as liberal as Travis and 75 percent of this board seems to think, they'd tell Trump to fuck off.