Jamele Hill Suspended From ESPN, But Not Over Trump

Al Sharpton won't stand for it!

You may remember Jemele Hill as the ESPN employee who called President Trump a white supremacist on Twitter. She's now been suspended from the network for two weeks for inappropriate tweets, but it wasn't for those.

ESPN did say that those tweets didn't reflect the views of the network and they were inappropriate, but nothing really happened, even after Hill doubled down. Instead, Hill was suspended for two weeks for threatening their bottom line.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Sunday that he would bench any players who "disrespect the flag" by kneeling for the national anthem, and Hill took offense. Today on Twitter, she suggested that people should boycott Cowboys' advertisers, tweeting "This play always works. Change happens when advertisers are impacted. If you feel strongly about JJ's statements, boycott his advertisers."

After clearly suggesting a boycott, she said she wasn't advocating for a boycott, tweeting, "Just so we're clear: I'm not advocating a NFL boycott. But an unfair burden has been put on players in Dallas & Miami w/ anthem directives." She neglected to mention that at almost no workplace in America can an employee walk in and make an overt political statement in front of the customers and keep one's job. 

She was promptly suspended for two weeks for what ESPN called “a second violation of our social media guidelines," so I guess it was nice of them to acknowledge the time she called the President a racist. She didn't appear on SportsCenter Monday night.

Hardest hit? Al Sharpton, of course. He's calling for a boycott of his own -- of ESPN, telling TMZ Sports, "We will not stand for her to be suspended."

She hasn't tweeted since news of her suspension broke. If only she always exercised such restraint.

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