Author Topic: Race Baiter Jemele Hill to Race Hustler Al Sharpton: Trump Uses ‘Racial Pornography’ to Rile Up His  (Read 400 times)

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ESPN’s Jemele Hill appeared on MSNBC with Al Sharpton this morning ahead of the Super Bowl and she criticized President Trump for his reference to protesting athletes during the State of the Union.

Trump briefly referenced “why we proudly stand for the national anthem” during his big address, a clear reference to athletes who have taken a knee during the anthem to protest issues like police brutality.

Hill, who got a lot of media attention after calling Trump a white supremacist last year, first addressed her departure from SportsCenter, while still remaining at ESPN. She said it was “100% my choice” to go from the TV position to The Undefeated.

Sharpton brought up Trump’s State of the Union comment and asked for her reaction. Hill said the following:

“I wasn’t surprised, and I think this is going to be probably a constant thing for the President, because it’s a very easy dog whistle. It’s low-hanging fruit, it’s what I like to call ‘racial pornography,’ because it’s a way to stoke his base and––look, in a weird way, I think it’s kind of weirdly brilliant, because he has been able to hijack the entire conversation and to make this about patriotism.”

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/jemele-hill-to-sharpton-trump-uses-racial-pornography-to-rile-up-his-base/
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Classic case of saying the most outrageous thing she can, just for attention.
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Classic case of saying the most outrageous thing she can, just for attention.

She is a champion of that.  She must have taken lessons from Al.
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She and Michael thought that approach would bring big ratings.  They were wrong.
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