Trump compares Debra Messing to Roseanne Barr, says she should be fired
By Judy Kurtz - 09/05/19 09:53 AM EDT
President Trump is suggesting NBC should fire Debra Messing after the "Will & Grace" actress said the names of the commander in chief's donors who attended a fundraiser should be publicly identified.
Trump tweeted that if Messing were Roseanne Barr, she would have already been fired despite having higher ratings for her program. Barr was fired by ABC last year for a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett, the former Obama White House aide.
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Bad “actress†Debra The Mess Messing is in hot water. She wants to create a “Blacklist†of Trump supporters, & is being accused of McCarthyism. Is also being accused of being a Racist because of the terrible things she said about blacks and mental illness. If Roseanne Barr....
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