- Dan LeBatard criticized President Trump on Monday for ‘never apologizing’
- A memo was sent to employees days earlier warning them against being political
- Host Jemele Hill had previously tweeted that Trump was a ‘white supremacist’
- It sparked a backlash from the Trump administration, calling it a ‘fireable offence’
An ESPN host slammed Donald Trump despite a memo sent just days ago warning employees not to share their political views on the current government.
Dan LeBatard criticized President Trump on Monday for ‘never apologizing’ despite being quick to demand apologies from other people.
He said that Trump would never be able to publicly acknowledge his own flaws as Sean Spicer did at the Emmy TV awards ceremony.
ESPN issued a memo that urged employees to avoid ‘inflammatory comments’ on social media after its host Jemele Hill tweeted that the president was a ‘white supremacist.’
Ms Hill later said she regretted that her remarks ‘painted ESPN in an unfair light.’
President Trump attacked the cable sports network on Twitter and asked it to ‘apologize for untruth.’
ESPN host Dan LeBatard criticized President Trump on Monday for ‘never apologizing’ despite being quick to demand apologies from everyone else
ESPN issued a memo that urged employees to avoid ‘inflammatory comments’ on social media after its host Jemele Hill (pictured) tweeted that the president was a ‘white supremacist’
LeBatard said that this recent controversy and Sean Spicer’s performance made him question Trump’s own ability to apologize when he offended others.
‘I just thought of this when Trump was fighting last week with ESPN and demanding that Jemele Hill be fired and an apology for an untruth be made and I just thought to myself is Donald Trump someone who is physically capable of an apology?’
‘Like I’m just dead serious. Do you think that he is? Because he hasn’t apologized publicly for anything.
‘Have you guys ever heard Donald Trump apologize? The idea of asking for apologies when you yourself are not someone who will apologize for anything, is funny.’
Despite the memo warning against ‘inflammatory comments,’ LeBatard was emphatic in his criticism of the president and brought his co-host Jon ‘Stugotz’ Weiner into the conversation on air.
‘Maybe he said like ‘I’m sorry but I’m not wrong,” Stugotz said.