Trump blasts Samantha Bee’s ‘horrible language’ about Ivanka

Samantha Bee, host of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee," poses at an Emmy For Your Consideration screening of the television talk show at the Writers Guild Theatre in Beverly Hills, Calif. on May 24, 2018. Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP, File

By Associated Press

June 1, 2018

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says it’s a “total double standard” that comedian Samantha Bee wasn’t fired for using a vulgar, sexist term to describe his daughter and top White House adviser, Ivanka Trump.

Why aren’t they firing no talent Samantha Bee for the horrible language used on her low ratings show? A total double standard but that’s O.K., we are Winning, and will be doing so for a long time to come!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 1, 2018

Bee and the TBS network that airs her show, “Full Frontal,” have apologized after Bee used the expletive.

The incident came shortly after ABC canceled the show “Roseanne” after comedian Roseanne Barr compared an aide during the Obama administration, who is African-American, to an ape. Barr, a favorite among conservatives, has also apologized.

Trump tweeted Friday: “Why aren’t they firing no talent Samantha Bee for the horrible language used on her low ratings show? A total double standard but that’s O.K., we are Winning, and will be doing so for a long time to come!”