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Trump Makes No Comment on Roseanne’s Racist Tweets But Criticizes ABC for Not Apologizing to Him

HeadlineMay 31, 2018

President Trump has finally weighed in on ABC’s cancellation of its hit show “Roseanne,” after its star, Roseanne Barr, fired off a series of racist comments on Twitter. Trump made no reference to Roseanne’s racist tweets about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett. Instead, Trump criticized ABC for never apologizing to him about what he described as the “horrible statements made and said about me on ABC.” Meanwhile, Roseanne blamed her comments on sleeping pills. She said she was “Ambien tweeting.” In response the drug’s manufacturer said “racism is not a known side effect” of its drug.

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