Strike 2 and she’s benched.
The ESPN anchor who ignited a firestorm after tweeting that President Trum𓂃p is a “white supremacist” was suspended for two🅷൲ weeks on Monday because she defied her bosses’ orders not to get political on Twitter.
The network side🌳lined “SportsCenter” anchor Jemele Hill “for a second violation of our social-media guidelines” after she promoted NFL-advertiser boycotts on Twitter, an ESPN spokesman confirmed Monday.
Hill got into hot water for wading into the debate over whether NFL p🍒layers should protest racism in the nation’s police force by kneeling during pre-game renditions of the national anthem.
Reacting to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones — who told his players 🐓he would bench them if they did not stand for the ant🥀hem — she tweeted: “This play always work. Change happens😼 when advertisers are impacted. If you feel strongly about JJ’s statement, boycott his advertisers.”
She later tried🐠 to cover for herself by clarifying that she was calling for targeted boycotts and not spurning th🔯e league itself.
“Just so we’re clear: I’m not advocating a NFL boycott. But an 🌃unfair burden has been put on players in Dallas & Miami w/ anthem directives,” she tweeted on Monday.
Hill sparked majo﷽r controversy in September when she went on a Twitter rant about Tru💖mp.
“Donald Trump is a whi𝔍te supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacistsꦅ,” she fumed in one of a dozen tweets slamming the president.
ESPN issued a statement distancing itself from her and reprimanded the 41-year-old black w🌼oman, who co-hosts the netꦫwork’s flagship “SportsCenter” at 6 p.m.
It appears that fellow anchor Michael Smith is boycotting the network’s decision. He sat out Monday night’s broadcast in what wa🧸s reportedly a mutual ꦛdecision between him and ESPN, The Wrap reported.
Additional reporting by Hannah Withiam