White House Calls Jemele Hill's 'White Supremacist' Tweets a 'Fireable Offense'

Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Jemele Hill's tweets were 'fireable offense.'

The controversy surrounding ESPN host Jemele Hill is not going away.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at a briefing on Wednesday that Hill's tweets calling Donald Trump a white supremacist were, "a fireable offense," and "outrageous."

When asked if Trump knew about Hill's comments, Sanders responded, "I'm not sure if he's aware, but I think that's one of the more outrageous comments anyone could make and certainly something that I think is a fireable offense by ESPN."

Hill, who co-hosts the 6 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter, sent a string of Tweets Monday in which she said Trump was a "white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself with other white supremacists."

ESPN released a statement Tuesday saying Hill's comments "do not represent the position of ESPN" and that the network had addressed the remarks with Hill.