Last week, ESPN anchor Sage Steele went on former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler’s podcast and had a wide-ranging conversation. 
The two discussed ESPN’s vaccine mandate, former president Barack Obama, and women in media. 
And Sage finds herself in trouble as a result of every single topic covered. 
When discussing Obama, Steele said that she found it “fascinating” that Obama — who is biracial, as is Steele — identifies as a black man, as Steele identifies as both white and black. 
According to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/espn-anchor-fascinating-obama-identifies-as-black-though-black-dad-was-nowhere-to-be-found">The Daily Wire</a>, &#8220;The commentary was raised when Steele recalled a colleague asking her to &#8216;choose&#8217; to identify as either black or white, noting that Obama <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/05/sage-steele-president-obama-race-black/">identified</a> himself as black on the census back in 2010.&#8221;
“I think that’s fascinating considering his black dad was nowhere to be found, but his white mom and grandma raised him,” Steele said. “But hey, you do you. I’m going to do me.”
Steele also discussed women in the media, and how they deal with inappropriate comments from athletes, putting some of the onus on women to be aware of the way they present themselves. 
“When you dress like that, I’m not saying you deserve the gross comments, but you know what you’re doing when you’re putting that outfit on too,&#8221; Steele said. &#8220;Women are smart, so don’t play coy and put it all on the guys … and again, I’m not saying anyone deserves anything. But, we need to be responsible as women too, because we know what we’re doing when we put certain things on.”
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Sage Steele believes women “need to be responsible as well” for inappropriate comments directed at them.
Sage tells young women, “when you dress like that, I’m not saying you deserve the gross comments, but you know what you’re doing when you put that outfit on too.” <a href="https://t.co/6CrxOoXILN">pic.twitter.com/6CrxOoXILN</a>
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As could be expected, the blue checkmark brigade on the Left pounced, including former ESPN anchor and The Atlantic writer Jemele Hill. 
“So on top of thinking former President Obama shouldn’t identify as black because he didn’t have a relationship with his black father, Sage Steele also thinks female journalists who dress a certain way ‘know what you’re doing when you’re putting that outfit on,’&#8221; Hill posted to Twitter.
“Clown behavior.” 
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So on top of thinking former President Obama shouldn’t identify as black because he didn’t have a relationship with his black father, Sage Steele also thinks female journalists who dress a certain way “know what you’re doing when you’re putting that outfit on.”
Clown behavior. <a href="https://t.co/edgTVopQqg">pic.twitter.com/edgTVopQqg</a>
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1444794416770609160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2021</a></blockquote>
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For those that are not aware, Hill has never been afraid to express her political opinions, calling former President Donald Trump a “white supremacist” in September 2017. 
Though Hill was not suspended for her comments on Trump, she was suspended for two weeks by the company in October 2017 after suggesting that people should boycott businesses associated with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones after he said that players who disrespected the flag would not play for the Cowboys. 
In February 2021, Hill called for the end of the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at sporting events, arguing that it has become a “weaponized” patriotic symbol, according to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jemele-hill-demands-an-end-to-weaponized-patriotic-symbols-at-sporting-events">The Daily Wire</a>.
Hill also wrote on the NBA&#8217;s decision to require Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to play the National Anthem before games, calling on the league to &#8220;revisit its anthem rule.&#8221;
“The Mavericks should have held their ground because playing the anthem shouldn’t be a pregame ritual in American sports,” Hill <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jemele-hill-demands-an-end-to-weaponized-patriotic-symbols-at-sporting-events">wrote</a>. “Not during a time when many people—including many athletes of color—are deeply uncomfortable with how patriotic symbols have been weaponized to undermine and diminish the humanity of Black and brown Americans.”
“Instead of forcing Cuban’s team to back down, the NBA as a whole should revisit its anthem rule. Other leagues should do the same. The ritual enforces a rote, narrow idea of patriotism—one that pro sports should be working to change, not uphold,” she continued.
Steele’s comments on her company’s vaccine policy also drew the ire of the Left. 
Steele weighed in on ESPN’s requirement for employees to be vaccinated, calling it “sick” and “scary.” 
“I work for a company that mandates it and I had until September 30th to get it done or I’m out,” Steele said.
“I respect everyone’s decision, I really do, but to mandate it is sick and it’s scary to me in many ways,” Steele continued. “I just, I’m not surprised it got to this point, especially with Disney, I mean a global company like that.”
According to <a href="https://frontofficesports.com/espn-anchor-sage-steele-removed-from-air/">Front Office Sports</a>, Steele will not appear on SportsCenter this week and will not be a host of the upcoming espnW: Women + Sports Summit. While FOS reports that Steele has tested positive for COVID, her recent comments on Cutler’s podcast are also playing a role in her absence.
Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.

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Ousted ESPN Anchor Jemele Hill Attacks Sage Steele Over Comments On Obama, Women In Media: ‘Clown Behavior’

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Jemele Hill, staff writer for The Atlantic and former ESPN commentator who sparked national controversy when <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2733368-donald-trump-asks-espn-to-apologize-for-jemele-hills-white-supremacist-comments">she referred</a> to President Donald Trump as a “white supremacist,” has called for an end to the singing of &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8221; at sporting events, arguing that it has become a &#8220;weaponized&#8221; patriotic symbol.
In another article for <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/why-pro-sports-should-skip-national-anthem/618027/">The Atlantic</a>, Hill lamented the NBA&#8217;s recent decision to enforce its policy on the National Anthem, reversing Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban&#8217;s decision to forgo having the anthem played ahead of games.
Playing the “The Star-Spangled Banner” at sporting events has become an empty gesture of patriotism — so empty that, when the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks quietly began skipping the ritual, 13 preseason and regular-season games passed before anyone noticed.
&#8220;The Mavericks should have held their ground, because playing the anthem shouldn’t be a pregame ritual in American sports,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Not during a time when many people—including many athletes of color—are deeply uncomfortable with how patriotic symbols have been weaponized to undermine and diminish the humanity of Black and brown Americans.&#8221;
&#8220;Instead of forcing Cuban’s team to back down, the NBA as a whole should revisit its anthem rule. Other leagues should do the same. The ritual enforces a rote, narrow idea of patriotism—one that pro sports should be working to change, not uphold,&#8221; she continued.
Hill then recounted some of the national anthem&#8217;s checkered history, including the fact that its creator, Francis Scott Key, was a slave owner who once said that black Americans are “<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xVRQ8NsrP5MC&amp;pg=PA40&amp;lpg=PA40&amp;dq=%E2%80%9Ca+distinct+and+inferior+race+of+people,+which+all+experience+proves+to+be+the+greatest+evil+that+afflicts+a+community.%E2%80%9D&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=akAa-MkOnE&amp;sig=gl287IEmrxDd7QhWzDZ1vndULAY&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi7-4HtktDNAhXG7YMKHbKMDCEQ6AEIJjAB#v=onepage&amp;q=%E2%80%9Ca%20distinct%20and%20inferior%20race%20of%20people,%20which%20all%20experience%20proves%20to%20be%20the%20greatest%20evil%20that%20afflicts%20a%20community.%E2%80%9D&amp;f=false" data-omni-click="r'article',r'',d,r'intext',r'5',r'None'">a distinct and inferior race of people, which all experience proves to be the greatest evil that afflicts a community</a>.” Though the national anthem has long been a rallying cry for patriotism, especially during the Civil War, Hill argued its presence at sporting events was largely a machination of America&#8217;s Military-Industrial-Complex.
&#8220;The enshrinement of the anthem into sports ritual wasn’t entirely the result of teams’ or fans’ patriotic feelings,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;In 2015, the Republican Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake revealed that the NFL, Major League Baseball, and other pro leagues <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-nfls-tangled-ties-with-the-national-anthem-dont-run-deep/" data-omni-click="r'article',r'',d,r'intext',r'8',r'None'">have received millions of dollars</a> from the Defense Department for national-anthem performances, military-appreciation nights, and other activities promoting the military.&#8221;
Hill concluded that the enforcement of the &#8220;conservative definition of patriotism&#8221; in the wake of the Capitol Hill riot &#8220;just doesn’t seem right,&#8221; fearing that it will &#8220;embolden people who insist upon an exclusive form of patriotism.&#8221;
While Hill certainly takes issue with exclusive forms of patriotism, she has no issue with enforcing exclusive forms of American blackness. In 2020, when then-candidate Joe Biden said that black Trump supporters &#8220;ain&#8217;t black,&#8221; Hill said the comments were accurate.
“I don’t have a problem with the statement because he was clearly referring to this from a policy and track record standpoint. If you’re black and you support anti-black policies and positions, then that makes you …? You’re still technically black but you ain’t with us,” she tweeted.

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Jemele Hill Demands An End To ‘Weaponized Patriotic Symbols’ At Sporting Events

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&#8220;The View&#8221; co-host Sunny Hostin smeared Republican supporters of President Trump for quoting Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday, accusing them of enabling &#8220;a racist president.&#8221;
In a long-winded monologue on the show Monday, Hostin reflected upon the age of Trump and the supposed persecution it brought to black Americans, citing the alleged blacklisting of National Anthem-kneeler Colin Kaepernick and the firing of former ESPN commentator Jemele Hill when she publicly called the president a white supremacist.
“I remember the time when someone like Jemele Hill came forward and called Donald Trump a racist and lost her job because of that, received death threats because of that,&#8221; said Hostin, as reported by <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/views-sunny-hostin-white-house-racists/">Raw Story</a>. &#8220;I remember Collin Kaepernick getting canceled because he stood up for people and stood up for the police brutality that Black men were experiencing. And remember that Dr. King was called an enemy of the state, was trailed by the FBI, was called a troublemaker because he was talking about race, talking about the evils, the three evils, which in 1967 for him were racism, poverty and the war in Vietnam.”
Hostin went on to say that those &#8220;three evils&#8221; Dr. King fought so hard against are still a problem today.
“We still are suffering from those three evils, maybe in a different way because we still are suffering from the scourge of racism and police brutality,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;We are suffering from economic disparity and poverty, and we are certainly suffering from this evil pandemic. And Dr. King, in 1967 again said, you know, there has been some progress, but we must not allow this progress to cause us to engage in a superficial, dangerous optimism. I think that is what happened to us. I think we saw that we are going to have the first female vice president who is African American and Southeast Asian, and we saw such promise with Georgia, you know, turning blue. We saw such promise, and then on January 6, we see that white supremacy is very much so alive and well.”
To Republicans that quote Dr. King on his birthday, Hostin said they have no standing, because of who and what they supported over the past four years.
“We saw an insurrection in our nation’s Capitol. We saw that there are people just like Dr. King said that would much rather have white supremacy rather than this multiracial democracy that he wished for,&#8221; she added. &#8220;So, I would say that in order for us to really live out his legacy, his dream, is that we must demand truth before unity. I saw today, unbelievably, in my view, Ted Cruz, Kayleigh McEnany, Ronna McDaniel, Melania Trump, quoting Dr. King, tweeting Dr. King. Those are the same people, like Melania Trump with this birther lie, Ted Cruz challenging the Electoral College. Kayleigh McEnany over and over again with her propaganda. How dare they. How dare they try to quote Dr. King on the celebration of his birthday when they enabled, enabled a racist president causing this insurrection and attack on our democracy. So while we have some progress, we just have such a long way to go.&#8221;
Sunny Hostin previously expressed support for the blacklisting of President Trump&#8217;s inner-circle from all respectable public life.
”You know, I think that Trump, um, tear-gassed peaceful protesters for a photo op. I think the Trump ripped children from their parents. I think that Trump called NFL players sons of bitches I think that—for exercising their First Amendment rights,” said “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin way back in November. “I think those people in his administration that not only drafted some of those policies but were complicit in some of those policies shouldn’t be forgotten.”
“People like Kirstjen Nielsen, people like Stephen Miller, people like Kellyanne Conway, people like Vice President Mike Pence who was woefully inadequate of his role as the head of the coronavirus task force and people like Ben Carson and Betsy Devos, I don’t think those people should be able to profit from their experience within the Trump administration,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-co-host-sunny-hostin-supports-blacklisting-trump-associates">she said</a> in November. “I don’t think they should be forgotten. I don’t think we should look the other way. I think we need to remember because if you don’t remember things then past becomes prologue. I do think people need to be held accountable for their actions and um I don’t think it’s reminiscent of McCarthyism at all.”

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On Sunday, Atlantic correspondent and former ESPN host Jemele Hill compared the United States to Nazi Germany, tweeting, “if you were of the opinion that the United States wasn’t nearly as bad as Nazi Germany, how wrong you are.”
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Been reading Isabel Wilkerson’s new book, “Caste,” and if you were of the opinion that the United States wasn’t nearly as bad as Nazi Germany, how wrong you are. Can’t encourage you enough to read this masterpiece.
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1297633435377270785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The protean and gifted actor James Woods, whose singularly candid conservative perspective for a Hollywood star has drawn him millions of followers on social media, fired back a blistering response at Hill: “The children small enough to be thrown into the ovens at Mauthausen were incinerated alive to save the disruption they might cause being herded into the gas chamber. You’re a raging, ignorant fool.”
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The children small enough to be thrown into the ovens at Mauthausen were incinerated alive to save the disruption they might cause being herded into the gas chamber. You’re a raging, ignorant fool. <a href="https://t.co/4t2VrzZLo7">https://t.co/4t2VrzZLo7</a>
&mdash; James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1297731927366017025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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When a woman replied to Woods, “I visited Mauthausen. It was disturbing. I thought of all the lives lost for what? I can’t believe the words coming out of her mouth,” Woods added, “I spent weeks at Mauthausen when we filmed the Holocaust miniseries. Every single day is still with me. 140,000 people were murdered there.”
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I spent weeks at Mauthausen when we filmed the Holocaust miniseries. Every single day is still with me. 140,000 people were murdered there. <a href="https://t.co/iAcgrjQyvn">https://t.co/iAcgrjQyvn</a>
&mdash; James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1297736114573176833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The four-part &#8220;Holocaust&#8221; miniseries ran on NBC in 1978; Woods played the fictional artist Karl Weiss, who died in the Buchenwald concentration camp, which in reality was located near Weimar, Germany. Mauthausen was a Nazi concentration camp near Linz in Austria; it was the last concentration camp to be liberated by the Allies. The National World War II Museum writes of Mauthausen:
<blockquote>Days of excruciating toil frequently lasted eleven hours in the summer months and nine hours in the winter. Once they extracted blocks of stone from the cliff, the prisoners next had to break them into smaller fragments. Then they were forced to bear them up the 186 steps of the Todesstiege, the horrid Stairway of Death … Forced to carry stones often weighing more than 100 pounds up this path, the repeated ascent broke the spirits and bodies of thousands. … The SS eagerly dispensed punishment to anyone exhibiting fatigue. … A monument erected there described how the SS delighted in hurling these Jewish men off the top of this wall to their deaths. With their inimitable sense of humor, the guards nicknamed their victims Fallschirmspringer—parachutists.
These men died unspeakably painful deaths far from their homes in 1941-42. “In other camps,” writes Nikolaus Wachsmann, “inmates began to dread a transfer to Mauthausen, after returning prisoners described the huge quarries as hell on earth.” Its name rightly incited terror.</blockquote>
Martin Baranek, the author of Determined, who had already survived the camps of Starachowice and Auschwitz, said of Mauthausen: “Mauthausen was unlike anywhere else, a place of physical and mental torture and abuse beyond our imaginations.”
As The Daily Wire has reported, &#8220;Hill has routinely ripped President Donald Trump, calling the Commander-in-Chief a &#8216;bigot&#8217; and a &#8216;white supremacist&#8217; back in 2017. Even after blowback, the former sports writer refused to apologize for her rhetoric, saying on a radio program that calling Trump a &#8216;white supremacist&#8217; is the same as &#8216;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/12/26/jemele-hill-stands-by-calling-president-trump-white-supremacist-i-thought-i-was-saying-water-is-wet/">saying water is wet</a>.&#8217;”

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Jemele Hill Compares U.S. To Nazi Germany. James Woods Cites Holocaust, Fires, ‘You’re A Raging, Ignorant Fool’

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On Sunday, Atlantic correspondent and former ESPN host Jemele Hill suggested the United States was &#8220;as bad&#8221; as Nazi Germany, adding that the slaughter of 6 million Jews was a learned behavior from Germany &#8220;watching America.&#8221;
&#8220;Been reading Isabel Wilkerson’s new book, &#8216;Caste,&#8217; and if you were of the opinion that the United States wasn’t nearly as bad as Nazi Germany, how wrong you are,&#8221; she posted to Twitter. &#8220;Can’t encourage you enough to read this masterpiece.&#8221;
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Been reading Isabel Wilkerson’s new book, “Caste,” and if you were of the opinion that the United States wasn’t nearly as bad as Nazi Germany, how wrong you are. Can’t encourage you enough to read this masterpiece.
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1297633435377270785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Hill has routinely ripped President Donald Trump, calling the Commander-in-Chief a &#8220;bigot&#8221; and a &#8220;white supremacist&#8221; back in 2017. Even after blowback, the former sports writer refused to apologize for her rhetoric, saying on a radio program that calling Trump a &#8220;white supremacist&#8221; is the same as &#8220;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/12/26/jemele-hill-stands-by-calling-president-trump-white-supremacist-i-thought-i-was-saying-water-is-wet/">saying water is wet</a>.&#8221;
The politico was immediately hit with backlash.
&#8220;Read a book,&#8221; suggested former Acting Director of National Intelligence and Ambassador to Germany Ric Grenell. &#8220;The Nazis murdered 6.5 million Jews.&#8221;
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Read a book. The Nazis murdered 6.5 million Jews. <a href="https://t.co/uyUiisxYhI">https://t.co/uyUiisxYhI</a>
&mdash; Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1297687294913081346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Been reading Jemele Hill’s tweets, and if you were of the opinion that she’s smarter than a cactus, how wrong you are,&#8221; Daily Wire podcast host and author Matt Walsh mocked.
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Been reading Jemele Hill’s tweets, and if you were of the opinion that she’s smarter than a cactus, how wrong you are <a href="https://t.co/kN9bRlct8e">https://t.co/kN9bRlct8e</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1297687506851377159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Author and psychology professor Geoffrey Miller posted a Twitter poll ripping Hill. &#8220;Is this one of the top 10 worst takes in the history of Twitter?&#8221; he asked. The &#8220;answer&#8221; options of his poll included, &#8220;Yes,&#8221; &#8220;No, but it&#8217;s pretty bad,&#8221; and &#8220;Not at all. This is fine.&#8221;
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Is this one of the top 10 worst takes in the history of Twitter?
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&#8220;Just the basic fact that you have a huge platform/make a solid living s***ing on the President and haven&#8217;t been locked in a labor camp says this is the complete opposite of Nazi Germany,&#8221; said Tim Young. &#8220;Grow up.&#8221;
The remark promoted Hill to note that she believes the U.S. was as bad as Nazi Germany, though it is not currently.
&#8220;Nowhere in my tweet did I say the current state of America is like Nazi Germany,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I was referring specifically to our racial history. The parallels have been pointed out by plenty of historians, not just Isabel Wilkerson. You tell me to grow up. I say, you need to read more.&#8221;
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Nowhere in my tweet did I say the current state of America is like Nazi Germany. I was referring specifically to our racial history. The parallels have been pointed out by plenty of historians, not just Isabel Wilkerson. You tell me to grow up. I say, you need to read more.
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1297700368353120262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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When faced with criticism from Arc Digital Editor-in-Chief Berny Belvedere, Hill doubled-down on her remarks, suggesting Adolf Hitler took a page from America.
&#8220;This is breathtakingly irresponsible,&#8221; Belvedere commented. &#8220;How is anyone supposed to trust your judgment after this horror show of an opinion?&#8221;
&#8220;What would you call it when a country that murdered millions of Jews learned their systems of genocide by watching America, and studying our history of racialized slavery, and great knack for racial terrorism?&#8221; Hill shot back.
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What would you call it when a country that murdered millions of Jews learned their systems of genocide by watching America, and studying our history of racialized slavery, and great knack for racial terrorism?
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1297690387117510656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Back in May, Hill took to social media to defend Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, a 77-year-old white male, over his comments regarding black Americans who, according to Biden, aren’t actually &#8220;black&#8221; if they haven&#8217;t already decided to vote for him in November over President Trump.
“The issue wasn’t what Joe Biden said, because it was accurate,” Hill <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jemele-hill-bidens-you-aint-black-comments-accurate">wrote</a> via Twitter. “The issue was that it came from Biden. It also was clearly a joke that didn’t land. But I’m wondering where all this outrage was yesterday when y’all president declared his public devotion to a Nazi sympathizer.”
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The issue wasn’t what Joe Biden said, because it was accurate. The issue was that it came from Biden. It also was clearly a joke that didn’t land. But I’m wondering where all this outrage was yesterday when y’all president declared his public devotion to a Nazi sympathizer.
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1263871146258100229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“I don’t have a problem with the statement because he was clearly referring to this from a policy and track record standpoint. If you’re black and you support anti-black policies and positions, then that makes you …? You’re still technically black but you ain’t with us,” she later doubled-down.
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I don’t have a problem with the statement because he was clearly referring to this from a policy and track record standpoint. If you’re black and you support anti-black policies and positions, then that makes you &#8230;? You’re still technically black but you ain’t with us
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1263875346941620224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jemele-hill-bidens-you-aint-black-comments-accurate">Jemele Hill: Biden’s ‘You Ain’t Black’ Comments ‘Accurate’</a>

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Jemele Hill Says ‘Nazi Germany’ Learned From ‘Watching America’; Gets Crushed Online

Reports surfaced Sunday night that NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace was the apparent victim of a hate crime, after a &#8220;noose&#8221; was found hanging from the driver&#8217;s garage. In the midst of the reports, before the results of an investigation, The Atlantic&#8217;s Jemele Hill appeared on MSNBC airwaves to slam NASCAR and its fans for being what she suggested are anti-black racists.
“This reminder is [a] very stunning, shocking, appalling, disgusting reminder of who, again, this sport is for,” Hill <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/jemele-hill-bubba-wallace-incident-is-a-disgusting-reminder-of-who-the-sport-is-for-85703237642">told</a> MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Monday, as noted by <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/503972-jemele-hill-calls-noose-left-in-bubba-wallaces-stall-a-disgusting-reminder-of">The Hill</a>. “I’m very curious to see how NASCAR handles this, because based[on] everything I’ve read … this had to be an inside job, because this garage was only open to essential personnel. So, somebody associated with NASCAR likely may have been the culprit.”
However, by Tuesday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-fbi-concludes-no-federal-crime-committed-in-bubba-wallace-noose-case">FBI concluded</a> that Wallace was not the victim of a hate crime, and that the &#8220;noose&#8221; was actually a garage pull used in that garage at least a year before the black driver was assigned to it.
Despite the investigation&#8217;s findings, Hill did not back down from her racial criticism of NASCAR, refusing to offer an apology and contending that the garage pull &#8220;Was. A. Noose.&#8221;
&#8220;It. Was. Not. A. Noose.,&#8221; posted OAN&#8217;s Liz Wheeler, captioning the MSNBC clip of Hill. &#8220;But [Jemele Hill] used this fake news as justification to call ALL fans of NASCAR racist. Hill called the original (fake news) report a, &#8216;stunning, shocking, appalling, disgusting remind of who this sport is for.'&#8221;
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It. Was. Not. A. Noose.
But <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JemeleHill</a> used this fake news as justification to call ALL fans of NASCAR racist.
Hill called the original (fake news) report a, “stunning, shocking, appalling, disgusting remind of who this sport is for.”
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&mdash; Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) <a href="https://twitter.com/Liz_Wheeler/status/1275575223136301056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Hill responded, &#8220;It. Was. A. Noose.&#8221;
&#8220;They just don’t believe it was directed at Bubba Wallace,&#8221; claimed the left-wing activist. &#8220;I know facts nor (sic) context is your strong suit, but do try to keep up.&#8221;
Hill added a screenshot of the statement from NASCAR regarding the FBI findings, which clearly states that &#8220;the garage pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned there since as early as last fall&#8221;:
<blockquote>“The FBI has completed its investigation at Talladega Superspeedway and determined that Bubba Wallace was not the target of a hate crime. The FBI report concludes, and photographic evidence confirms, that the garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned there since as early as last fall. This was obviously well before the 43 team’s arrival and garage assignment. We appreciate the FBl’s quick and thorough investigation and are thankful to learn that this was not an intentional, racist act against Bubba. We remain steadfast in our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all who love racing.”</blockquote>
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It. Was. A. Noose.
They just don’t believe it was directed at Bubba Wallace.
I know facts nor context is your strong suit, but do try to keep up. <a href="https://t.co/dxsqLeSp7A">https://t.co/dxsqLeSp7A</a> <a href="https://t.co/xSfeY0wRVq">pic.twitter.com/xSfeY0wRVq</a>
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1275608611276730368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Journalist Megyn Kelly similarly hit Hill for &#8220;unfairly besmirch[ing]&#8221; NASCAR fans.
&#8220;Now that we know the [Bubba Wallace] &#8216;noose&#8217; was not a racist attack at all, will ⁦[Jemele Hill] apologize to the NASCAR fans she unfairly besmirched?&#8221; questioned Kelly, referencing the Mediaite headline: &#8220;Jemele Hill Condemns NASCAR Noose Incident: ‘Disgusting Reminder of Who This Sport is for.'&#8221;
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Now that we know the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BubbaWallace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BubbaWallace</a> “noose” was not a racist attack at all, will ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jemelehill</a>⁩ apologize to the NASCAR fans she unfairly besmirched? Jemele Hill Condemns NASCAR Noose Incident: ‘Disgusting Reminder of Who This Sport is for’ <a href="https://t.co/BPF9YRgFQl">https://t.co/BPF9YRgFQl</a>
&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1275566472975220738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Hill deflected from the criticism, posting, &#8220;I’m old enough to remember NASCAR banning the Confederate flag from races a couple weeks ago,&#8221; and adding the follow-up tweet, &#8220;Let me go pray to white Jesus for Megyn Kelly.&#8221;
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I’m old enough to remember NASCAR banning the Confederate flag from races a couple weeks ago. <a href="https://t.co/PUWvqVIofq">https://t.co/PUWvqVIofq</a>
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1275575213418139648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Let me go pray to white Jesus for Megyn Kelly.
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1275578411562360832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Wallace told far-left CNN host Don Lemon on Tuesday night that the garage pull was a &#8220;straight up noose.&#8221;
“None of the allegations of being a hoax will break me or tear me down,” Wallace said, as noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bubba-wallace-doesnt-matter-if-we-provide-100-facts">The Daily Wire</a>. “Will it piss me off? Absolutely. But that only fuels the competitive drive in me to shut everybody up, to get back out on the race track next weekend in Pocono and showcase what I can do behind the wheel. Tremendous amounts of BS (bulls***), whatever it is that you want to say, you won’t break me, you won’t tear me down. Again, I will still stand proud of where I’m at.”
“I have been racing all my life. We have raced out of hundreds of garages. They never had garage pulls like that,” the driver said. “People that call it a garage pull and put out videos and photos of knots being in as their evidence, go ahead. But from the evidence that we have, that I have. It’s a straight up noose.&#8221;
&#8220;The FBI has stated that it was a noose, over and over again,&#8221; added Wallace. &#8220;NASCAR leadership has stated it was a noose. I can confirm that. I actually got evidence of what was hanging in my garage over my car, to confirm that it was a noose.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-bubba-wallace-slams-simple-minded-skeptics-of-noose-incident-fbi-no-federal-crime-committed">WATCH: Bubba Wallace Slams ‘Simple-Minded’ Skeptics Of ‘Noose’ Incident; FBI: ‘No Federal Crime’ Committed</a>
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Jemele Hill Stands By Suggestion NASCAR Is For Racists After FBI Debunks Hate Crime Claim: ‘It. Was. A. Noose.’

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Jemele Hill, staff writer for The Atlantic and former ESPN commentator who sparked national controversy when <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2733368-donald-trump-asks-espn-to-apologize-for-jemele-hills-white-supremacist-comments">she referred</a> to President Donald Trump as a “white supremacist,” defended Joe Biden on Friday after he told black Americans they &#8220;ain&#8217;t black&#8221; if they don&#8217;t vote for him come November.
In her tweet on Friday, Hill denounced Trump for his &#8220;devotion to a Nazi sympathizer&#8221; in reference to when he praised Henry Ford during his visit to the Ford plant last week.
&#8220;The issue wasn’t what Joe Biden said, because it was accurate,&#8221; tweeted Hill. &#8220;The issue was that it came from Biden. It also was clearly a joke that didn’t land. But I’m wondering where all this outrage was yesterday when y’all president declared his public devotion to a Nazi sympathizer.&#8221;
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The issue wasn’t what Joe Biden said, because it was accurate. The issue was that it came from Biden. It also was clearly a joke that didn’t land. But I’m wondering where all this outrage was yesterday when y’all president declared his public devotion to a Nazi sympathizer.
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1263871146258100229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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After receiving some blowback from several Twitter followers, Hill doubled down by defending Biden&#8217;s track record.
&#8220;I don’t have a problem with the statement because he was clearly referring to this from a policy and track record standpoint. If you’re black and you support anti-black policies and positions, then that makes you &#8230;? You’re still technically black but you ain’t with us,&#8221; she tweeted.
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I don’t have a problem with the statement because he was clearly referring to this from a policy and track record standpoint. If you’re black and you support anti-black policies and positions, then that makes you &#8230;? You’re still technically black but you ain’t with us
&mdash; Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1263875346941620224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Jemele Hill, who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jemele-hill-black-athletes-should-leave-white-paul-bois">previously argued</a> that black athletes should leave white colleges for historically black ones, got roasted for an inarguably bigoted position toward other blacks that do not think like her.
&#8220;The problem was, in fact, what he said. He&#8217;s gaffe prone and Trump said something worse, fine––that&#8217;s to be expected. What&#8217;s more disturbing is this acceptance of the idea that an ethnic identity *must be wed* to a specific politics. What other ethnic group is policed like this?&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/thomaschattwill/status/1263899236233609228?s=20">tweeted</a> Thomas Chatterton Williams.
&#8220;1) Which is it? A &#8220;joke&#8221; we&#8217;re not supposed to take seriously or an &#8220;accurate&#8221; truth? 2) It not surprising that a known racist does racist things. It is noteworthy (and newsworthy) when the chosen representative of a multiracial, inclusive party dabbles in racial essentialism,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/briebriejoy/status/1263883450488143873?s=20">tweeted</a> Briahna Joy Gray.
In an appearance on the “The Breakfast Club” on Friday, Biden made his comment when host Charlamagne Tha God told the former vice president to come back on his show to answer “more questions” pertaining to black American issues.
“You’ve got more questions?” Biden replied. “Well I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
Symone D. Sanders, Joe Biden’s campaign adviser, instantly came to his defense, arguing he made the comments in “jest” while citing his past record with black Americans.
“Vice President Biden spent his career fighting alongside and for the African American community. He won his party’s nomination by earning every vote and meeting people where they are and that’s exactly what he intends to do this November,” Sanders tweeted. “The comments made at the end of the Breakfast Club interview were in jest, but let’s be clear about what the VP was saying: he was making the distinction that he would put his record with the African American community up against Trump’s any day. Period.”
Biden has since said his remarks were &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-says-his-you-aint-black-remarks-were-too-cavalier">too cavalier</a>.&#8221;
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