Samantha Bee assailed for vulgar Ivanka Trump slam
NEW YORK — Samantha Bee is under fire for referring to Ivanka Trump with a vulgar word on her TBS comedy show.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday called
Bee’s language “vile and vicious” and said executives at TBS and corporate parent Time Warner “must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned.”
Bee called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c---” toward the end of a segment about President Trump’s immigration policies on her show, “Full Frontal,” on Wednesday. She used the slur in urging Ivanka Trump to speak to her father about policies that separate children from their parents.
Bee said, “Put on something tight and lowcut and tell your father to f---ing stop it.”
There was no immediate comment from TBS on Thursday.
Coming two days after ABC canceled “Roseanne” following a racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Bee’s remark was immediately seized upon by conservatives who believe that offensive language by liberals is not viewed as harshly.
Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, tweeted that there’s a double standard in action when you compare the mainstream media’s reactions between the two events.
“There’s no uprising against Bee,” Fleischer wrote. “Why? Because she is a liberal.”
Bee’s commentary is likely to be a corporate headache. Time Warner, which owns TBS, CNN and HBO, is in the process of being acquired by AT&T for $85 billion.