Roseanne, the recently rebooted ABC show starring right-wing comedian Roseanne Barr, has been canceled by the network after Barr made a racist, conspiracist remark about Valerie Jarrett, one of President Obama’s closest advisers. (Jarrett has been a favorite target of conservative conspiracy-mongers since Obama was in office.)
@therealroseanne tweet now deleted and apology has been issued. Screenshot here so people can still see it. Hey @ABCNetwork when someone shows you how much of a racist they are, believe them the first 500 times pic.twitter.com/teZkRo3SGw
— Mark M (@MarkDesigner) May 29, 2018
Following the instant backlash on Twitter, Barr deleted the offending tweet and said she was leaving the platform. She then tweeted an...
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