White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders struck back at ESPN host Jemele Hill for referring to President Donald Trump a "white supremacist," calling the comment "outrageous" and saying she should lose her job.

Asked about Hill's series of tweets Monday evening, in which the sportscaster also said Trump's rise was "the direct result of white supremacy," Sanders responded: "That's one of the more outrageous comments that anyone could make and certainly something that I think is a fireable offence by ESPN."

ESPN scolded Hill, who is African-American, in a public statement distancing the network from her remarks, but it has not suspended her from her co-hosting gig on "SportsCenter."

The network, which has been accused by far-right conservatives of being too openly liberal with its politics, called Hill's tweet "inappropriate" and noted her comments do not "represent the position of ESPN."