The White House has now joined the ESPN - Jemele Hill situation.

Hill, a longtime ESPN personality and host of SC6 with Michael Smith, was publicly reprimanded by ESPN for a tweet-storm in which she called President Donald Trump, "a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself with other white supremacists", among other remarks.

Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists. — Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017

Tuesday, ESPN released a statement regarding Hill's comments:

The comments on Twitter from Jemele Hill regarding the President do not represent the position of ESPN. We have addressed this with Jemele and she recognizes her actions were inappropriate.

The situation doesn't end there. Wednesday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders fielded the issue and called Hill's comments, "a fireable offense":

While ESPN PR released a statement regarding the comments of Jemele Hill, it appears that as of now it's as far as the punishment will go.