Trump Supporters Go Ape Over Roseanne Cancellation

As you know by now, ABC has cancelled Roseanne after its star sent out a tweet likening former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape.

The comedy reboot was a hit with Trump supporters after presenting its star as one of his own. Naturally, Trump supporters were quick to rationalize their new heroine's behavior. 

Enter Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA who tweeted:

Wait, Bill Maher makes comparisons to Trump being a gorilla all the time? They get classified as "jokes" by the media and he is of course allowed to keep his show and not have his life ruined The difference? Bill Maher is a liberal, Roseanne is a free-thinking Trump supporter.

If the former Ms. Barr wasn't a Trump supporter does anyone think Kirk would praise her free thinking?

Now if Maher had likened Trump cabinet member Ben Carson to an ape then he would have an argument. 

Roseanne's tweet about Jarrett was a racial epithet. Maher's joke about Trump isn't.

Of course, such facts don't matter to Trump supporters. Remember they deal in alternative facts.

However, this isn't to say that Maher's joke likening Trump to an ape isn't insulting.

It's absolutely insulting -- to the apes.