Donny Deutsch Met with Awkward Silence When He Tries to Blame Trump for ESPN’s ‘Robert Lee’ Fiasco

‘Morning Joe’ Guest Met With Awkward Silence When He Tries to Blame Trump for ESPN’s ‘Robert Lee’ Fiasco (The Washington Free Beacon)

Frequent "Morning Joe" guest Donny Deutsch was met with an awkward silence Thursday when he tried to tie ESPN's recent controversy involving the reassignment of football announcer Robert Lee to President Donald Trump.

Like the rest of the panel, Deutsch was critical of ESPN, which is in a public relations nightmare after news broke that it switched Lee, an Asian-American, from calling a Virginia football game because his name was similar to Confederate General Robert E. Lee and due to the the recent violence in Charlottesville. ESPN has claimed this was solely to prevent Lee from being mocked online.

At the end of the segment, Deutsch interjected and said, "Joe, it does show you with what's happening, starting obviously with the president on down, how the country is just on edge, to the point where you get this insane overreaction."