(CNN)President Donald Trump spoke for over an hour in Nashville, Tennessee, but his wide-ranging remarks notably left out one of the day’s biggest news stories: Roseanne.
ABC cancelled the hit sitcom “Roseanne” Tuesday following the eponymous star Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet, with the network calling her remarks “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.”
Instead, Trump stayed mostly on message in Nashville. He talked at length about his 2016 victory and accomplishments since taking office, he praised Senate candidate Rep. Marsha Blackburn and tied her Democratic opponent to Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and Nancy Pelosi, and he looked ahead to his administration’s push on infrastructure.
On the flight to Tennessee, press secretary Sarah Sanders repeatedly declined to comment on the show’s cancellation.
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