After Roseanne Barr attacked an African American former Obama aide by claiming she looks like the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes had a baby, Twitter converged into a sea of condemnation for the now-Trump-supporting TV star.

“Apart from being virulently racist,” Irish pundit Liam Farrell tweeted, “what does this mean?”

Apart from being virulently racist, what does this mean? Trump's America…… https://t.co/x0EBsxUMUo

— Liam Farrell (@drlfarrell) May 29, 2018

Richelle Carey of Al Jazeera English, meanwhile, noted how differently Barr is treated from black athletes who protest police brutality by taking a knee during the national anthem.

White privelege:

Black NFL players punished for peacefully kneeling to protest racial injustice

White comedian spews racist insults…has sitcom on ABC..with no consequences.

— Richelle Carey (@RichelleCarey) May 29, 2018

CNN’s Andrew Kaczynsk got a response from Barr after tweeting that the star is “making it really hard” for ABC to ignore her racist statements.

“It’s a joke,” Barr replied, but the KFILE journalist wasn’t having it.

“I understand it’s a joke,” he responded, “but can you see why some people think comparing a black woman to Planet of the Apes might be racist and find the Muslim Brotherhood reference to be conspiratorial and Islamophobic?”

It's a joke-

— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 29, 2018

I understand it’s a joke, but can you see why some people think comparing a black woman to Planet of the Apes might be racist and find the Muslim Brotherhood reference to be conspiratorial and Islamophobic?

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) May 29, 2018

Check out more responses below:

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1001463729278595073

Roseanne Barr on Valerie Jarrett.

I hope everyone who had a problem with Michelle Wolf’s WHCD routine shows the same level of outrage over this.

Because this is pretty f’ing disgusting. https://t.co/CxVM2uvVzL

— Mo Elleithee (@MoElleithee) May 29, 2018

ABC decided to overlook @therealroseanne’s history of incitement to racial, religious and ethnic hatred against Palestinians and Muslims because there was money to be made. But her vile racism is catching up and can’t be ignored. @RoseanneOnABC https://t.co/UeNp2DEJlb

— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) May 29, 2018

I guess Roseanne could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Ave now and still retain a job with Disney.

Roseanne Rips Ex-Obama Aide Valerie Jarrett With Racially Charged Joke https://t.co/VB0XGiuGzN

— Michelangelo Signorile (@MSignorile) May 29, 2018

great job ABC https://t.co/IJe9ALgi7R

— Paul Blest (@pblest) May 29, 2018

New show idea: Roseannestein — the misadventures of a loud, kooky racist woman and her nerdy henpecked, Jewish bureaucrat husband who she suspects is part of a Deep State plot to frame Trump

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) May 29, 2018

Your true colours will always shine through… https://t.co/ue0sxQeZqB

— Abiyomi Kofi (@TheAngryindian) May 29, 2018

https://twitter.com/TheDweck/status/1001458556841938944

hey @ABC @Disney
Seriously?
Maybe you should send her to @Starbucks this afternoon? https://t.co/vuvfWKptEo

— ALT-immigration 🛂 (@ALT_uscis) May 29, 2018

This is beyond repugnant. @ABC and @disney need to know how the public feels about Roseanne:

-Contact @ABC: https://t.co/N3zrBHZjig
-Contact @Disney: https://t.co/6ydEn9BDPn https://t.co/eOhK2xoByL

— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) May 29, 2018

"Hey, I hear you're looking for writers on your new sitcom."

"Aha, I see you worked for Roseanne recently."

"Yep."

"Get the fuck out of my office." https://t.co/IUC3fQ4Z9P

— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) May 29, 2018

Ugh, so much of this economic anxiety sounds like my super racist grandparents 🤷🏻‍♂️ https://t.co/1TmbPhOfV8

— Kris (Kringle) Wernowsky (@kriswernowsky) May 29, 2018

Ignore the politics here, because they don’t matter.

In any other time than now, how would @ABCNetwork allow anyone on one of their shows to spout racist bullshit and stay on the air? https://t.co/7oz1RAXzp1

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) May 29, 2018

•Where Roseanne peddles anti-Muslim bigotry and racism by calling Valerie Jarrett an "ape baby."
•But please tell me more about Roseanne's show "confronting" her own Islamophobia?

White privilege is being an open racist & Islamophobe & still getting a prime time TV spot. https://t.co/6xd2a20kIy

— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) May 29, 2018

Nice work, @abc. Greenlight that second season. Hand this garbage millions of dollars. https://t.co/wCdz4B62f0

— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) May 29, 2018

https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1001453382807293952

She called Valerie Jarrett a Muslim ape but I guess if you work in journalism that’s just “racially-charged” https://t.co/bNpvrjeOpF

— Matt KIND OF BACK INTO THE HEZBOLLAH THING Negrin (@MattNegrin) May 29, 2018

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