ABC executives thought and hoped that Barr would tone down her tweeting and focus on her sitcom.

And theWashington Postpoints out there wasalso the whole George Soros-is-a-Nazi tweeting that happened that same morning.

So which was it?

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Or a long time coming?

Shes allowed to have an opinion but this was different … this was untenable, the source said.

Sometimes you just have to take a stand.

The barrage of swift statements from ABC-Disney execs after the cancellation certainly backs that up.

Thats because they still have to keep the big advertisers happy.

Its their only source of revenue.

Lynette Rice contributed to this report