Griffin claimed voting for Republicans would cause a war.
QUICK FACTS:
- Comedian Kathy Griffin is receiving negative pushback over her assertion that voting for Republicans would mean civil war.
- “If you don’t want a Civil War, vote for Democrats in November,” Griffin tweeted on Tuesday afternoon. “If you do want Civil War, vote Republican,” she said.
- Responses flooded in from verified and unverified accounts alike, questioning Griffin, accusing her of “fear mongering,” some even asserting that the right would win in a matchup.
- Griffin responded to one tweet asking if her words were a threat, saying that the “maga blue checks are at it again. Because they are constantly threatening Civil War, they are now trying to suggest that I am the one who is threatening a Civil War. Because you know, that’s my thing.”
RESPONSES TO GRIFFIN’S TWEET:
- “First, Kathy Griffin threatens to assassinate President Trump with her ISIS-inspired photo. Now, she’s threatening a Civil War if Republicans win this November,” said activist Scott Presler.
- “Sooo… Kathy Griffin is now threatening a Civil War on behalf of Democrats if Republicans win… got it,” said conservative pundit Tim Young.
- “We have all the guns and most of the military. I like our chances,” said Air Force veteran and Red State columnist Buzz Patterson.
- One user called out the hypocrisy of Griffin’s tweet saying, “I love how these people are preaching hate and violence… And defund the police.. and preaching to take away your second amendment… Would be the first person to call the cops if I walked in their front door. Pathetic.”
BACKGROUND:
- Griffin suffered severe backlash after a photo shoot that featured her holding a faux severed head modeled to look like former President Donald Trump.
- She later called for violence against then-president Trump in 2020 when she tweeted that someone should stab Trump with a “syringe with nothing but air inside,” which would be a potentially lethal act.
