Posted on 01/06/2020 1:14:49 PM PST by Red Badger
Instagram determined that George Lopez's threat to assassinate President Trump violates the platform's policy and will delete the comment.
The 58-year-old comedian and actor responded to a post on social media about the Iranian government putting an $80 million bounty on Trump's head by saying he would "do it for half" of the offer. Lopez was reacting to reports that a eulogist at Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani's funeral called for the president's assassination as payback for the general's death.
The comment violated Instagram's community guidelines and "will be removed shortly," a Facebook company spokeswoman told the Washington Examiner on Monday. The spokeswoman declined to answer questions on whether Lopez will lose access to the account either temporarily or permanently. Representatives for Lopez told Fox News the remark was "just a joke."
Trump ordered the killing of Soleimani after what he described as "very major" and credible intelligence that he was planning to kill Americans in the region. The Iranian military unit Soleimani headed has been designated an official terrorist organization.
“just a joke.”
Last refuge of scoundrels.
It wasn’t a joke George, but you are.
Whenever Commies talk about killing Republicans they always say “Come on can’t you take a joke”
Lopez is a has been clucking like a chicken to get attention.
What will Lopez say when Trump takes the Latino vote?................
Send him to some S***hole in Mexico for 90 days and you’ll never hear another peep out of him.
The assholes on the far Left will start killing all us Deplorables if listen to what they say long enough.
The Watermelon / Red Guardesque actorvist brat was among the more recent to talk about putting folks up against a wall.
Yep.
Free speech has a few limitations...like threatening to kill someone for money.
Thanks Red Badger. Instagram's complete list of policies no doubt includes a "talk is cheap" provision, IOW, assassination of the President is okay, just don't talk about it in advance.
“Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death, is the one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking.””
Proverbs 26:18-19
Hopefully the Secret Service will visit him.
His middle name isn’t “Wilkes,” is it?
Good one!..................
One wonders, when one is wondering, after all, if people like Georgie-boy and his pals even thinks about the very personal consequences to themselves - just joking, of course - if one of their whack jobs makes an attempt to harm our President.
One wonders, one does... when one is wondering....
Delete the comment. Wow, that’s harsh.
Will he be getting a strongly worded letter too?
Must have the same comedy coach as Kathy Griffith.
violate George
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