Kathy Griffin's bloody Trump photo gets the internet to agree on something

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Kathy Griffin's bloody Trump photo gets the internet to agree on something

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Kathy Griffin's bloody Trump photo gets the internet to agree on something

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By Keith Wagstaff2017-05-30 23:25:24 UTC

Republicans and Democrats agree: Kathy Griffin did something disgusting. 

Griffin — who you might know from, um, Suddenly Susan and reality shows I guess?— posed in a blue dress with the fake, decapitated head of Donald Trump in a photo. 

It's gross. Seriously, if you're eating something right now, look away. OK, here's the photo, via TMZ:

She was trashed on social media by liberals and conservatives.

.@kathygriffin I'm sorry but that is totally inappropriate and so very offensive. And I have to believe you're smart enough to know better.

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) May 30, 2017

Our politics have become too base, too low, & too vulgar, but Kathy Griffin's post descends into an even more repugnant & vile territory.

— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) May 30, 2017

DEM BASE: Talk about health care and jobs.

DEM LEADERS: Talk about Russia.

DEM CELEBS: Talk about meeeeeeeeeeeeeee

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) May 30, 2017

There are plenty of other tweets, too, but it's a toxic cesspool that pretty much boils down to "SEE THIS IS LIBERAL HATE" and "TRUMP SUPPORTERS BASICALLY DID THE SAME THING TO OBAMA."

This sums it up:

my feed today has mostly been liberals disgusted by Kathy Griffin and conservatives asking why liberals aren't denouncing Kathy Griffin

— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) May 30, 2017

In case you're wondering, yes, people are tweeting about it to the Secret Service, who seem to be indirectly responding to the outrage. 

On it! @SecretService has a robust protective intelligence division that monitors open source reporting & social media to evaluate threats

— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) May 30, 2017

Griffin responded to the whole thing with a reference to a Trump comment about NBC (and former Fox News) host Megyn Kelly. 

2/ OBVIOUSLY, I do not condone ANY violence by my fans or others to anyone, ever! I'm merely mocking the Mocker in Chief.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 30, 2017

And so this stupid year rolls on. 

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May 30, 2017 at 11:47AM