‘CNN Has Terminated Our Agreement’
Kathy Griffin will no longer appear with Anderson Cooper on CNN’s popular annual New Year’s Eve show after the comedian appeared in a video Tuesday holding a prop designed to look like the bloody severed “head” of President Donald Trump. Griffin apologized later Tuesday night, but the damage was done, with people on the left and the right denouncing her actions.
“CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year’s Eve program,” CNN said via Twitter.
Donald Trump, Jr. had called for CNN to fire Griffin, and asked both Anderson Cooper and Jake Tapper, two of the network’s top journalists, to join him in his call for her firing.Â
NCRM also denounced the stunt in an editorial Tuesday afternoon.
On Twitter many had noted that in 2012, when Ted Nugent threatened to kill President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump stood up for the far right wing extremist, calling his words just a figure of speech.
“Decked out in full-on camouflage hunting gear,” Rolling Stone reported, “Nugent wielded two machine guns while raging, ‘Obama, he’s a piece of shit. I told him to suck on my machine gun. Hey Hillary,’ he continued. ‘You might want to ride one of these into the sunset, you worthless bitch.'”
Nugent summed up his eloquent speech by screaming “freedom!”
President Trump recently hosted Nugent in a visit to the Oval Office.
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