An $80 million bounty on Trump? George Lopez jokes ‘we’ll do it for half’


Published: Jan 6, 2020
GettyGeorge Lopez is in hot water with Trump supporters.


By
SHAWN LANGLOIS
SOCIAL-MEDIA EDITOR


A eulogist speaking at the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani’s funeral reportedly told the crowd that if each of the country’s 80 million citizens contributed $1, there’d be an $80 million reward for “anyone who brings us [Trump’s] head.”

George Lopez says, “We’ll do it for half.”

The 58-year-old comedian, as you can see from the comments in this screenshot from Newsweek, made the crack on this Instagram post:


Lopez immediately became a trending topic on Twitter TWTR, -0.12% , as he had back in 2018 with this viral stunt on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:

George Lopez makes a mess all over Trump's Hollywood star! 😱😂 https://t.co/m4zgDA5CPz pic.twitter.com/fn0nX1Fiu2— TMZ (@TMZ) July 12, 2018

Needless to say, Trump supporters weren’t pleased with his recent comment:

Facts:

Between 384 & 807 civilians were killed during 563 targeted strikes by Barack Obama

Trump used one surgical strike to kill the world’s leading sponsor of terror

Which president do you think George Lopez volunteered to assassinate?

🤔— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 6, 2020

George Lopez is a terrorist sympathizer that belongs in prison.— Pastor Greg Locke (@pastorlocke) January 6, 2020

George Lopez just said he’d assassinate President Trump for half of the $80 million dollar bounty.@SecretService should take a look at this.

The Left is sick. pic.twitter.com/hNCsMwOTrV— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) January 5, 2020

On the flip side, Ted Nugent was also trending in light of the comments, as defenders of Lopez launched a counterattack:

Don't forget to report Ted Nugent then as well..#Hypocrite pic.twitter.com/jNUt6yI3oQ— Cory Taylor (@CoryTaylor420) January 6, 2020

Did someone mention Ted Nugent?pic.twitter.com/Qlx1zF9gJq— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) January 6, 2020

Trump Supporters: We’re not sensitive snowflakes like the left.

George Lopez: $80 million for Trump? We’ll do it for half.

Trump Supporters: pic.twitter.com/TNjVuolZw3— Jahshikage Kira’s Vro ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ (@Yng_Oni) January 6, 2020

And, as they say, there’s a tweet for everything:

Ted Nugent was obviously using a figure of speech, unfortunate as it was. It just shows the anger people have towards @BarackObama.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 19, 2012

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