Comedian George Lopez is under fire with Trump supporters after making a joke regarding the $80 million bounty that Iran has allegedly placed on Trump’s head.
An Instagram account posted the claim about the $80 million bounty that was made during Gen. Qasem Soleimani’s televised funeral, the top Iranian official who was killed in an airstrike ordered by Donald Trump. As of now, the bounty has not been endorsed by the Iranian government or Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
However, in response to the post, Lopez commented, “We’ll do it for half,” highlighting the longstanding stereotypes about Mexican workers. The comment was quickly met with backlash from supporters of Trump, and “Arrest George Lopez” was trending much of Monday morning.
This is your daily reminder that if someone said they would comply with a terrorist regime's bounty on Obama's head they would be in custody right now
But when George Lopez offers to assassinate President Trump for 40 million dollars—media silence & zero accountability
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— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 6, 2020
Ted nugent: imma kill obama and Hillary!
Maga folks: HELL YEA!
George Lopez: "we'll do it for half"
Maga folks : pic.twitter.com/7nhXCfXCXX
— Big Girl Slay ? (@Biggirlslay) January 6, 2020
Remember when Ted Nugent threatened to kill President Obama? Remember seeing Republicans lynching Obama dolls? Or how about them constantly posting pictures of Hillary Clinton with a target on her face? Yea, they can fuck right off with their fake George Lopez outrage.
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) January 6, 2020
Fox News reached out to Lopez’s representatives for comment, who explained that the comment remark was simply “a joke.”
But, this is not the first time that Lopez has made his disdain for Trump known. In 2018, he was charged after a fight with a Trump supporter in a New Mexico Hooters, after the man was voicing pro-Trump views.
