#ArrestGeorgeLopez goes viral after comedian’s Trump bounty remark
George Lopez has come under heavy fire on Twitter, even earning his own viral hashtag, #ArrestGeorgeLopez, for suggesting that an alleged bounty be collected on President Donald Trump.
Lopez was responding to an erroneous Instagram post claiming Iran has offered an $80 million bounty on Trump for ordering an airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Lopez responded, “We’ll do it for half.”
Lopez’s unflattering new hashtag then blew up on Twitter.
PLEASE REPORT GEORGE LOPEZ
— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) January 6, 2020
George Lopez said he would assassinate President Trump for bounty money.
We have a duty to report any threats or violence against the President, his family or anyone in his administration.
PLEASE RT & tag @SecretService
Use 👉 #ArrestGeorgeLopez pic.twitter.com/CX21Uhfz74
#ArrestGeorgeLopez. We the people had enough with this type of Creepy people that think that they can be on top of anything illegal without paying the price.
— R.Stryker05 (@strykeR375) January 6, 2020
A spokesperson for Lopez told NBC News that it "really was a joke."
#ArrestGeorgeLopez @SecretService I am concerned that the hate in George @georgelopez soul may have him put the president of the United States in harms way. See something, say something.
— Dan (@Dman1_1976) January 6, 2020
So when is the @SecretService going to #ArrestGeorgeLopez ? Not only said he would take someone up on their offer to assassinate the POTUS, but for Iran. An enemy nation. What's the definition of treason again? 🤔 I feel like offering to kill the Pres for an enemy should fit it.
— Josh Wells (@possiblyBatman) January 6, 2020
Anyone who threatens the President should be arrested and punished to the fullest extent. Hollywood keeps getting away with their “jokes”. No one should be joking around at this time or anytime about harming the President. #arrestgeorgelopez
— Jason (@jasonsweigart18) January 6, 2020
#ArrestGeorgeLopez if this was a Repubilcan theyd be in jail a time when this country should be united there trash making threats at the president this isn't a joking matter arrestvhim
— Michael Scott Brown (@MichaelScottB12) January 6, 2020
More than 40 people were killed and almost 200 were injured during a stampede Tuesday during Soleimani's funeral. A procession in Tehran on Monday drew more than 1 million people in the Iranian capital, crowding main thoroughfares and side streets in Tehran.
Soleimani’s death has sparked calls across Iran for revenge against America for a slaying that’s drastically raised tensions across the Middle East. The U.S. government warned ships of an unspecified threat from Iran across all the Mideast's waterways, crucial routes for global energy supplies.
»MORE: 40 dead after stampede erupts at funeral for Iranian general killed by US
Lopez is a frequent and vehement Trump critic. He publicly supported comedian Kathy Griffin's photos and video of her holding a bloodied, decapitated Trump.
Lopez is best known for his five-year stint starring on the ABC sitcom “The George Lopez Show” from 2002 to 2007 playing a version of himself, a family man at the time who also took care of the woman who raised him: his exasperating, insulting mom.
He was just the third Latino to helm a U.S. broadcast TV show, following Desi Arnaz and Freddie Prinze.
He later spent two years at TBS as a talk show host and tried to revive his comedy brand with FX’s “Saint George” in 2014 depicting his life as a divorced dad with working-class roots using the traditional sitcom set-up.
It lasted only 10 episodes.
