Peter Fonda Faces Backlash After Withdrawing 'Vulgar' Tweet About Taking Barron Trump From His Mother

June 22, 2018 13:32

Yesterday, actor Peter Fonda launched what seemed to be a personal attack against the Trump family on Twitter when he called out FLOTUS on the issue of family separation.

Fonda also insinuated that this might just be what Melania Trump needs to happen before she speaks to President Donald Trump about the family separation issue and urge him to take action.

Fonda’s tweet is a response to President Donald Trump’s insistence that his family separation policy would deter future illegal immigrants from attempting to cross the border with children. However, Fonda’s tweet is getting a lot of attention for the wrong reasons.

It’s more than a protest! 90 million people in the streets on the same weekend works. I can’t be the organizer for they’ll arrest me for conspiracy to commit sedition. This must be like a spontaneous event without seeming to be organized by me and we have to make this happen NOW https://t.co/be9IDUN15c
— Peter Henry Fonda (@iamfonda) June 20, 2018

The tweet was part of a rant where Fonda also went after White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielson for their unflinching support for President Trump and his immigration policy.

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However, just hours after the tweets went viral, Fonda issued a statement apologizing for the message which he acknowledged was offensive.

I tweeted something highly inappropriate and vulgar about the president and his family in response to the devastating images I was seeing on television. Like many Americans, I am very impassioned and distraught over the situation with children separated from their families at the border, but I went way too far. It was wrong and I should not have done it. I immediately regretted it and sincerely apologize to the family for what I said and any hurt my words have caused.

Fonda’s manager, Alan Somers, shared the apology with media outlets, including Fox News and The Daily Caller. But his tweet had already gotten the attention of the White House. The spokeswoman for the First Lady, Stephanie Grisham, informed The Daily Caller that the Secret Service had been “notified” of the tweet.

If Peter Fonda was a Republican his career would be over by now, and all shows he is associated with would be cancelled and movies pulled

Instead he will just say he was “joking”, offer a fake apology, and then continue his sick bigotry

This is what we call liberal privilege
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 21, 2018

Other observers on Twitter have also called out Fonda, suggesting that he was not getting the due reprimand for his offensive attack against the First Family and Barron Trump. Some have even called for stiffer penalties, referring to cases in the past where celebrities were reprimanded for verbal abuse.

This is exactly the kind of violence that has been inspired by #PeterFonda’s tweet. The individual making this suggestive terrorist threat against the granddaughter of the President is a “TV writer,” which sadly makes sense in today’s twisted world of Hollywood. pic.twitter.com/i08vXZItGo
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) June 21, 2018

Does anybody remember when Milo got BANNED from Twitter for criticizing an African-American actor, but now Peter Fonda goes ballistic with violent pedo-rage targeting Trump's children, and twitter is perfectly fine with that? Stunning.
— HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) June 21, 2018

It seems there is little love for the Trumps among the Fondas. Jane Fonda is not a fan of the president either. In 2017, she unleashed a barrage against President Trump while speaking at the Emmy Awards. Barron Trump may not be in a position to respond to Fonda’s tweet, but it will not be surprising if his father, President Trump, does.