June 01, 2017
And now in Twitter fights no one could have ever predicted would one day be politically relevant: a former game show contestant and Donald Trump Jr.
Ken Jennings, who holds the record for the longest winning streak on "Jeopardy!", tweeted about the controversy over a picture of comedian Kathy Griffin holding up a bloodied replica of President Donald Trump's severed head.
Trump's youngest son, 11-year-old Barron, reportedly thought after initially seeing the image on TV that something bad had happened to his dad.
Jennings posted the following in response:
Barron Trump saw a very long necktie on a heap of expired deli meat in a dumpster. He thought it was his dad & his little heart is breaking
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) May 31, 2017
Trump Jr. called the tweet "low":
It takes a real man to pick on an 11 year old. Yet another low from the left, but they will rationalize this away with their usual excuses. https://t.co/JDF3VsVEJ1
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 31, 2017
Jennings responded with a joke about Trump Jr.'s exotic hunting habits:
I will kill as many white rhinos as it takes to prove my masculinity to Donald Trump Jr. https://t.co/mm8YzH2NPB
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) May 31, 2017
Now, Trump Jr. is retweeting fellow conservatives asking Simon & Schuster to end its book deal with Jennings.
Children's Author @KenJennings Tweet About Barron Trump👇🏼His Publisher Simon & Schuster 1800 223 2336.. @SimonBooks #firewithfire pic.twitter.com/UrecLdtfsy
— Based Leah 🌵🇺🇸🎸 (@LeahR77) May 31, 2017
Welcome to 2017.
