CNN host asks comic book villain creator if he can force Trump to ‘take down’ meme

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CNN host Brooke Baldwin asked Jim Starlin, the creator of the Marvel Comics supervillain Thanos, whether it was possible for him to get President Trump’s campaign to “take down” a meme featuring the character.

“No, the First Amendment protects it under satire, if nothing else,” Starlin said on the Friday segment. “I feel that the only thing I can do is sit there and speak out about it because, as an artist, my creations — I’d like them to be used for something that has something to do with what’s going on in me, rather than somebody else to exploit.”

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