Instagram rules George Lopez comment about assassinating Trump violates policy

Published January 6, 2020 7:46pm ET



Instagram determined that George Lopez’s threat to assassinate President Trump violates the platform’s policy and will delete the comment.

The 58-year-old comedian and actor responded to a post on social media about the Iranian government putting an $80 million bounty on Trump’s head by saying he would “do it for half” of the offer. Lopez was reacting to reports that a eulogist at Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani’s funeral called for the president’s assassination as payback for the general’s death.

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