Comedian Kathy Griffin lashed out at first lady Melania Trump on Sunday after she released a statement calling for a bipartisan effort on Capitol Hill to put an end to President Trump’s enforcement of a “zero-tolerance” policy toward illegal border crossings.
“Fuck you, Melanie. You know damn well your husband can end this immediately… you feckless complicit piece of shit,” Griffin wrote on Twitter, trolling President Trump for mistakenly calling his wife “Melanie” when saying she was recovering well following a kidney procedure in May.
Griffin’s tweet also referenced the controversy sparked by fellow comedian Samantha Bee’s use of the phrase “feckless c–t” to describe first daughter Ivanka Trump last month.
Fuck you, Melanie. You know damn well your husband can end this immediately…you feckless complicit piece of shit. https://t.co/5NsoFgMuLr
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) June 17, 2018
Melania Trump issued the statement Sunday after the Department of Homeland Security confirmed last week that almost 2,000 minors were separated from their guardians at the U.S. border between April 19 and May 31 since the Trump administration implemented a policy to prosecute all illegal immigrants.
“Mrs. Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform,” Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s communications director, said in a statement shared with the Washington Examiner. “She believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart.”
