SERIOUSLY!? Ken Jennings goes full douche with ‘demented’ spin on mockery of Barron Trump
I'll take 'Failed Attempts to Clean Up a Tasteless Joke' for $500, Alex. https://t.co/Inv5PnhH4M
— Beorn (@Beorn2000) May 31, 2017
Kathy Griffin’s vile stunt about President Trump backfired on her badly but reportedly alarmed the president’s youngest son, Barron. Rosie O’Donnell was among those attacking Barron, and former “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings, as we mentioned in that post, joined in:
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
Classless. Jennings heard about it quickly:
I can't believe anyone as intelligent as you doesn't see the problem with mocking a child–any child–in this way.
— Juli Caldwell (@ImJuliCaldwell) May 31, 2017
At that point Jennings doubled down on the douchery with this attempt to explain:
The joke doesn't mock Barron. It mocks using him for political cover…and specifically this amazing tweet: https://t.co/7odxkVq0Cj
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) May 31, 2017
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