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   From: slut.kathy.griffin@msnbc.com   
      
   Griffin also loses CNN New Year’s Eve show, endorsement deal   
      
   Thank you Kathy Griffin for the indisputable evidence of your   
   liberal bigotry and ignorance.   
      
   MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The chair of the Minnesota Republican Party   
   is asking Sen. Al Franken to cancel a promotional event for his   
   book after a comedian slated to be part of the event appeared in   
   a photograph with a simulacrum of President Donald Trump’s   
   severed head.   
      
   Kathy Griffin posed for the photo as part of a shoot with L.A.-   
   based photographer Tyler Shields, according to TMZ.   
      
   Franken is scheduled to promote his new book, “Al Franken: Giant   
   of the Senate,” with Griffin in an event on July 7 in Beverly   
   Hills.   
      
   Republican Party Chair Jennifer Carnahan released a statement   
   Friday calling on Franken to cancel the event.   
      
   “Surely, Senator Franken values the physical well-being of our   
   democratically-elected President over promoting his book,”   
   Carnahan said.   
      
   “While we value political discourse and the freedom to express   
   your opinion, this act of perceived violence against the elected   
   leader of the United States of America is disgraceful and   
   disgusting.”   
      
   Franken has been an outspoken critic of Trump. There is growing   
   speculation the Minnesota senator could run for president in   
   2020.   
      
   A spokesperson for Franken released the following statement   
   Tuesday night:   
      
   “Sen. Franken thinks Kathy Griffin is a talented comedian and   
   respects her right to free speech, but believes this image was   
   inappropriate and not the kind of thing that should be part of   
   our national discourse.”   
      
   http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/05/30/franken-griffin-trump-   
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