By Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor On the same day that President Trump decried Twitter tagging his post with a “fact check” link as a violation of free speech, comedian Kathy Griffin also decided to test her protections under the First Amendment.
CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeted a quote from Trump at a White House diabetes event on Tuesday saying, “I don’t use insulin. Should I be?” Griffin responded, “Syringe with nothing but air inside it would do the trick.” Such an injection could result in a fatal blood vessel blockage caused by one or more bubbles of air or other gas in the circulatory system, somewhat like the bends in divers.
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