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Stand-Up Comedian: 10-Year-Old Barron Trump A ‘Date-Rapist-To-Be’

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Jan 26, 2017 DailyWire.com

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Stand-up comedian Stephen Spinola decided he would join in the attacks on 10-year-old Barron Trump last Friday, as his father Donald Trump was being inaugurated.

In two tweets he later deleted, Spinola offered these gems of humor: “Barron Trump looks like a very handsome date-rapist to be,” and, “I don’t want my Mom to get raped, but if she does I hope it’s by Barron Trump. Small pp [sic] would be painless and we’d win lots of money in court.”

Threats started mounting, according to Spinola:

Even if you consider my joke cyberbullying, why would you fight cyberbullying with cyberbullying and death threats? That doesn’t seem right.
— Stephen Spinola (@Mr_McStevie) January 23, 2017

To be clear, I’m safe and not being held captive but there have been some serious death threats over my jokes. I appreciate anybody caring. https://t.co/VtffgCanZp
— Stephen Spinola (@Mr_McStevie) January 24, 2017

The comedian tweeted an apology: “I believe in Math and the stats are saying I made a bad joke. I truly apologize if it hurt Barron Trump’s feelings. And thats all I can say.”

After Infowars wrote inaccurately in a story that Spinola was a writer for Comedy Central, and created an online petition calling for Comedy Central to fire him, over 100,000 people signed the petition.

Comedy Central issued a tweet declaring Spinola had never worked for them:

@Change 4/5 Spinola included false and misleading information in his Twitter bio that gave the impression he worked for our company.
— Comedy Central Press (@ComedyCentralPR) January 24, 2017

Spinola responded:

I never posted misleading information. I can prove that Comedy Central had me sign release forms to used my comedic content more than once. https://t.co/v6LMTGCwwa
— Stephen Spinola (@Mr_McStevie) January 25, 2017

Comedy Central fired back:

@Mr_McStevie @Change A tweet on a show does not make you an employee. You have never been employed by Comedy Central or Viacom.
— Comedy Central Press (@ComedyCentralPR) January 25, 2017

Spinola responded:

I never claimed employment. That allegation was originally made by Alex Jones & Paul Joseph Watkins. You’ve slandered me by saying I misled. https://t.co/XmOrUg3uiP
— Stephen Spinola (@Mr_McStevie) January 25, 2017

If somebody makes me sign 3 release forms to use my Comedic Content in a 6 show sketch series I think it’s fair to call myself a Contributor
— Stephen Spinola (@Mr_McStevie) January 25, 2017

. @ComedyCentralPR I understand you wanting to distance yourselves from everything. I respectfully removed my bio. But I never lied. Please.
— Stephen Spinola (@Mr_McStevie) January 25, 2017

Spinola claimed he has received numerous death threats:

Yes. That does seem fair. However death threats are not fair. I will be taking screenshots of all death threats I’ve received to the police. https://t.co/NIg2TKNE7O
— Stephen Spinola (@Mr_McStevie) January 25, 2017

By Thursday, Spinola had changed his mind about his apology:

I tried to apologize. People kept sending death threats and still are. No apology will ever be good enough. I OFFICIALLY RETRACT MY APOLOGY. https://t.co/QreRgj9wf2
— Stephen Spinola (@Mr_McStevie) January 26, 2017

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