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Kathy Griffin fears for comedians if Donald Trump becomes president again: 'He's going to pick us off, one by one'

Kathy Griffin said she's fearful for the wellbeing of comedians like Jon Stewart and Jimmy Kimmel if Donald Trump is re-elected in November: 'He's going to pick us off.'

"He’s going to pick us off, one by one, like bowling pins, and I’m not kidding and I’m not being paranoid," the 63-year-old tells Entertainment Weekly during an i nterview for the upcoming leg of her My Life on the PTSD-List tour — the title for which was inspired by the lingering trauma she says she still experiences, following a federal investigation into the infamous 2017 photo of herself holding a bloodied mask styled to look like then-President Trump that led to career implosion, lost work, fractured friendships, and her name being added to the no-fly list as a result. She also says that the Department of Justice came extremely close "to actually arresting me for conspiracy to assassinate the president of the United States," calling the investigation "chilling" and unprecedented, as she can't recall another comedian who went through such an extensive probe at the hands of the government. Trump regularly spoke out against her in the 2016 election cycle, when he brought up the comedian and actress' name while answering a 2015 debate question from conservative broadcaster Megyn Kelly, who asked him about criticizing women he didn't agree with by using phrases like "fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals."

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