President Trump Slams ‘Failing’ Snoop Dogg Over Mock Shooting In Music Video

Snoop Dogg performs in concert during his “The High Road Tour” at the BB&T Pavilion on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, in Camden, N.J. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is firing back at Snoop Dogg days after the release of a music video in which the rapper points a toy gun at a clown dressed like Trump and pulls the trigger.

Trump tweeted Wednesday morning: “Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!”

The video is for a remixed version of the song “Lavender,” by Canadian group BADBADNOTGOOD featuring Snoop Dogg. In it, Snoop Dogg shoots the Trump clown with a gun that releases a flag with the word “bang.”

The rapper was also criticized over the video by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who lost to Trump in last year’s Republican presidential primary campaign.

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  1. Trump is just jealous because Snoop is so much tighter with Martha Stewart.

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