Debra Messing faces backlash for
response to 'sick' tweet directed at Mitch McConnell, Dana Loesch over mass
shootings
By Tyler McCarthy | Fox News
Debra Messing faces backlash for
'sick' tweet directed at Mitch McConnell, Dana Loesch
'Will & Grace' star Debra
Messing is in hot water after firing off an incendiary tweet to Mitch McConnell
after this past weekend's horrific mass shootings.
Debra Messing is facing backlash
over a tweet that many took to be inciting violence against Sen. Mitch
McConnell and former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch.
Messing has been vocal on Twitter
following the two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio which took
the lives of dozens of people this past weekend. The "Will and Grace"
star quickly found herself in hot water after she tweeted a response to a
user's tweet that some called "sick."
“If I get killed in a mass shooting please
cremate me and throw my ashes into Mitch McConnell’s and Dana Loesch’s eyes
while I’m still smoldering,” the tweet read. The liberal star said in reply:
"THIS. Yesssssssssss."
Users who saw the tweet were
quick to call out the 50-year-old actress for her remark.
“Debra -- people from all political leanings
consume your shows and enjoy you and them.
Why would you take a deep dive into the disgusting by reacting like this
to a horrific tweet? Take a breath. Get
out of the Hollywood mindset for a second and be a person. Thanks,” one user
wrote.
“I loved Will & Grace ( it should have
been the Jack & Karen show ) but you’re obviously a sick person. Please
seek help. Seriously,” another commented.
“You have an amazing opportunity to be an
inspiration to people, yet you use your voice in this way. Seems like a waste.
God bless!” someone else noted.
"Cremate the remains of her fallen acting
career," another user wrote.
"I don’t like Mitch, but this is in very
poor taste," someone else wrote.
Messing, however, was undeterred by the
negative reception to her tweet. She continued to post a slew of retweets and
messages calling for gun control and for GOP leaders to take action throughout
the weekend.
Earlier on Monday, she promoted a
sound bite from her appearance on Alyssa Milano’s“Sorry Not Sorry” podcast in
which she called for President Trump’s impeachment.
“This is my statement about
whether impeachment is the appropriate road to take against the sitting
President,” she captioned the sound clip. “It was given before the devastating
and preventable 4 mass shootings in the last 24 hours. I should have included
the blocking of background checks as another dereliction. Please don’t bother
wishing me death or attack me . This is my account, it’s my opinion, if you
don’t like to hear it, don’t follow me.”
Messing did not immediately
return Fox News' request for comment.