Note that Trump has talked before about putting the heads of reporters on pikes:

[kpete]

Link to tweet

[magicarpet]

1. Vlad the Impaler,...

Another one of trDumps heros.

[tanyev]

2. I don't know why Comey thought Trump was joking about putting a reporter in jail.

Wonder if he still thinks that?

[ancianita]

3. Realists don't ignore patterns of threat talk.

[oasis]

4. Collins and Murkowski are so full of shit with their outrage over this. nt

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Faux outrage, vapors and pearl-clutching. Led by Lindsey, but they all have it down to an art.

[oasis]

8. Lindsey Graham is the Sir Richard Rich of the Modern Age. nt

[usaf-vet]

9. They've got their excuse to do what they were going to do anyway. Let the SOB cont. breaking the law

[oasis]

10. Susan C. is toast. She can crawl under a rock after November.

[B Stieg]

5. He's been watching "The Walking Dead" again...

What a maroon!

[KSNY]

7. So when someone with real power talks about heads on pikes...it's a joke,

but when Kathy Griffin (a comedian) does the same thing, the media and politicians take great offense.
Just trying to grasp the logic...