George Lopez has been criticized for 'joking' about killing Donald Trump for half of the $80million bounty that Iran has placed on the president's head.

Over the weekend Iranian leaders called for a bounty to be placed on Trump's head following the killing of their military leader, Qasem Soleimani, last week.

An organizer for Soleimani's funeral procession in Mashad called on all Iranians to donate $1 each in order to gather the $80million.

After news of the bounty made headlines, several people started sharing it on social media, including the Instagram page Chican World Star, which asked followers to comment their thoughts under the post.

That's when Lopez joked in the comments: 'We'll do it for half.'

He was immediately met with criticism from Trump supporters, including Diamond and Silk.



George Lopez (left in December) has been criticized for 'joking' about killing Donald Trump (right on Sunday) for half of the $80million bounty that Iran has placed on the president's head

After news of the bounty made headlines, several people started sharing it on social media, including the Instagram page Chican World Star, which asked followers to comment their thoughts under the post. That's when Lopez joked in the comments: 'We'll do it for half' (above)

The social media personalities, who have been vocal about their support for Trump since he was elected, took to Twitter to voice their concern.

'It's time for Secret Service to pay George Lopez a visit!' they shared.

Others chimed in and even called for Lopez to be arrested for making the comment.

'If an ordinary citizen said they would assassinate the President for money, the Secret Service would be at their door,' one user wrote.

Another tweeted: 'RT if you believe the FBI and Secret Service should IMMEDIATELY arrest George Lopez for threatening to murder Trump in exchange for $40 million!'

That tweet was retweeted more than 27,000 times.

Lopez's representatives have since said the comedian was making 'a joke'.

Meanwhile, others pointed out that comedian Ted Nugent made a similar 'joke' about former president Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

He was immediately met with criticism from Trump supporters, including Diamond and Silk

'Funny how Trumpers are up in arms about George Lopez, but had no problem when country singer Ted Nugent threatened Obama,' one person wrote.

Kathy Griffin, who in 2017 was slammed for sharing a video of herself holding a mask styled to look like the severed, bloody head of Trump, defended Lopez.

'Calm down trump cult! @georgelopez is a professional comedian and...OH F*CK OFF. THIS JOKE IS HILARIOUS & you all know it,' Griffin tweeted.

In 2007, Nugent threatened the lives of Hillary Clinton and Obama during a rant at one of his concerts.

Clinton and Obama were both presidential candidates at the time.

'Obama, he’s a piece of sh*t,' Nugent said during his rant, adding that: 'I told him to suck on my machine gun.'

'Hey Hillary, you might want to ride one of these into the sunset, you worthless b**ch,' he continued.

Then in 2012, during an NRA Annual Meeting Nugent threatened Obama's life.

'We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November,' he said at the time.

Meanwhile, others pointed out that comedian Ted Nugent made a similar 'joke' about former president Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton

Kathy Griffin, who in 2017 was slammed for sharing a video of herself holding a mask styled to look like the severed, bloody head of Trump, defended Lopez

Tensions between American and Iran have continued to escalate since Soleimani's death.

On Sunday, Iranian MP Abolfazl Abutorabi threatened to launch an attack on American soil in retaliation.

'We can attack the White House itself, we can respond to them on the American soil. We have the power, and God willing we will respond in an appropriate time,' Abutorabi said, according to the Iranian Labour News Agency.

Abutorabi went on to say that 'this is a declaration of war, which means if you hesitate you lose'.

'When someone declares war do you want to respond to the bullets with flowers? They will shoot you in the head,' he added.

Abutorabi's threat was made during an open session of parliament in Tehran just days after Iranian military Soleimani was killed in a drone strike on Friday at Baghdad airport.

Soleimani was the architect of Tehran's overseas clandestine and military operations as head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force.

After Sunday's funeral marches in Iraq, where thousands of people gathered, Soleimani's body was flown to the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran.

Video from the scene showed a casket wrapped in an Iranian flag being unloaded from a plane as a military band played and the crowd angrily chanted 'Death to America'.