CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Tuesday denounced a gory photo of comedian Kathy Griffin holding a fake severed head resembling President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE that a panel on the channel dismissed.

"It’s pretty disgusting,” Tapper said on "The Lead" after warning viewers with children of the graphic image. “I can’t imagine how anybody would think that’s appropriate.”

He noted that Griffin has done work for CNN on New Year's Eve as co-host of its Times Square special with Anderson Cooper.

Tapper pointed to criticism of the image from Donald Trump Jr. and others in asking his panel that included The Atlantic's Molly Ball, former Obama State Department spokeswoman and CNN contributor Jen Psaki and Republican strategist David Urban, a CNN contributor, to weigh in.

Disgusting but not surprising. This is the left today. They consider this acceptable. Imagine a conservative did this to Obama as POTUS? https://t.co/QdghcbIjS7 — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 30, 2017

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"Who is saying it's acceptable discourse?" asked Ball.

"Don Trump Jr.," Tapper replied.

"Who is saying it’s even discourse?" Ball continued. "I mean, I have a hard time bringing myself to care about something like this. I think it just speaks to the need to see themselves as a victim that they have, that they are constantly being persecuted."

"The Trumps you’re talking about," Tapper clarified.

"The Trump people are constantly having to point to the elites who are looking down on them," argued Ball. "Of course, comedians and celebrities say dumb stuff and do dumb stuff and violence is not appropriate, but I just don’t think that that’s the source of President Trump’s problems."

Urban, who served as a strategist to the Trump campaign, also didn't find the photo to be worthy of discussion.

"I think we’ve got much bigger issues to focus on than Kathy Griffin," he said.

Psaki agreed with Urban.

"Agreed with David," she said.

The 56-year-old Griffin posed for photographer Tyler Shields for the image, which was first obtained by TMZ.

The photo has been condemned by those on the left and right, including Chelsea Clinton, Keith Olbermann and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

Griffin defended the image on social media, tweeting that she does not "condone ANY violence" and she was "mocking the Mocker-in-Chief."

1/ I caption this "there was blood coming out of his eyes, blood coming out of his...wherever" Also @tylershields great Photog/film maker. pic.twitter.com/eKqr44NOl6 — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 30, 2017

2/ OBVIOUSLY, I do not condone ANY violence by my fans or others to anyone, ever! I'm merely mocking the Mocker in Chief. — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 30, 2017

CNN has not commented on Griffin's status with the network for co-hosting its New Year's Eve special, which she has done for the past 10 years with Cooper.