The aforementioned tweet reads as follows:
Shortly thereafter, Melania’s communications director Stephanie Grisham stated that the First Lady contacted Secret Service regarding Fonda’s tweet.
Fonda’s Apology
Peter Fonda consequently deleted his Twitter post and issued an apology. This is common amongst people who make rash, indefensible statements.
Nevertheless, the actor’s apology professed his “impassioned” and “distraught” disposition regarding the separation of migrant children from their parents. Fonda then admitted that he was wrong. Finally, he concluded his apology by apologizing to the first family and for “any hurt [his] words may have caused.”
Earlier this week, Stephanie Grisham affirmed that the First Lady hated seeing children separated from their parents:
