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Article snippet: Sen. MORE (D-Minn.) on Thursday walked back his previous defense of a joint appearance with Kathy Griffin planned for an upcoming event, encouraging her not to attend. Franken said he faced backlash for keeping the planned appearance after Griffin posed with a fake decapitated head that resembled President Trump. The change of plans comes a day after Franken said during a town hall discussion Wednesday that he still planned on making a joint appearance with Griffin at the event because she had asked for forgiveness. "She not only asked for forgiveness, but she begged for forgiveness," Franken said on SiriusXM’s POTUS Channel Wednesday. Franken denounced the photo, calling it “very unfortunate” and "unacceptable." “Well when I saw this image I said this is unacceptable, I condemned it,” he added. Griffin apologized Tuesday after widespread outrage over the photo. “I sincerely apologize,” Griffin said in a video on Twitter. “I went way too far. The image is too disturbing. I understand how it offends people, it wasn’t funny, I get it. I made a mistake and I was wrong.” SPONSORED The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2017 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. Link to the full article to read more