Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) said it was time for President Donald Trump to "grow up," after the president retweeted a meme of him hitting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with a golf ball. | Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images Feinstein and Biden slam Trump's golf ball retweet

Two senior Democrats condemned President Donald Trump on Monday for retweeting a doctored meme of a golf ball hitting Hillary Clinton.

“Every one of us should be offended by the vindictive and candidly dangerous messages the president sends that demean not only Secretary Clinton, but all women," Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in a blistering statement.


Feinstein, a four-term incumbent, concluded that it was time for the president to “grow up and do your job.” The senator has faced recent criticism from some of her constituents for being too soft on the president on issues like immigration.

The tweet in question was one of a series of internet memes the president retweeted on his account early Sunday. The GIF showed the president swinging his club and sending a golf ball flying into the former secretary of state and causing her to fall.

Hours after Feinstein issued her statement, former Vice President Joe Biden chided Trump on Twitter, writing that it was long past time for the president to stop using social media in such a manner.

“Enough,” he tweeted. “This has to stop. Our children are watching.”

Though not commenting directly on the president’s retweet or the meme, Clinton on Monday mused about whether she should have been more vocal in calling out Trump’s misogyny on the campaign trail. But, she added, America would not have been open to such an approach.

“I think it would have delighted my supporters,” Clinton told interviewer Terry Gross on the public-radio show “Fresh Air.” “It would've enraged his supporters. And it would have been troubling to a lot of people still trying to make up their mind one way or the other, because anger from a woman, at least up until now, is seen as off-putting and somewhat frightening to people.”

