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Alec Baldwin, Donald Trump Jr. exchange Twitter jabs over 'Saturday Night Live' skit

Alec Baldwin is taking on another Trump.

After clashing with President Donald Trump over his "Saturday Night Live" portrayal, Baldwin took to Twitter to address criticism from another member of the family – Donald Trump Jr.

Trump's eldest son, 41, slammed Baldwin after the actor reprised his Emmy award-winning impression of Trump on the NBC show Saturday. During the opening sketch, Baldwin, 60, poked fun at the president's national emergency declaration from the Rose Garden on Friday.

© Will Heath, NBC "You all see why I have to fake this national emergency, right?” Alec Baldwin said at the top of “Saturday Night Live” on Feb. 16, mocking President Trump’s Rose Garden speech announcing his latest gambit to get his border wall. “I have to because I want to.” The skit irked the real occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, who tweeted, "THE RIGGED AND CORRUPT MEDIA IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!"

"Spare everyone your (expletive) Alec!" Trump Jr. tweeted Monday.

Baldwin fired back, telling the outspoken businessman that he can watch "SNL" from behind bars. 

"You know, Junior, I’m sure u r stressed, facing a possible indictment and prison time for being part of the first criminal enterprise to operate out of the (White House)," Baldwin said on @ABFalecbaldwin, the Twitter account for the Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation. "But don’t worry. Tune in @nbcsnl while you are in the slammer. Your dad and his nuttiness will never be far away."

The two started sparring on Twitter after Baldwin went head-to-head with Trump Sr. following Saturday's episode. 

"Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake News NBC! Question is, how do the Networks get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution? ... This is the real Collusion!" Trump tweeted, before adding: "THE RIGGED AND CORRUPT MEDIA IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!" 

Baldwin questioned if Trump's tweet had constituted a threat.

"I wonder if a sitting President exhorting his followers that my role in a TV comedy qualifies me as an enemy of the people constitutes a threat to my safety and that of my family?" he tweeted, prompting a response from Trump Jr. 

"The guy that punches people in the face over a parking spot, has aggressively harassed paparazzi, and humiliated his daughter berating her over the phone eye etc is worried about a tweet that doesn’t even mention him?" he tweeted at Baldwin.

Trump Jr. continued: "Oh, Don’t forget the homophobic slurs... this clown is such a mess it’s hard to keep track."

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Alec Baldwin spotted all around Flint, meets with mayor

FLINT, MI -- Alec Baldwin was spotted around Flint Wednesday, Feb. 20 while in town shooting a documentary.

Baldwin stopped at Flint City Hall, met Mayor Karen Weaver, and the two had a photo taken together, spokeswoman Candice Mushatt confirmed.

Sources reached by The Flint Journal-MLive Wednesday said the actor was in town working on a documentary about the Flint water crisis. The documentary, by filmmaker Anthony Baxter, has been in the works since 2017, according to Variety.

Water activist Florissa Fowler said she had brunch with Baldwin, who was aghast at her $640 water bill.

“I didn’t know he was coming until the last minute,” Fowler said. “I really thought he was genuinely concerned.”

Virginia Tech Professor Marc Edwards also confirmed that he’d been interviewed for the documentary on Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, also met with Baldwin for the documentary, his office confirmed.

MLive-The Flint Journal could not reach a publicist for the actor -- known for his portrayal of President Trump on “Saturday Night Live" and for roles on the former television sitcom “30 Rock.” He is the current host of the television game show “Match Game” and recently started a talk show on ABC, according to The Associated Press.

Social media was abuzz with Baldwin sightings Wednesday. Alina Christen of Flint said she saw Baldwin coming and going from City Hall Wednesday while on her way to the Masonic Temple for lunch.

Cristen said she stopped, took a photo, and Baldwin nodded at her.

“That was pretty much my interaction,” she said. “We said hi, and he was talking to somebody," followed by a camera operator.

Carma Lewis, president of Flint Neighborhoods United, said she also got a photo of herself and Baldwin before he left City Hall.

But Lewis said the interaction was so quick, she wasn’t sure Baldwin’s reason for visiting