Griffin states that she was mentioned by Hillary Clinton in her book "What Happened", referring to a passage where Clinton thought the photo backlash was overblown and believed it was an reference to the Greek legend of Medusa and Perseus. There is no mention of Griffin in Clinton's book, rather Clinton refers to "One popular image among Trump supporters, found on everything from T-shirts to coffee mugs, depicted Trump holding up my severed head, like Perseus from ancient Greek mythology, lifting high the head of Medusa".