J.K. Rowling slams Mike Pence with 1 biblical tweet
LONDON — Whether it's Harry Potter references or Bible quotes, J.K. Rowling knows a strong shut-down when she sees one.
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This time Vice President Mike Pence was the man in the firing line. On Sunday, Rowling shared an old tweet sent out by Pence in December 2015.
Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.
— Governor Mike Pence (@GovPenceIN) December 8, 2015
She accompanied the retweet with a simple Bible quote.
'For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?'
Matthew 16:26 https://t.co/cYFglX3yRW— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 29, 2017
At the time of writing her tweet has been shared almost 25,000 times.
Rowling's tweet about Pence followed a string of other tweets about Trump's travel ban on Saturday evening:
I want to repeat: Green card holders were handcuffed, their social media was reviewed, and they were asked their views on Trump#MuslimBan
— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) January 28, 2017
When I worked for Amnesty International in the 80s, these were the kind of stories told by political prisoners in dictatorships. https://t.co/y7CXLQK1n0
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 28, 2017
In - Free - Countries - Anyone - Can - Talk - About - Politics.
Try sounding out the syllables aloud, or ask a fluent reader to help. pic.twitter.com/K1j19EIU5f— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 28, 2017
I love you people. Half my timeline right now is pointing out that Harry Potter never turned anyone into a frog & that Hermione was the nerd
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 28, 2017
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