Stephen King has strong words following Trump's tweet about Omarosa
You only have to take a quick glance at Stephen King's Twitter feed to know that he's no fan of Donald Trump.
But a recent tweet from the President — in which he referred to former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman as a "crazed, crying lowlife" and a "dog" — has angered the horror master more than usual.
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Here's the tweet Trump posted on Tuesday, in advance of Newman's tell-all book Unhinged being released.
When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn’t work out. Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2018
A day later, that tweet is still up. And despite the variety of responses criticising Trump's use of the word "dog" — which included tweets from republican senators — the president's original tweet has still been favourited over 81,000 times.
On Wednesday, Stephen King took to Twitter to post his own response:
The President of the United States called a woman a DOG. Let me repeat that: he called her a DOG. Have we gotten so numb to Trump's ugly, demeaning talk that this means nothing? You might like her, you might not, but to call her a DOG?
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) August 15, 2018
King's tweet has received around 9,000 retweets in the first few hours since it was posted.
Many people echoed his sentiments in their replies.
That’s what I said. People are out here buying groceries like it’s a normal day. I simply cannot believe that America has accepted this. It’s maddening
— Sally Carter ✨ (@GirlOnFireSally) August 15, 2018
Others, meanwhile, suggested the response might be indicative of an overall trend towards "fatigue" at Trump's tweets.
Outrage fatigue.
— Mister Bumface™ (@misterbumface) August 15, 2018
Based on the amount of engagement King's tweet has had so far, though, it seems there are still plenty of people out there with some outrage left in them.
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