Novelist Stephen King told the U.K. Sunday Times that some of President Donald Trump’s supporters will deny ever voting for him in the coming decades. King acknowledged that many of his readers are Trump supporters but said he has an “obligation to say what I think and be clear about it” because it is important to state “which side you are on.” King is apparently a “prolific Trump critic” on social media. Since I don’t go on social media and frankly couldn’t care less what Stephen King thinks about anything, the fact that Fox News featured an article on King’s politics surprised me.
Celebrities — for that is what Stephen King is — apparently think that their wealth and celebrity status make them people who should be listened to about politics or political issues. We have seen this movie (or book) before — with actress Jane Fonda supporting our North Vietnamese enemies during wartime; or with actor Tom Hanks shilling for Hillary Clinton and the dreadful Biden administration. Hollywood celebrities and famous fiction authors overwhelmingly support liberal causes and therefore the Democratic Party.
That a horror novelist influences anyone on political issues is doubtful — even one who claims that his book The Dead Zone foreshadowed the rise of Trump. King calls courageous and dutiful Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents the “Gestapo.” He also claims that Trump is trying to “rig the 2026 election,” perhaps by ensuring that only American citizens vote in American elections and by lessening election fraud by limiting or doing away with mail-in ballots. “Americans,” King says, “are wising up to the fact that Trump is turning the American dream into a nightmare.” Trump, he told The Guardian, is a “horror story.”
King, like many of his liberal colleagues and fellow celebrities, suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome. He appeared recently on MSNBC where he again bashed Trump, calling the president “dangerous” and an “idiot.” It’s a wonder he doesn’t appear regularly on MSNBC, where TDS seems to be a requirement for hosts and guests on their “news” programs.
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