Posted on 08/15/2024 8:31:19 PM PDT by bimboeruption
Horror novelist Stephen King wrote in a social media post that wearing a shirt in support of Vice President Kamala Harris has convinced Make America Great Again (MAGA) supporters to vote for her instead of former president Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.
King, who is a vocal critic of Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday afternoon, "Wow! MAGA guys and gals saw me in my Kamala shirt and immediately said, 'Okay, I'll vote for her!'"
MAGA supporters are those who rally behind Trump's slogan, which has become synonymous with his political platform and conservative ideals.
King called the alleged experience "amazing!"
Newsweek reached out to Harris' and Trump's campaign for comment via email on Thursday. Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung previously said that "Stephen King is a dumbass" in a statement to Newsweek.
His comments came nearly an hour and a half after he posted a photo of himself in a black shirt featuring an image of Harris in the style of former President Barack Obama's campaign graphic, with the words "I'm Speaking."
Harris famously used the phrase in 2020 during a vice-presidential debate with then-Vice President Mike Pence, when he interrupted her, and she responded, "Mr. Vice President, I'm speaking." After that debate, shirts like the one King is wearing began appearing on online storefronts.
However, in a more recent instance, she used the phrase while at a campaign rally in Michigan last week after several pro-Palestinian protestors interrupted her rally chanting "Kamala, Kamala you can't hide! We won't vote for genocide."
She called out the protesters, saying, "You know what? If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I'm speaking."
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>> “Wow! MAGA guys and gals saw me in my Kamala shirt and immediately said, ‘Okay, I’ll vote for her!’”
You know, he’s into blood and guts and horror and all. Wouldn’t it be cool to see him in a bloody kaMAHla shirt?
The really hilarious thing is the caption on the shirt is “I’M SPEAKING” — and the beyotch DOESN’T speak! Just like she didn’t speak when she was doing Willie Brown’s thing...
All this time, and King still can’t figure out sarcasm.
“Harris-Walz is scarier than “The Shining.””
There you have it. King hasn’t written a decent book in over 40 years. Look at the celebrity endorsements for Harris. It’s been “Washed-Up Has-beens for Harris”.
The air in Maine is thin…
You’d think a creative (albeit often completely warped) mind could create a more believable story than that.
I’ll take “Things that never happened” for $200, Alex.
Maine’s Second Congressional District....where King lives part of the year.....is Trump country.
Trump won this district by ten points in 2016 and by nine points in 2020, earning him one electoral vote.
Trump is ahead here by even higher percentage points in the current election cycle.
Good!
I would tell King that Dan Bongino has a daily podcast with more than 150,000 viewers.
Steven King needs to go for a walk in The Mist
King lives part of the year in Florida.
If he stays there six months and one day, that makes him a Florida resident and he doesn’t have to pay rather sizeable Maine state income taxes on his high income.
If he was a true liberal, he would happily pay Maine state income taxes, but no, he is a hypocrite, like most left-wingers.
A lot of people here in Maine have a dry sense of humor.
King doesn’t recognize sarcasm when he sees it.
LOL! Yep. I’m sure Trump supporters just immediately changed their mind once seeing washed up Stephen King in a Harris shirt.
There are no Trump supporters switching to supporting the Harris/Walz ticket. The only voters “switching” are those that are changing from Biden to Kamala or Biden to Trump.
I saw a video of a young black couple talking about their support for Biden, but then after suffering financially for the past 3 years, looked deeper into Democrat policies and are now voting for Trump. They blamed the media for lying to them.
I was surprised to learn his net worth is only about $500 Million.
James Patterson's is $800 Million, to rank second in the world among author's.
J.K. Rowling's is $1 Billion. The winner.
HE LOOKS LIKE EVERY HORROR BOOK HE EVER PUBLISHED.
TALK ABOUT ‘WEIRD’ TALK ABOUT HATEFUL, TALK ABOUT THE WALKING IMAGE OF DORIAN GREY.
WISH HE WAS ...NEVER PUBLISHED...WITH ALL HIS HORROR FANTASIES
SICK, SICK, SICK....
More fiction from Americas most famous washed author
Im wondering what Harris accolades he highlighted to bring these MAGA folks around? I mean his whole approach had to be “she is not Trump” and that isnt something that would seemingly change peoples minds.
Maybe he gave the guy filling his tank a 1000 dollars to vote Democrat
When I saw that shirt, I immediately wanted more rapists and murderers to cross the border. I also started to love high prices.
Real MAGA voters would not knowingly vote for anyone who even resembles a Communist & we seem to have plenty of those lurking around. Some are pretty obvious; some maybe not, but they will come poking out of the woodwork sooner or later.
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