He may be the master of horror, but in his latest interview, Stephen
King devotes much of his time to talking politics.

The notorious author of thrillers like Carrie and The Shining spoke out
in a revealing new interview with the Sunday Times, in which he called
former President Donald Trump "a horrible president" and a "horrible
person."

"I think he actually engaged in criminal behavior and, certainly, I felt
that he was a sociopath who tried to overturn the American democracy not
out of any political wish of his own but because he could not admit that
he had lost," said King, 74.

The author previously called out Trump publicly back in 2020, when he criticized the president and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for their initial response to the coronavirus pandemic.

King, who is himself active on Twitter, also spoke to the Sunday Times
about the role social media has played amid the current political and
cultural climate.

“It’s a poison pill. I mean, I think it’s wonderful, for instance, that in the wake of George Floyd’s death, his murder by police, that you
could muster via social media protests in cities across America and
around the world," he noted. "But on the other hand, it’s social media
that has magnified the idea that the election was stolen from Donald
Trump. And there’s millions of people who believe that, and there are millions of people who believe that the COVID vaccinations are terrible
things. Some of the things are good, some are not so good, and some are downright evil.”

But the writer argued that fears of fascism in the United States have
been overblown.

"There is a strong right wing, a political right wing in America, and
they have a megaphone in some of the media," he said. "They’re not
fascists but they’re hard right-wingers. They’re certainly climate
change deniers, so that is a real problem. But, again, it’s the stuff that’s crazy like QAnon that gets the press. You have to remember that Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by three million votes [in the popular
vote] and that Biden beat Trump by seven million votes.”

Though King admitted he struggles to relate to Trump's supporters, he
refuses to strip them of their humanity based on their politics.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/stephen-king-donald-trump-is-a-sociopath-202806679.html

I don't think even Stephen King's mind could have conjured up the horror
that is the orange goon.

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On 8/14/2022 9:37 PM, kmiller wrote:

He may be the master of horror, but in his latest interview, Stephen
King devotes much of his time to talking politics.

The notorious author of thrillers like Carrie and The Shining spoke out
in a revealing new interview with the Sunday Times, in which he called
former President Donald Trump "a horrible president" and a "horrible
person."

"I think he actually engaged in criminal behavior and, certainly, I felt
that he was a sociopath who tried to overturn the American democracy not
out of any political wish of his own but because he could not admit that
he had lost," said King, 74.

The author previously called out Trump publicly back in 2020, when he criticized the president and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for their initial response to the coronavirus pandemic.

King, who is himself active on Twitter, also spoke to the Sunday Times
about the role social media has played amid the current political and cultural climate.

“It’s a poison pill. I mean, I think it’s wonderful, for instance, that in the wake of George Floyd’s death, his murder by police, that you
could muster via social media protests in cities across America and
around the world," he noted. "But on the other hand, it’s social media
that has magnified the idea that the election was stolen from Donald
Trump. And there’s millions of people who believe that, and there are millions of people who believe that the COVID vaccinations are terrible things. Some of the things are good, some are not so good, and some are downright evil.”

But the writer argued that fears of fascism in the United States have
been overblown.

"There is a strong right wing, a political right wing in America, and
they have a megaphone in some of the media," he said. "They’re not
fascists but they’re hard right-wingers. They’re certainly climate
change deniers, so that is a real problem. But, again, it’s the stuff that’s crazy like QAnon that gets the press. You have to remember that Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by three million votes [in the popular vote] and that Biden beat Trump by seven million votes.”

Though King admitted he struggles to relate to Trump's supporters, he
refuses to strip them of their humanity based on their politics.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/stephen-king-donald-trump-is-a-sociopath-202806679.html

I don't think even Stephen King's mind could have conjured up the horror
that is the orange goon.

That settles it for me. None of those other "celebrities" ever had any credibility with me but if the brilliant, yet somewhat twisted, Stephen
King says it, it must be true.

Would you rather live in Trump's economy or Biden's? That is really
rhetorical since I know what your non answer will be but in truth, we
all know what the real answer is.

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Liberals fear Donald Trump more than they fear climate change.

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