Just do give you an update, as of the writing of this post J.K. Rowling has yet to correct her now debunked tweets accusing President Donald Trump of avoiding a little boy in a wheelchair at the White House. Here’s the lead tweet which is still up even though the tweet with the deceptively edited video she as quote-tweeting has been deleted:
'When someone shows you who they are, believe them.' – Maya Angelou https://t.co/Op6HUrRo80
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 28, 2017
Anyway, a number of verified users like actor Don Cheadle have shared J.K. Rowling’s lie which mean the longer she keeps up her tweet, the more it spreads:
Well … kooties…right? https://t.co/QS9CXK2aNz
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) July 28, 2017
Arsehole. Plain and simple https://t.co/aIWQTif3Pv
— Graham Hunter (@BumperGraham) July 29, 2017
HE IS SO TRASH. OMG. https://t.co/j6scfsTHR5
— Kamie Crawford (@TheRealKamie) July 28, 2017
I can't. https://t.co/NuAXxMyKgU
— Brooke T. Sample (@Brooke_Sample) July 28, 2017
This seriously has me tearing up. This is our president? Heartless. So heartless. https://t.co/PdzGyTs3kV
— the most mona (@mona_haydar) July 28, 2017
This thread from JKR.. https://t.co/AINPo9rYGB
— John Wilson (@JohnWilson14) July 28, 2017
I challenge you to watch this without shedding a tear. Or clenching your fists… https://t.co/knJV21iXfs
— Tracey Spicer (@TraceySpicer) July 28, 2017
And on and on and on.
On a positive note, Chelsea Clinton has at least acknowledge the Rowling tweet was a lie with this retweet of a Piers Morgan tweet that included an alleged Facebook post from the boy’s mother that says the little boy wasn’t even trying to shake the president’s hand in the edited clip. According to the post, the kid was trying to show the president the Secret Service patch he received as a souvenir:
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Related:
Dear @BrianStelter: Please call out @ChelseaClinton for RTing J.K. Rowling’s ‘bogus tweets’ https://t.co/sxq2vtqqTF
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 30, 2017
WHOA: Brian Stelter asks why J.K. Rowling hasn’t deleted her ‘bogus tweets’ on Trump and the boy in the wheelchair https://t.co/TY9ihj2gSN
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 30, 2017
‘Delete these lies’! Piers Morgan rips J.K. Rowling for spreading #FakeNews about Trump https://t.co/rOX0l0veYm
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 29, 2017
J.K. Rowling’s tweet of a deceptively edited clip of Trump and a boy in a wheelchair has 58K+ RTs, and counting https://t.co/cn4mxj6w7h
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 29, 2017
