Far-left Novelist, Stephen King, a known outspoken liberal has been caught spreading fake news that falsely claimed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was requiring teachers and professors to register their political viewpoints with the state.
With the focus of the leftist resistance shifting to DeSantis who has emerged as a serious threat to their political agenda, leftists are throwing everything at the Sunshine State Republican in the hope that something will stick regardless of whether it is true or not.
Seriously, this old man needs to stop tweeting and focus on writing a book. King needs to get over the Trump Derangement Syndrome that has dogged him since 2016. I honestly admit that he is a brilliant author. But he’s also not very good on Twitter.
Here’s what King tweeted:
“DeSantis signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with state. I. Can’t. Even.”
Over 16,000 users shared this tweet and 100,000 more commented. It caused quite the stir. The tweet is also inaccurate.
You can’t even what, Stephen? Tell the truth? Do a little research?
The fact-checkers — whom King supports — debunked this very statement over one year ago via “Outkick”:
Oh look. @StephenKing spreading false info. Shocker. Dude has lost his marbles. https://t.co/R7bamarqeN pic.twitter.com/egsXrXma1o
— Deep to Moss (@ilikebigdecks) July 6, 2022
What caused King to tweet this lie one year later? It appears King got his info from shady Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson, who just a day before, shared an article from June 2021 spreading that exact myth.
Wilson had his Junes mixed up and didn’t bother to see if the info he promoted was correct:
What happened to make this year-old lie resurface today? That piece is from 2021. It was debunked last June. https://t.co/MUyvUtNqT3 pic.twitter.com/i7OwsluhZx
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 5, 2022
Trending Politics commented further:
So, riddle me this Batman, if Twitter were so enamored with the importance of fact-checking and debunking so-called mis/disinformation, why are these tweets still up? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
I’ll tell you, and it’s something we all ALREADY know; Twitter is a leftist tool bent on destroying the right, and eventually free speech, and what’s left of democracy.
Sound dramatic? It’s not. One simply just has to pay attention and their eyes will open. It happened to Elon Musk, it’s happening to Bill Maher, and it’s happening to Russel Brand. It just requires critical thinking and a desire to seek the truth.
Sadly, however, Stephen King seems to lack both of these traits. One can understand to an extent how, as a fiction writer that has spent his entire life making stories up, King has no problem lying and spreading lies.
What’s sadder and more disturbing is his lack of critical thinking. Possibly future generations will study this era in politics and correctly identify the detrimental effects of Trump Derangement Syndrome and DeSantis Derangement Syndrome. They need look no further than former great fiction writer, turned great Twitter fiction tweeter, Stephen King.
Sources: Trendingpolitics, Outkick