J.K. Rowling Slams Trump for Snubbing Boy in a Wheelchair
J.K. Rowling has spoken out to slam President Trump after he appeared to ignore a boy in a wheelchair’s attempt to shake his hand.
While greeting a group of people on Friday (July 28), the little boy in the wheelchair held his hand in the air and Trump shook several other people’s hands, except his.
An extended cut of the video does show that Trump greeted the boy when he entered the room before his speech. The video that is going viral shows the president leaving the room after the speech.
Rowling posted the video on her Twitter account along with the Maya Angelou quote, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
“Trump imitated a disabled reporter. Now he pretends not to see a child in a wheelchair, as though frightened he might catch his condition. This monster of narcissism values only himself and his pale reflections. The disabled, minorities, transgender people, the poor, women (unless related to him by ties of blood, and therefore his creations) are treated with contempt, because they do not resemble Trump,” Rowling wrote.
Trump imitated a disabled reporter. Now he pretends not to see a child in a wheelchair, as though frightened he might catch his condition.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 28, 2017
Click inside to read all of J.K. Rowling’s tweets on the subject…
This monster of narcissism values only himself and his pale reflections. The disabled, minorities, transgender people, the poor, women
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 28, 2017
(unless related to him by ties of blood, and therefore his creations) are treated with contempt, because they do not resemble Trump.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 28, 2017
My mother used a wheelchair. I witnessed people uncomfortable around her disability, but if they had a shred of decency they got over it. 1/
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 28, 2017
So, yes, that clip of Trump looking deliberately over a disabled child's head, ignoring his outstretched hand, has touched me on the raw. /2
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 28, 2017
That man occupies the most powerful office in the free world and his daily outrages against civilised norms are having a corrosive effect /3
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 28, 2017
How stunning, and how horrible, that Trump cannot bring himself to shake the hand of a small boy who only wanted to touch the President. /4x
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 28, 2017
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