Author Stephen King’s blatant identity politics in an attempt to smear President Donald Trump backfired when he realized things were not what he claimed they were.
King was deservedly mocked on social media after his failed jab at Trump’s “all male” coronavirus task force during a press conference on Friday.
The president officially declared a national emergency on Friday, speaking to reporters from the White House’s Rose Garden along with his team of professionals leading the effort to handle the administration response to the pandemic.
But King, an outspoken critic of the president, was not happy with the lineup behind Trump.
Note that Trump’s coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 13, 2020
The novelist apparently needed glasses as he missed Dr. Deborah Birx.
Whoops, there’s a woman there! My bad.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 13, 2020
His attempt to breeze past the glaring error only seemed to call more attention to his failed attempt to be “woke.”
Quite the parade of white men in ties, eh? the lady with the shawl looks so great compared to the rest of those bozos.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 13, 2020
That “lady with the shawl” standing directly behind the president was once appointed by former President Barack Obama to lead the government’s fight against AIDS and is now serving as the coronavirus response coordinator in the White House.
King was immediately mocked on Twitter for his take.
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) March 13, 2020
https://t.co/1YU3zZXn7S pic.twitter.com/ZjnNTvSpuk
— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) March 13, 2020
He’s a novelist, not a detective
— Take precautions against the Wuhan virus (@jtLOL) March 13, 2020
Many pointed out that King was not just wrong about Birx, but other members of the administration’s team.
Well this is completely irrelevant and ridiculous during a pandemic but it’s also very wrong. U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy Dr. Deborah Birx and Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verna are on the team. They both spoke today https://t.co/zd4XQBBBMR
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) March 13, 2020
I’m so sorry this is happening to you. pic.twitter.com/IcT6BJBc26
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 13, 2020
Our Surgeon General. pic.twitter.com/3zJjwIhfsM
— Anita Marguerita Text EMPOWER to 88022 ⭐⭐⭐?? (@MaggieMay8903) March 13, 2020
Besides the two women, Alex Azar is middle-eastern. Get your eyes checked.
— Leslie ن (@LADowd) March 13, 2020
He has the Wuhan and his eyesight is fading
— Take precautions against the Wuhan virus (@jtLOL) March 13, 2020
Earlier in the week, King had slammed fear-mongers for comparing the disease to his postapocalyptic novel, “The Stand,” and urged everyone to “keep calm” in a tweet.
But his haste to take a shot at Trump for his coronavirus team only proved to be a rake-stepping moment for himself.
As I watch a woman step to the podium to speak.
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) March 13, 2020
K bro pic.twitter.com/zdMhnjA9k3
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) March 13, 2020
Yep pic.twitter.com/xBo1wdH1jh
— Biff Wellington (@americanchops) March 13, 2020
Hey look! An old white Hollywood elite screaming sexism! Wonder what skeletons are in your closet @StephenKing…
— David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) March 14,
just like the Democratic frontrunners
— Razor (@hale_razor) March 14, 2020
— Sonlight (@BillyBoysDaddy) March 13, 2020
good god shut up
— Jessica Fletcher (@heckyessica) March 13, 2020
Not old, not a man, not white, unlike you.
Besides, what does race or gender have to do with it? pic.twitter.com/jvMWjVRzna— Rising serpent (@rising_serpent) March 13, 2020
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
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