--- title: Six Things J.K. Rowling Has Tweeted About Donald Trump description: Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is known for her way with words, and she has not been shy to commentate on Donald Trump's campaign canonical: https://time.com/4538245/jk-rowling-tweet-donald-trump/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-20T12:20:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:48.061Z og:title: Six Things J.K. Rowling Has Tweeted About Donald Trump og:description: Harry Potter author J.K. 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Rob Stothard—Getty Images by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Oct 20, 2016 12:20 PM UTC Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is known for her way with words, and she has not held back in [commenting on Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/4338170/jk-rowling-donald-trump-harry-potter-bigot-offensive/?iid=sr-link5) campaign to win the U.S. presidential elections. During the third and final [debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4538015/presidential-debate-donald-trump-election/?xid=homepage) on Wednesday evening, the British author live-tweeted some of her reactions to her 8.5 million Twitter followers: > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/788920387400765440) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/788932873671811072) Rowling also retweeted fellow novelist Stephen King, who it seemed was anticipating the outcome of the debate too. > [](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/788902568344821760) This is not the first time that Rowling has expressed her thoughts on the 2016 U.S. elections via the social media site. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/785299813223002112) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/785288074657923072) In reference to the [allegations of sexual assault](http://time.com/4530242/donald-trump-sexual-allegations/?iid=sr-link7) against Trump, Rowling did not hold back, retweeting many tweets that were critical of Trump and adding her own comment on the reaction to the events. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/785113577489309696) When one fellow Twitter user asked Rowling “aren’t you British? Mind your business!”, the author simply replied the following. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/785620743598014468) Rowling has also tweeted extensively to her large Twitter following about U.K. politics, particularly the state of the center-left Labour Party — to which she has donated over $1 million — and the result of the E.U. referendum, which she supported the ‘remain’ campaign. The following tweet on current affairs in 2016 was retweeted by nearly 40,000 people. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/784337305188261888) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4538245/jk-rowling-tweet-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4538245/jk-rowling-tweet-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Here Are 7 Things J.K. 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