--- title: J.K. Rowling Mocks Trump on Comey Firing on Twitter description: The Harry Potter author made use of a Lewis Carroll quote to respond to Trump's suggestion that he might stop doing press briefings. canonical: https://time.com/4777090/jk-rowling-trump-lewis-carroll/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-12T14:20:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:35.977Z og:title: J.K. 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Rowling Just Came at Trump With Another Literary Burn  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 12, 2017 2:20 PM UTC  WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a queston during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building April 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered remarks and answered questions from the audience during a town hall event with CEO's on the American business climate. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a queston during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building April 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered remarks and answered questions from the audience during a town hall event with CEO's on the American business climate. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Jeff Spicer & Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 12, 2017 2:20 PM UTC J.K. Rowling has been [working double-time lately](http://time.com/4723729/j-k-rowling-trump-tweets/) keeping up with U.S. political news and making sure that her Twitter feed stays freshly filled with responses to President Trump’s activities. The latest from the author is a quick jab at a series of Trump’s tweets [defending the contradiction](http://time.com/4776056/james-comey-fired-donald-trump-responds-rod-rosenstein/) in position between his own remarks to news outlets and the remarks of his press surrogates at White House briefings surrounding his [firing of FBI director](http://time.com/4776737/president-donald-trump-james-comey-fired-russia-investigation/) James Comey. Trump’s tweets, sent Friday morning, indicated he may [stop doing press briefings altogether](http://time.com/4776968/donald-trump-white-house-press-comey/). This time, the _Harry Potter_ writer looked to another author for Twitter inspiration: [Lewis Carroll](http://time.com/3930748/alice-in-wonderland-gallery/), the witty pen behind classics like [_Alice in Wonderland_](http://time.com/4546366/best-viral-halloween-costumes-2016/item//)_._ Taking a page out of the book of the zany [Mad Hatter](http://time.com/4327335/johnny-depp-disneyland-alice-through-the-looking-glass/), Rowling suggested Trump might do best to stay silent altogether. (The bit of dialogue Rowling chose occurs between a befuddled Alice and the Hatter during their tea party.) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/863006122483077121) Just last week, Rowling poked fun at Trump’s habit of referring to himself and his campaign [in the third person](http://time.com/4765203/j-k-rowling-donald-trump-third-person-tweet/?iid=sr-link2). She has been outspoken in her opposition to Trump’s actions [for more than a year](http://time.com/4538245/jk-rowling-tweet-donald-trump/?iid=sr-link1). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4777090/jk-rowling-trump-lewis-carroll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4777090/jk-rowling-trump-lewis-carroll/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Just Came at Trump With Another Literary Burn","datePublished":"2017-05-12T14:20:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:35.977Z","description":"The Harry Potter author made use of a Lewis Carroll quote to respond to Trump's suggestion that he might stop doing press briefings.","url":"https://time.com/4777090/jk-rowling-trump-lewis-carroll/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","J.K. 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