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What Harry Potter author J K Rowling tweeted about Donald Trump

Harry Potter author JK Rowling on Friday took to Twitter to allude to recent allegations and revelations about Donald Trump's past behaviour with women, that have threatened to derail his Presidential campaign. She was responding to a question tweeted by American scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
What Harry Potter author J K Rowling tweeted about Donald Trump
J K Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books (AP photo)
Key Highlights
  • Harry Potter author J K Rowling took to Twitter to allude to recent allegations and revelations about Donald Trump's past behaviour with women.
  • She was responding to a question tweeted by American scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
  • Rowling has called Trump "offensive and bigoted."
NEW DELHI: Harry Potter author J K Rowling on Friday took to Twitter to allude to recent allegations and revelations about Donald Trump's past behaviour with women, that have threatened to derail his Presidential campaign.
After an American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted, "If a space alien landed in the USA and requested: "Take me to your leader", I wonder how President Trump would react, versus President Clinton," Rowling replied, "(I'm) afraid we need to know whether the alien has breasts before we can answer."

This isn't the first time Rowling has slammed the Republican nominee on social media.
For example, this is how Rowling responded to a Twitter user's suggestion that she shouldn't interfere in American politics because she was British:

Here's another one in which she mocks Trump, her tone acidly sarcastic.

While commenting in May on a UK petition to ban Trump from the country, Rowling said Trump was "offensive and bigoted," but added that those weren't grounds for a ban. "If you seek the removal of freedoms from an opponent simply on the grounds that they have offended you, you have crossed a line to stand along tyrants who imprison, torture and kill on exactly the same justification," she said.

Trump's campaign, of course, is in hot water after a 2005 video that surfaced last week showed him talking unabashedly about trying to seducing a married woman, and saying women let celebrities like him do "anything" - including grabbing their "p***."
But that isn't all. Up to eight women have accused Donald Trump of "unwanted kissing, groping, or more," the Associated Press reported on Saturday.
Trump, for his part, insists that he's innocent. He has said the women who've made the allegations may be motivated by a desire for fame, and accused the US media of conspiring to sabotage his campaign.
As of 5 PM on Saturday, The New York Times' election forecast - which is based on the latest state and US-wide polls - gives Hillary Clinton an 89% chance of winning the Presidential elections in November.
With inputs from agencies.
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