J.K. Rowling has shared a protest plan of action should President Donald Trump make a state visit to the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday, the Harry Potter author admitted via Twitter that she would “rather he didn’t come.” But if Trump is afforded the pomp and ceremony of an official trip, proposed for later this year, Rowling revealed how she wants people to demonstrate.
It involves using Trump’s own tweets about Saturday’s deadly attack in London, which killed seven civilians and injured 48, against him:
Rather than crafting placards, I think we should enlarge Trump's London tweets so they're on camera everywhere he goes to 'show support.' https://t.co/BvpdfBzSiA
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2017
I'd rather he didn't come, but if he does, I'd like his vile Tweets juxtaposed against whatever he's been coaxed to read off an autocue. https://t.co/mZvAWZ21BM
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2017
Following the attack, Trump caused controversy by misquoting and then criticizing London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Rowling joined in with the global condemnation of Trump, calling him an “alarmist blowhard.”
Fellow tweeters appeared to agree with her protest idea, and even suggested other ways to show disapproval:
A visit from Trump must be utterly ignored by the general public. Allow police to concentrate on real work & provide no oxygen of publicity
— Woofie (@AuntieWoofWoof) June 6, 2017
Turn up and turn your back to him all along the state procession route.
— Barton Bank (@BartonBank) June 6, 2017
agreed. Silence is what he deserves. Could you imagine it? beautiful :)
— Laura Trinder (@LauraTrinder1) June 6, 2017
He's pretty obsessed w/crowd size.. Zero attendance would devastate him. Maybe anti-cheeto pub crawls instead?
— MicheleS🗽 (@mdfsmith1) June 6, 2017
Also, he absolutely hates protests. So with large printouts of his tweets, combined with silence, and no positive press, he'd hate it.
— HGWELLS (@HerbertGeorgeW) June 6, 2017
Signs. Billboards. Blimps. "Blimps of Blitheringly Disastrous Donald" is long but has a ring, methinks. And last blimp following with pic.twitter.com/lXkISbfTe2
— ECKO (@kcorean) June 6, 2017
Those projections onto buildings at night? Project his tweets, unflattering pictures, poll numbers.... EVERYWHERE. Can we crowdfund this?
— CarpeNutella (@CarpeNutella) June 6, 2017
Enlarge the ones that are coming back to haunt him, like this one: pic.twitter.com/IvZkhHES2Z
— Noa Seger (@ILiveMovies) June 6, 2017
Invite Obama over at the same time as Trump and see how pissed off Trump will be with all the cheering for Obama and booing for Trump.
— Jute (@1jute) June 6, 2017
One problem, though, is he'd think the enlarged asinine tweets would be positive reinforcement from the crowds.
— Donna Besneatte (@DonnaBesneatte) June 6, 2017
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