Author Stephen King is asking how conservative-leaning network Fox News might handle former President Donald Trump losing to Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
King, an outspoken Democrat who often criticizes Trump on social media, pondered the network’s coverage of a second consecutive Trump election loss on Thursday in a post viewed more than 300,000 times on X, formerly Twitter.
“It will be interesting to see how Fox News handles Trump’s bulls*** if he loses,” King wrote.
Newsweek reached out for comment to Fox News via email on Thursday.
While King did not specify what he meant by “Trump’s bulls***”, he could have been referring to the fact that the former president has frequently and falsely claimed that massive fraud was to blame for his loss to President Joe Biden. Trump has also hinted that he might contest a loss this year.
Fox News may be reluctant to entertain further baseless claims of a “stolen” election in the event that Trump loses to Harris, having last year settled a defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million after false claims about Biden’s win were repeated on the network in 2020.
Some of those who responded to King’s post on Thursday assumed that the author, who penned classic horror novels like The Shining and It, was referring to potential future election fraud claims from the ex-president.
“**When he loses. They’ll be careful,” wrote @YourAnonNews, an account associated with the hacker group Anonymous. “The last time they promoted unfalsified [sic] conspiracy theories they lost $1 billion dollars.”
“Maybe they’ll end up owing another $787M,” @BlueATLGeorgia wrote.
Last week, King called out bizarre election remarks from Fox News opinion host Jesse Watters, who claimed during a discussion on The Five that men willing to vote for women who are political candidates have “mommy issues” and transition into women.
“To be a man and vote for a woman, just because she’s a woman, is either childish, that person has mommy issues or they’re just trying to be accepted by other women,” Watters said. “I heard the scientists say the other day that when a man votes for a woman, he actually transitions into a woman.”
“This is weird,” King wrote in response to a video clip of the moment shared on X.
Also last week, King urged Republican voters to ” hold your nose” and vote for Harris, warning that Trump is “dangerous” and comparing the former president to “a child doing a tantrum.”
“Republicans: If you have to hold your nose to vote for Harris, please do so,” wrote King. “Trump is dangerous; a child doing a tantrum. There’s only one adult in this contest. It’s Harris.”
Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung previously said that ” Stephen King is a dumbass” in a statement to Newsweek.
