Stephen King apologizes for claiming Charlie Kirk for ‘Stoning Gays’
Stephen King apologized on Friday before claiming that the conservative activist Charlie Kirk argued ‘Stone gays’. King made the first statement written in a social media post that has since removed after Kirk was shot and killed on 10 September at an event that he organized at Utah Valley University.
“My apologies in favor of saying Charlie Kirk argued for stoning pages. What he actually demonstrated was how some people pick biblical passages,” the 77-year-old author written On the social media platform X.
King’s first claim related to comments that Kirk had made on his podcast In 2024, in which Kirk criticized the YouTube star of children Mrs. Rachel for quoting God’s wish for Christians to ‘keep your neighbor’ in Leviticus and said that this should include gays. Kirk replied: “By the way, Mrs. Rachel, you might want to open that Bible of you. In a lesser reference, part of the same part of Scripture, in Leviticus 18, is that” you will be with another man, will be stoned to death. ” Just say. ”
King’s first post received widespread recoil under conservatives, including from Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who called the author a “terrible, malignant, distorted liar” in his answer. King responded to Cruz’s comments with: “The terrible, bad, distorted liar apologizes. This is what I get to read something on Twitter [without] facts control. Will not happen anymore. “
King is a productive presence on X, where he has been an active and vocal critic of President Trump. Kirk emerged as one of the most crucial figures in the conservative movement in recent years, who was co-founder of the Non-profit Keerpunt USA and was an ally of Trump after he had argued to mobilize the youth voice for the Gop-nomine.
The author’s apology comes after President Trump appeared on Fox News on Friday morning to announce that a suspect had been taken in the shooting in Kirk in police detention. In a subsequent press conference, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox the suspect as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from Utah. The governor said that Robinson had indicated a family friend that he was connected to the shooting, which led to his arrest.
