Rowling trains guns on Trump

February 27, 2017 12:30 am | Updated 12:30 am IST - New Delhi

Following the shooting of an Indian man by a white man in a hate crime in Kansas, legendary author J.K. Rowling has once again lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump.

Retweeting a post by an Indian author, Anand Giridhardas, expressing shock at the murder of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, a professional from Hyderabad, Ms. Rowling said, “Why hate speech isn’t funny. Language has consequences.”

She pointed to the thread of Mr. Giridhardas’s tweet that explains how what politicians says matters greatly.

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