Rand Paul’s wife lets her TERF flag fly while defending transphobic author JK Rowling
Rand Paul’s wife, Kelley, took a break from her usual rage tweeting about Black Lives Matter and mask mandates to defend JK Rowling this week.Mrs.
Paul used Twitter to voice her outrage over a New York Times ad seen in a Washington, D.C. subway about a woman named Lianna “imagining Harry Potter without its creator”.The ad is part of the newspaper’s new “Independent Journalism for an Independent Life” marketing campaign which features several New York Times subscribers–including Lianna, who, like many, isn’t a fan of the transphobic children’s author.Related: Rand Paul is being a total drama queen again“I have wonderful memories of reading the Harry Potter books to my kids.
Sharing them and anticipating each new book was a magical part of their childhood,” Kelley tweeted. “Shameful that the @nytimes is trying to erase the woman who created them, the brilliant @jk_rowling.”I have wonderful memories of reading the Harry Potter books to my kids.
Sharing them and anticipating each new book was a magical part of their childhood. Shameful that the @nytimes is trying to erase the woman who created them, the brilliant @jk_rowling— Kelley Paul (@KelleyAshbyPaul) February 21, 2022She followed that up with another tweet less than an hour later, writing: “Perhaps the @nytimes is jealous of @jk_rowling because most people don’t buy its fiction.
