JK Rowling falsely accuses Trump of not shaking boy's hand

JK Rowling falsely accuses Trump of not shaking boy's hand

Piers Morgan is calling out J.K. Rowling after she hit out at President Donald Trump in a series of tweets where she blasted his apparent refusal to shake the hand of a disabled little boy.

The 71-year-old Republican president had met with a group of 'victims of Obamacare' on July 24 before he gave a press conference about health care reform. 

The 'victims' stood behind the president on stage as he gave his speech. 

An edited video seemingly shows Trump taking the stage and avoiding shaking the hand of a a wheelchair-bound boy. That video has since been deleted from Twitter.

That clip sent Rowling on a Twitter rant about the 'stunning moment' where she alleged that the president avoided the little boy. 

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Piers Morgan is calling out J.K. Rowling after she hit out at President Donald Trump in a series of tweets where she blasted the president after seeing an edited video that attempts to show Trump refusing to shake the hand of a disabled boy

But in the real, unedited clip shared by the White House, Trump is scene greeting the little boy (above) before starting a press conference on Obamacare. That edited video clip sent Rowling on a Twitter rant where she alleged that the president avoided the little boy (pictured right)

Rowling sent a series of tweets blasting Trump after sharing an edited video that seemingly shows Trump avoiding shaking the hand of a a wheelchair-bound boy at a press conference last week. The edited video has since been taken off of Twitter

'Trump imitated a disabled reporter,' she tweeted to her 11 million followers. 'Now he pretends not to see a child in a wheelchair, as though frightened he might catch his condition.

'(Unless related to him by ties of blood, and therefore his creations) are tread with contempt, because they do not resemble Trump,' she continued.

The 51-year-old stated that her mother used a wheelchair before adding: So yes, that clip of Trump looking deliberately over a disabled child's head, ignoring his outstretched hand, has touched me on the raw. 

'That man occupies the most powerful of fice in the free world and his daily outrages against civilised (sic) norms are having a corrosive effect.

Piers Morgan is now calling Rowling out for not apologizing or deleted her tweets, which are still on her account as of Sunday 1.30pm (EST)

'How stunning, and how horrible, that Trump cannot bring himself to shake the hand of a small boy who only wanted touch the President,' Rowling concluded.

The footage Rowling retweeted appeared to show Trump ignoring the child, but Morgan found the actual, unedited video that shows Trump greeting the child first. 

The 52-year-old British journalist and host of Good Morning Britain took to Twitter to call Rowling out for failing to apologize for her tweets, which now seem to be based on incorrect information.

'So @JK_rowling's been back on Twitter but neither deleted, nor apologised (sic) for, this disgraceful lie. Her Trump-loathing knows no honesty,' Morgan tweeted.

 The 52-year-old British journalist and host of Good Morning Britain even tweeted Rowling the photos of Trump greeting the little boy. He asked, 'Why won't she delete & apologise (sic)?'

He later tweeted that Rowling has been active on Twitter but 'neither deleted, nor apologised (sic) for this disgraceful lie. Her Trump-loathing knows no honesty' 

He added: 'JK Rowling, in eight tweets, raged that Trump snubbed a disabled boy. This is Trump greeting that boy. Why won't she delete and apologise(sic)?' 

Morgan also called out Chelsea Clinton on Twitter questioning why she hadn't undone her retweet of 'Rowling's lie'. 

 'Yes, good point. Why have you not undone your retweet of this lie, @chelseclinton?,' he tweeted along the a screen grab showing that she had retweeted Rowling. 

Clinton replied back to Morgan on Twitter and wrote: 'Hello Piers-I hadn't seen the full video until now. I removed the retweet. And, the President should have shaken the boy's hand at the end.'

Morgan also called out Chelsea Clinton for retweeting Rowling's messages

Clinton responded to Morgan and removed the retweet before stating: 'And the President should have shaken the boy's hand at the end.' 

Morgan fired back at Clinton with a screen grab of what the boy's mother thought of the situation

He responded to her and wrote: 'Thank you, Chelsea. That is the right thing to do. Over to you, @jk_rowling...'

Morgan added: 'As for your suggestion President Trump should have shaken the boy's hand in the 2nd clip, @chelseaclinton - Monty's mum says this:'

He then shared a screen grab of a Facebook post where a woman, who claims to be the child's mother said: 'Uummmmm.....If someone can please get a message to JK Rowling: Trump didn't snub my son & Monty wasn't even trying to shake his hand (1. He's 3 and hand shaking is not his thing 2. he was showing off his newly acquired secret service patch). Thanks.' 

Morgan isn't the only one to call Rowling out over her tweets on Sunday. 

CNN's Brian Stelter tweeted her and said: 'Why hasn't @JK_rowling corrected her bogus tweets about this?' 

Morgan isn't the only one to call Rowling out over her tweets on Sunday. CNN's Brian Stelter tweeted her and said: 'Why hasn't @JK_rowling corrected her bogus tweets about this?'

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