Muslim Ban, or Not? JK Rowling Takes Down Piers Morgan on Twitter

JK Rowling proves that she’s still the mistress of words, as she took down Trump defender Piers Morgan on Twitter.

Novelist JK Rowling and TV personality Piers Morgan were locked in an intense Twitter battle. (Photo Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons)

Novelist JK Rowling and TV personality Piers Morgan were locked in a public fight on Twitter after he defended Donald Trump's travel ban during his appearance on a talk show.

Morgan accused Rowling of being "superior, dismissive and arrogant", and the writer attacked what she described as the "fact-free, amoral, bigotry-apologism of (a) celebrity toady".

It all started when the Harry Potter author retweeted a video of Morgan's appearance on an episode of "Real Time With Bill Maher" during which he was shut down by Australian comedian Jim Jefferies. The latter swore at the TV personality for claiming that Trump's controversial immigration order against seven Muslim-majority countries is not a "Muslim ban" – reported Entertainment Weekly.

The War of Words...

Rowling wrote –

An intense Twitter war ensued. When Morgan spotted Rowling's tweet, he replied with:

To which Rowling said,

Morgan defended himself again by arguing that everything he had said was factual, adding, "If you think screaming at me changes that, then you're mistaken."

Rowling resorted to questioning his journalistic integrity at this point, asking him if he would "... like a couple of hours to mock up some pictures of refugees carrying explosives to substantiate your position?"

Morgan deleted the last tweet in the conversation, but Rowling ultimately had the last word, as she bowed out with a bang:

(With inputs from PTI.)