Stephen King has a blunt response to Stephen Miller's 'leftwing terrorism' post

"Won't work."
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Stephen King has had plenty of stern words for the president recently, but on Sunday he turned his attention to the deputy chief of staff instead.

The horror master responded to an X post from Stephen Miller talking about "a large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism" in the US.

"The issue before is [sic] now is very simple and clear," wrote Miller. "There is a large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism in this country. It is well organized and funded. And it is shielded by far-left Democrat judges, prosecutors and attorneys general. The only remedy is to use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism and terror networks."


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Miller, who has been instrumental in the Trump administration's immigration policy, had been posting about ICE protests taking place in Chicago, Illinois — a city that has subsequently had the national guard deployed to it by Trump.

King, meanwhile, quoted Miller's post with a comment on the tactics the administration is using.

"Sorry, Steve--The Constitution isn't far left or far right," he wrote. "It's the basis on our democracy, and you're playing the terror card to try and overturn it. Won't work."

Trump's administration has been deploying national guard troops to certain democratic-run cities in recent weeks under the guise of fighting crime, but a recent effort to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon has been blocked by a federal judge.

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