I’ve never read any Stephen King

But people always say he’s such a good writer, so lately I’ve been thinking maybe I should…

…but I don’t feel like it any more.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stephen-king-defends-graham-platner/

After Politico reported an allegation in July 2026 that Maine's former Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner had raped a woman, author Stephen King said, "Tell you what — if you knew the whole truth about everyone in the Senate and House of Reps, those chambers would be dead empty. Jesus said, 'Let him without sin cast the first stone.'"

The fact that there are already sexual abusers in Congress doesn’t mean it’s good to elect another one.

Calling for someone to drop out of a political race isn’t the same as participating in executing them.

There are translations of John 8:7 that don’t use a gendered pronoun.

I don’t judge people who still support Platner, but if they defend their support publicly, I hope they explain it better than this.