J.K. Rowling apologised on Monday for an eight-part Twitter thread she posted on Friday, in which she accused President Trump of neglecting to shake the hand of a disabled toddler who was visiting the White House for an event dedicated to the "victims of Obamacare." "I very clearly projected my own sensitivities around the issue of disabled people being overlooked or ignored onto the images I saw," Rowling tweeted. "If that caused any distress to that boy or his family, I apologize unreservedly."
And Monty's mother, Majorie Kelly Weer, also shared a Facebook status defending Trump, according to screenshots shared widely on Twitter. "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," she wrote. "1. He's 3 and handshaking is not his thing, 2. he was showing off his newly acquired secret service patch." (She later deleted her Facebook profile entirely, due to all of the controversy surrounding the video, her cousin told told BuzzFeed.)
Along with her apology to Monty and his family, Rowling noted that she would be deleting her original tweets. It didn't go unnoticed, however, that the author didn't extend her apology to the POTUS himself. Well, she did say he was worse than Lord Voldemort, after all.
