Author Stephen King has repeatedly apologized for a post in which he made the false claim that slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk had said gay people should be stoned to death.

King made the comment in response to a post by Fox News host Jesse Watters, who was praising Kirk as a patriot the day after he was fatally shot on the campus of Utah Valley University. Watters had written on X: “Charlie Kirk was not a ‘controversial’ or ‘polarizing’ man.”

King replied to the post, writing “He advocated stoning gays to death. Just sayin’.”

People outraged by the post replied with videos of Kirk speaking respectfully to gay people and excerpts of other things he said about homosexuality. (He was against same-sex marriage but said he welcomed gay people into the conservative movement.)

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