Stephen King Using Republican's Words Against Donald Trump Takes Off Online

Author Stephen King using Republican Paul Ryan's words that he will not vote for former President Donald Trump in this year's election in a social media post on Saturday has taken off online.

Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, is set to face off against Vice President Kamala Harris , who became the Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21 , in November.

King, a vocal Trump critic, has made several warnings about the former president on social media as he previously described him as "dangerous" and a "horrible" person and president.

In his latest X, formerly Twitter , post, the author used former House Speaker Ryan's words that he would not be voting for Trump.

"Republican Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the House, says he won't be voting for Donald Trump. 'Character means too much to me,'" King wrote on Saturday evening.

The post has since garnered over 257,000 views and over 8,300 likes with over 1,200 reposts as of Sunday morning.

Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican who led the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019, has long had a rocky relationship with the former president despite working closely together during the first two years of the Trump administration. Ryan is one of several Republicans who has advocated for the GOP to move away from Trump leading into the 2024 presidential race, despite Trump remaining popular with large swaths of Republican voters.