Oprah Under Fire For Being Hopeful About Trump’s Presidency; Is The Media Mogul Quitting Twitter?
Oprah Winfrey took it to Twitter in a hopeful message about Donald Trump's Presidency tweeting "Everybody take a deep breath" to send out her message of enduring dismay of recent presidential elections. The media mogul tweeted this message on Thursday to her 34. 8 million Twitter followers with a picture of President Obama and incoming President Donald Trump meeting in the White House "Hope Lives!". This tweet didn't turn out too well on the twitter community.
Winfrey who endorsed Democratic hopeful, Hillary Clinton felt the outrage of her followers after the said tweet. In an interview from Etonline the media mogul is looking forward to moving on from the post election results and has found comfort in Trump after watching him pay a visit to President Barack Obama at the White House. "I saw President-elect Trump with President Obama in the White House and it gave me hope. To hear President - elect Trump say that he had respect for President Obama, it felt that he had reached a moment where he has actually humbled by the experience. "
"To hear President Obama say that he has renewed confidence in the peaceful transition, I think everybody can take a deep breath. Everybody can take a deep breath now. Thank you!" she admitted that saying those words out loud made her feel better. The response by thousands of her fans and fellow celebrities took it to social media to air their grievances and anger on her support for Trump.
Daily Mail reports that Patton Oswalt, an actor and an outspoken Hillary Clinton supporter tweeted " Oprah what the f***?" This is not one of my favorite things" while other celebrities Grace and Frankie's June Diane Raphael also urged Oprah not to "normalize this man" Minority children are also being targeted "she tweeted.
That didn't sit well with some of the media mogul's fans. Some may agree with her but mostly say her tweet is condescending and alarming. Protest are ongoing since the result of the election. This came as a shock to Clinton supporters even after a strong celebrity backing and winning "the popular vote", Trump wins the presidency. Many have come forward to encourage people accept the results and unify the country. Yet it seems this isn't going well with Oprah's fans.