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Popular contemporary horror writer Stephen King got himself into a bit of hot water Tuesday when he criticized the Tea Party and Christians for not being charitable toward the illegal immigrant children at the border. Conservatives working to help the children volleyed right back, asking him what he was doing.

"Revised Tea Party Gospel: 'Suffer the little children come unto me. Unless they're undocumented kids from Central America,'" tweeted King Tuesday before adding: "Much easier to be a Christian when the little children aren't in your back yard, isn't it?"

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