Current Events > Witches to Trump: Stop Calling the Mueller Investigation a 'Witch Hunt'

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/witches-to-trump-stop-calling-the-mueller-investigation-a-witch-hunt

It may, on the surface, seem like a harmless way to trivialize special counsel Robert Muellers investigation into Russias interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

But to the actual community of witches, President Donald Trumps constant invocation of a witch hunt is deeply problematic and, frankly, a bit hurtful.

Many are mad, and the rest are rolling their eyes, said David Salisbury, a lead organizer at Washington-based witch community Firefly House.

Witches are not a constituency with which politicians normally concern themselves. And theres little sense in the community that Trump actually cares about what they truly think. But for those who practice witchcraft, the presidents words bring up a painful period in history, when men and women were accused of being witches and murdered, both in the American colonies and in Europe.

Actual witch hunts have left what witchcraft author Kitty Randall, who uses the name Amber K. in the witching world, calls a traumatic emotional imprint on modern-day witches.

To have him compare his situation to the worst period in our history is just infuriating, Randall said.

On Twitter, Trump has called the Mueller investigation a witch hunt more than 60 times, including four times on Sunday alone. Trumps supporters have adopted the nomenclature as well, with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich saying Friday that the Mueller investigation is both a witch hunt and a modern return of the Inquisition.
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Witches view the use of the phrase as more than just a pejorative rhetorical device. They place it, rather, in the larger context of the president demonizing and marginalizing minority groups. According to witches who spoke to The Daily Beast, most contemporary witches are feminists and support other marginalized groups. Salisbury called Trumps witch hunt tweets disgraceful, especially because of Trumps attacks on immigrants and women.

It is particularly horrifying because many modern practitioners of witchcraft devote their lives to seeking compassion and justice, Salisbury said.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

Faced with a barrage of witch hunt slurs, some witches have chosen to raise the stakes, resorting to spell-casting. A group of witches organized on the internet casts a monthly binding spell on Trump, while another group attempted to hex Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

But Trump doesnt need to be worried about a plague of toads showing up at the White House any time soon. Randall said most witches have opted not to use magic against Trump.

I dont think we need to attack Trump with spells, Randall said. Hes in the middle of a process of self-destruction.

Trump is safe from any witch hunt because no self-respecting coven would have him, Randall added.

Instead, the witches just want Trump to stop comparing himself to the victims of anti-witch persecutions.

If Muellers investigation were truly a witch hunt, then Donald Trump would be hanging naked from chains in a cold barn somewhere, being tortured into admitting his pact with Satan, before being burned at the stake, Randall said. Instead hes golfing at Mar-a-Lago.

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Wtf, now witches get offended

Bunch of snowflakes

Oh wait..my bad, I bet actual snow doesn't like that term
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darkphoenix181 posted...

Wtf, now witches get offended

Bunch of snowflakes

Oh wait..my bad, I bet actual snow doesn't like that term

I bet this sounded funnier in your head.
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The witch hunt thing IS proving false, as numerous witches have turned up.
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Anteaterking posted...

Faced with a barrage of witch hunt slurs, some witches have chosen to raise the stakes, resorting to spell-casting. A group of witches organized on the internet casts a monthly binding spell on Trump, while another group attempted to hex Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

oh fuck
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Freddie_Mercury posted...

Anteaterking posted...

Faced with a barrage of witch hunt slurs, some witches have chosen to raise the stakes, resorting to spell-casting. A group of witches organized on the internet casts a monthly binding spell on Trump, while another group attempted to hex Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

oh fuck

Oh great. We have to worry about hexes now. In 2018.
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If only witchcraft was real then.
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Tbh casting their spells is a bad idea.

Because when Kavanaugh gets through as he did and Trump continues his term, it just makes their magic look fake.
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witch please
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Anteaterking posted...

former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich saying Friday that the Mueller investigation is both a witch hunt and a modern return of the Inquisition.

Witches think witch hunts are bad. Imagine comparing the Mueller investigation to the Inquisition.
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Imagine calling yourself a witch and being offended by this
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hockeybub89 posted...

Anteaterking posted...

former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich saying Friday that the Mueller investigation is both a witch hunt and a modern return of the Inquisition.

Witches think witch hunts are bad. Imagine comparing the Mueller investigation to the Inquisition.

Except ironically the victims of the inquisition and salem witch trials were not actually witches.
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