“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling took offense at the BBC’s characterization of GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s charade of a campaign.
“Why people are calling American businessman Donald Trump ‘Voldemort,'” the BBC’s “newsbeat” headline reads. The article included tweets from those making the comparison:
@Loolabette Somehow, Voldemort managed to be less cartoonishly evil than Trump despite being a cartoon evil guy.
— Alex Price (@Cirrhosis) December 7, 2015
The only way to stop Donald Trump is to destroy his Horcruxes. The wig is definitely one. If you need me I'll be finding the other six.
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) December 7, 2015
@SethMacFarlane could you please do a family guy special with Donald Trump as Voldemort, his hairpiece beeing one of six horcruxes?
— Frederic Müller (@FredAusOL) December 8, 2015
Rowling contributed to the frivolity after the fact, writing:
How horrible. Voldemort was nowhere near as bad. https://t.co/hFO0XmOpPH
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 8, 2015
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