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Marianne Williamson roasted for claim Trump pardoned Charles Manson

by Joe Concha - 12/09/19 10:41 AM ET

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson was roasted online on Monday after saying incorrectly that President Trump had pardoned late cult leader and murderer Charles Manson.

The claim quickly went viral on social media, prompting mockery of the candidate.

“There is something deeply sinister about Trump pardoning Charles Manson, even posthumously. Dog whistles of the very worst possible kind,” Williamson tweeted at 12:53 a.m. on Monday morning.

Williamson deleted the tweet later Monday morning after receiving some blowback on social media.

“This never happened. Williamson just tweeted this,” wrote journalist Yashar Ali to his nearly 500,000 followers. “This is a woman who gets furious when she’s told that she’s unserious and not prepared to run.”

This never happened. Williamson just tweeted this.

This is a woman who gets furious when she’s told that she’s unserious and not prepared to run. pic.twitter.com/3uC8Nqfidj

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) December 9, 2019

Marianne Williamson learns nothing good can come from tweeting at 12:53 a.m. https://t.co/OfobJzkOIc

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 9, 2019

Oh lord https://t.co/W1mnaVKPk1

— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) December 9, 2019

Jim Acosta is totally going to shout at Trump if he thinks Charles Manson should be pardoned.

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 9, 2019

There’s *something* not right about Charles Manson getting pardoned, but she can’t quite put her finger on it . . .

— (@BryanPassifiume) December 9, 2019

Charles Manson stole this song from the Beatles. Marianne Williamson is stealing it back! https://t.co/7qeV41xFY0

— David Freddoso (@freddoso) December 9, 2019

The fact-checking website Snopes says the story regarding Trump pardoning Manson is farcical and originated as an article by a site called MoronMajority.com on Nov. 16.

According to Snopes, the article was then aggregated by The Daily Kos.

Tags Donald Trump Jim Acosta Marianne Williamson Stephen Miller