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Stephen King Compares Donald Trump To Cthulhu; Cthulhu Issues Angry Denial

Stephen King Compares Donald Trump To Cthulhu; Cthulhu Issues Angry Denial
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A sketch of Cthulhu created by H.P. Lovecraft. Author Stephen King said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is Cthulhu in disguise.
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A sketch of Cthulhu created by H.P. Lovecraft. Author Stephen King said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is Cthulhu in disguise.

The ultimate “deplorable” wants nothing to do with Donald Trump.

A parody Twitter account set up for Cthulhu, one of the Great Old Ones created by early 20th century author H.P. Lovecraft, took offense to being linked to the Republican presidential candidate by novelist Stephen King:

But the Cthulhu account, which claims Cthulu is running for president, quickly fired off a denial ― and it was an absolute gem packed with references from King’s many books:

Now that this issue has been cleared up, is America finally #ReadyForCthulhu?

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