Marianne Williamson falls for fake news that claimed President Trump had pardoned Charles Manson
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson shared that she fell for fake news on Monday that claimed that POTUS Donald Trump had pardoned late cult leader Charles Manson.
Williamson took to Twitter to share, "There is something deeply sinister about Trump pardoning Charles Manson, even posthumously. Dog whistles of the very worst possible kind." However, that did not happen at all and users were quick to point out to Williamson's mistake.
One user shared, "This never happened, you nut" while another added, "Is this something you deciphered at the Vortex in Sedona?" An article that claimed that Trump had pardoned Manson was seen on the website, moronmajority.com, on November 16. It had been picked up by Daily Kos, which led social media users to speculate that Williamson had seen the article, but did not self-reflect before tweeting.
Less than an hour after posting, Williamson deleted her post and noted that she was "Glad To have been wrong." It is not known why she believed that Trump had pardoned Manson.
Manson had died while he was in prison in 2017 after he served more than 45 years for instructing his followers to kill seven people in California during the summer of 1969, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate.
Just last week, Williamson had sparked a lot of criticism from vaccination advocates after she had suggested on Facebook that vaccines could contain 'neurons-toxins'. She demanded an 'independent commission' in order to review how safe the vaccine was. She had also sparked some outrage earlier this summer for calling vaccines 'Orwellian'. She later clarified that she did not intend to "question the validity of lifesaving vaccines."
In August while at the AFSCME Democratic candidates forum, Williamson had shared, "Vaccines work. That has never been my issue." However, she went on to add that "big pharma" is in need of "legitimate and responsible oversight."