Hillary Clinton compares her treatment by some Trump
supporters to Cersei Lannister’s persecution by religious
fanatics in “Game of Thrones.”
HBO
In her new book chronicling the 2016 presidential election,
Hillary Clinton compared herself to “Games of Thrones”
character Cersei Lannister, who faced persecution by
religious fanatics in the popular TV show.
“Crowds at Trump rallies called for my imprisonment more
times than I can count,” Clinton wrote in “What
Happened.” “They shouted ‘Guilty! Guilty!’ like the religious
zealots in ‘Game of Thrones’ chanting ‘Shame! Shame!’ while
Cersei Lannister walked back to the Red Keep.”
In the passage, noted on
Twitter by a Breitbart News reporter, Clinton discussed the
role that her gender played in the election, citing scholars
who compared her reception among some Trump supporters to the
treatment of women in medieval times.
“It’s not easy for any woman in politics, but I think it’s fair
to say I got a whole other level of vitriol flung my way,” she
wrote.
Clinton called the hatred she faced from Trump supporters
“flabbergasting and frightening” and wondered how she could end
her service as secretary of state as “one of the most admired
public servants in America” only to later be transformed into
someone “evil.”
“Was this all because I’m a woman? No. But I believe it was
motivation for some of those chanters and some of that bile,” she
wrote.
