Witch hunts are back in vogue with Kansas Republicansâliterally.
Ty Masterson, the Republican candidate in the Kansas gubernatorial race, accused his Democratic opponent, Cindy Holscher, of being an actual witch capable of âdemonicâ magic, while speaking at the Praise Chapel in Wichita on Sunday.
Masterson introduced the dubious portion of his pseudo-sermon by suggesting that God wanted him to run for Kansasâs top political office.
âGodâs armies are out there in this,â Masterson said. âWhat weâre fighting right now is a spiritual battle that Iâve never seen before, in [this] state, in this politics.
âEvil is maturing with the brotherhood, and it is rising to a level that is just in your face,â Masterson continued as a pianist played a contemplative melody beside him. âReally, my race and the U.S. Senate race with Roger Marshall versus [Adam] Hamilton. Those are spiritual battles.
âLike I said, my opponent, she didnât even hide it,â Masterson added. âShe talkedâthey had witchâI mean, theyâre doing like witchcraft spells on TikTok so she can win the governorship. I mean, theyâre like ⌠itâs like demonic stuff that theyâre doing, right? Just in your face that way.â
They made me WANT to listen to âdevil musicâ in the 80s.
That was also probably the goal. By talking about it constantly and making it sound more intense and interesting to everyone, it both scares their people more and intrigues other people. They bring the obedient and impressionable in and compel them to not partake, and they push the rebellious and skeptical into doing the thing they are already demonizing. You freely enjoyed a form of media because they demonized it and thus the hordes of heathens grew, strengthening their influence and control over the in-group.