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But then, jumping back into the news, I’ve gotta ask, was Trump’s former intelligence director, the woman who coordinated all of his intel agencies, secretly controlled by a religious cult? You may think I’m being hyperbolic or sensational, but I’m not. That is really the question raised with total seriousness by The Washington Post in this bombshell investigation into Tulsi Gabbard.
Now we already know who she is; right, she rose to fame as a socially conservative Democratic representative from Hawaii, ran for president as a quirky progressive, then defected to the MAGA movement and joined the Trump administration. But you probably haven’t heard of this so-called cult, the Science of Identity Foundation, or SIF for short, nevermind its leader, Chris Butler. They’re a breakaway sect of the Hare Krishna movement, a branch of Hinduism that stresses devotion to a single deity, Krishna. And Butler? Well he attracted followers with the belief that he was in direct communication with Krishna himself.
But he’s been called a cult leader for many reasons, like accusations that his “disciples” were isolated from the outside world, that he controlled their’ major life decisions, that he demanded total obedience, and that the whole thing is wrapped in secrecy. In fact, in 1970 two devotees told the Honolulu Advertiser that they would do anything Butler asked, including take their own lives. Now I’ve been speaking about him in the past tense, but to be clear, he’s still alive.Right, he’s 78, and Gabbard once described him as her guru.
Which is pretty notable given his “eccentric” political views. He’s attacked Muslims, homosexuality, gun control and public schools, while also promoting environmentalism and anti-capitalism. Now he’s claimed that he didn’t tell Gabbard how to vote in Congress, and Gabbard has claimed that he’s just a spiritual advisor. But Rebecca Saltzburg, who worked on digital strategy for several of Gabbard’s congressional campaigns, told The Washington Post that is a flat out lie. According to her, Butler instructed her on what to say and do as a politician, sometimes directly over the phone, sometimes through memos passed on by his disciples.
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