Ethel Cain joins a chorus of celebrities – Cardi B, Bette Midler and Jamie Lee Curtis among them — who have shared their reactions to Donald Trumppp win the presidential election. The artist shared an impassioned message calling the United States a “loveless, disrespectful nation” that encourages “contempt and hatred,” in a Tumblr post shared Wednesday.
“I have to say that if you voted for Trump, I hope peace never finds you,” wrote Hayden Silas Anhedönia, who is professionally known as Ethel Cain. “Instead, I hope that clarity strikes you one day like lightning and you have to live the rest of your life with the knowledge and guilt of what you’ve done and who you are as a person.”
“An embarrassingly large number of white men are simply Nazis these days as a way of distancing themselves from the rest of the carnage around them, even if they are broke and uneducated and from poor backgrounds themselves,” Cain wrote. “They’ll vote for and conform to anything for a taste of power and control that makes them feel a little less helpless. The same goes for minorities. They’ll strike down if they think it’s going to get them anywhere, even if they in reality strike sideways.”
While admitting a second term with Trump “is going to be a mess,”Punish” artist argued that the election results indicate a larger issue: the nation’s lack of solidarity and love and decades of exhaustion Americans have endured.
“I don’t know if it’s something we can come back from,” Cain wrote, elaborating that the country has become a breeding ground for hate. “And if something COULD be done about it, Trump certainly wouldn’t. Frankly, Kamala probably wouldn’t have done it either. We’re so screwed.”
In a now-deleted Tumblr post, Cain had expressed his support for Chappell Roan’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate. Cain has also been an advocate for the Palestinian people amid the war between Israel and Hamas, and released a song on Soundcloud, which she called a “prayer for them.”
“We can’t trust the government to literally even get progress or hope, so just keep up the good fight in your own personal life,” Cain concluded. “That’s literally the only thing to do at this point. Be safe out there. Maybe buy a gun.”
