CHER called Donald Trump a “mass murderer” for his coronavirus response, saying “the punishment [for it] is death” in a deleted tweet.
On Friday, the 74-year-old star issued a shocking all-caps rant on Twitter, as she decried the Trump administration’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis.
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“THERE’S A BLAME 4 [sic] KILLING SOMEONE,” Cher wrote. “ITS [sic] CALLED ‘MURDER.’
“IF YOU MURDER MORE THAN ONE PERSON YOU ARE A MASS MURDERER. THERE ARE MANY PUNISHMENTS FOR DIFFERENT DEGREES OF MURDER.
“BUT WHEN SOMEONE ‘KNOWINGLY ‘MURDERS PEOPLE…THE PUNISHMENT IS DEATH.”
“Trump’s a mass murderer… hhmm,” she concluded, before the statement was swiftly deleted.
After removing the tweet, the “If I Could Turn Back Time” singer went on to pinpoint where she felt the president went wrong.
She questioned why Trump “lied” about the extent of the coronavirus crisis after it emerged that he had admitted to Watergate journalist Bob Woodward he downplayed it.
“I wanted to always play it down,” Trump told Woodward on March 19 – days after declaring a national emergency. “I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic.”
Despite her vehement condemnation of the president, Cher conceded that she can go “too far” and didn’t want to “fall below [her] moral compass” after suggesting Trump be put to death.
She also shared a screenshot of articles reporting that the Treasury Department illicitly transferred millions from a 9/11 program.
“I AM A KIND PERSON,” Cher wrote in a series of tweets – again, in all-caps. “BUT I HAVE A ‘VENDETTA’ SIDE.”
“LETS [sic] TALK…. I MUST TRY TO BE A BEACON OF LIGHT FOR YOU. OBVIOUSLY DIDNT [sic] HEAR MY HIGHER ANGELS.
“I Feel Ashamed SHAME IS IMPORTANT,” she said in another abashed tweet.
When one sympathetic fan lamented that “we empaths are held to such a high standard by people and the second we snap they tear us apart,” Cher issued a confusing response.
“Didn’t know. Was eating my dinner,” she promptly replied.
Cher has dipped her toe into politics on Twitter before, recently offering to work for the hard-hit United States Postal Service ahead of the November election.
“Can ppl volunteer at post office ” the Emmy Award-winning artist tweeted on August 19, before pressing fans for information.
“NO,IM [sic] NO KIDDING…COULD I VOLUNTEER AT MY POST OFFICE ” she demanded 20 minutes later, before writing another “IS NO ONE GOING TO HELP ME WITH POST OFFICE ” appeal.
Cher then decided to find out herself and called two USPS offices in Malibu who informed her that they didn’t accept volunteers.
She’s previously claimed that Trump “cares nothing” about vets, the USA, coronavirus patients, Black Lives Matter, and medics, claiming he “kills Americans without a thought” and “for adulation at rallies.”
