Younger brothers can be demonic. Cats, when they shred the arm of your couch, are demonic. It's October, so heck, even pumpkins can be demonic. But nobody thinks that pumpkins, or cats, or younger brothers are actual, real demons.
On Monday, Donald Trump ally and radio host Alex Jones reported that according to his sources, Hillary Clinton is a demon. This isn't the first time Trump's camp has used that kind of language — Trump himself called Clinton "the Devil" at the second presidential debate.
But Jones didn't mean that he disagrees with Clinton and considers her the enemy. He meant Clinton is "an abject, psychopathic demon from Hell that as soon as she gets into power is going to try to destroy the planet":
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