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Who's Worse: Donald Trump or Voldemort? J.K. Rowling Weighs In

J.K. Rowling offers her opinion on this fire internet debate.

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Obscure young adult book author J.K. Rowling (we'll forgive you for never having heard of her) has offered a definitive answer to an Internet debate involving the antagonist of her Harry Potter series. Lord Voldemort, a murderous snake-faced demon wizard with a penchant for killing children, has been likened to a similarly awful self-described politician named Donald Trump. Who, wondered the Internet, is actually worse?

The comparison came in response to Donald Trump's statement on Monday calling for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States." The statement cited unlinked and highly questionable data that allegedly claimed "there is great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population." From his website:

In response to a BBC Newsbeat explainer on the topic, Rowling took to Twitter to offer her two cents on this fire Internet debate.

Meanwhile, Decider gifted us with this incredible meme:

Motion to henceforth only refer to Donald as Voldetrump.

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