Ethel Cain Responds to Trump’s Victory, Calls America ‘Loveless’ Nation

Ethel Cain joins a chorus of celebrities — Cardi B, Bette Midler and Jamie Lee Curtis among them — who have shared their reactions to Donald Trump’s presidential victory. 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, known professionally as Ethel Cain. “Instead, I hope that clarity hits you one day like a bolt of lightning and that 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 proportion of white men are downright 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 even from poor backgrounds,” Cain wrote. “They’ll vote for and conform to anything to get a taste of power and control that makes them feel a little less helpless. The same goes for minorities. They’ll crack down if they think it will bring them somewhere, even if in reality they are hitting sideways.”

While acknowledging a second term with Trump “will be a mess,” the “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 this is 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 do it. Honestly, Kamala probably wouldn’t either. We’re so screwed.”

In a now-deleted Tumblr post, Cain had expressed support for Chappell Roan’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate. Cain has also been an advocate for the Palestinian people amid the Israel-Hamas war, and released a song on Soundcloud, which she called a “prayer for them.”

“We can’t count on the government to have literally an iota of progress or hope, so just keep up the good fight in your own personal life,” Cain concluded. “It’s literally the only thing to do at this point. Stay safe out there. Maybe buy a gun.”