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highplainsdem

(60,669 posts) Fri Jan 30, 2026, 05:49 PM 14 hrs ago

Thom Tillis says Stephen Miller is like Grima Wormtongue (LOTR) & Kristi Noem is like Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter

Republican Senator Thom Tillis says Stephen Miller is like Grima Wormtongue from Lord of the Rings and Kristi Noem is like Delores Umbridge from Harry Potter.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-01-30T22:21:35.408Z

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Thom Tillis says Stephen Miller is like Grima Wormtongue (LOTR) & Kristi Noem is like Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter (Original Post) highplainsdem 14 hrs ago OP

I have made that comparison myself... 2naSalit 13 hrs ago #1

More like Lavrentiy Beria IMHO Strelnikov_ 12 hrs ago #2

Nah... Noem is more like Bellatrix LeStrange from HP WarGamer 12 hrs ago #3

We've long since characterized Miller as Grima Wormtongue Jilly_in_VA 11 hrs ago #4

2naSalit

(100,733 posts)

1. I have made that comparison myself...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:35 PM

13 hrs ago

Strelnikov_

(8,128 posts)

2. More like Lavrentiy Beria IMHO

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:32 PM

12 hrs ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lavrentiy_Beria_portrait_2.jpg

WarGamer

(18,265 posts)

3. Nah... Noem is more like Bellatrix LeStrange from HP

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:38 PM

12 hrs ago

Jilly_in_VA

(13,989 posts)

4. We've long since characterized Miller as Grima Wormtongue

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 08:02 PM

11 hrs ago

Even more so since seeing the remastered version of "The Two Towers" last week. (Unfortunately we did not get to see the conclusion of the trilogy, thanks to the ##@! snow,) Not familiar enough with HP to make any comparisons for Kristi. She's just another Melania wannabe in my book.

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