False satanic rumors target White House holiday decorations - AFP Factcheck
The unveiling of the 2022 holiday decorations at the White House sparked claims that the Bidens intentionally included satanic imagery. This is false; the gilded mirror shown in photos shared online has been in the White House collection since 1946 and was displayed during other presidencies.
"Uh… Call me crazy but… Maybe I missed the part of the story where Baphomet is supposed to be a Christmas decoration?" says a November 29, 2022 tweet.
The claim also circulated on Facebook, including one November 28 post warning: "Idk about you, but I don't worship the spirit of Baphomet! Christians wake up! This isn't a conspiracy theory. The White House is full of people working daily for Satan!"
Similar claims spread on TikTok and in a segment on a talk show affiliated with Alex Jones's Infowars.
Three minutes into "War Room with Owen Shroyer," the host says: "People noticed this mirror and they started zooming in, and is that a head of Baphomet on the mirror there? ... I would suffice to say it is the head of Baphomet on the mirror in the Biden White House ... Right there, with their Christmas decorations. But I am sure it's just all a coincidence, folks."
Baphomet is a deity that the Knights Templar was accused of worshipping.
French occultist Eliphas Levi is credited with imagining Baphomet as a winged human figure with the head and feet of a goat in 1854. More recently, The Satanic Temple took an 8-foot-tall statue of the goat-human hybrid around the United States as part of ...
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