Did 'The Simpsons' predict the US Capitol Hill riots? The Internet seems to think so
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Hours after a mob stormed the Capitol building in Washington, a user on Twitter made a rather interesting observation about an episode of 'The Simpson' that seemed eerily similar to Wednesday's incident.
Hours after a mob stormed the Capitol building in Washington, a user on Twitter made a rather interesting observation about an episode of 'The Simpson' that seemed eerily similar to Wednesday's episode.
Pro-Trump supporters stormed inside the Capitol building as a sign pf protest against the US election results.
A few months earlier, an episode of The Simpsons seemed to have shown events panning out in a similar fashion.
The Simpsons predicting #civilwar2021 and riots in America They’ve done it again pic.twitter.com/gkoN49Gz3C
— Sakib (@SakibArain) January 6, 2021
Episode 4 of season 32 of 'The Simpsons' predicted civil war, violent protests, and Trump supporters destroying America. Here, have a look at the clip.
S32, E4, released only a few months ago: https://t.co/aCtllFcvJM
— Nicholas Moreau (@nickmoreau) January 6, 2021
The uncanny similarities to the episode and Wednesday's episode shocked many. Here is how everyone reacted.
True genius
— George’s Ghost (@Payinattention4) January 6, 2021
You don’t need to be The Simpsons to have predicted this.
— Dicken Schrader (@DickenSchrader) January 6, 2021
— Katieee (@katielilyc) January 6, 2021
See there are somethings that we don't need to speak into existence... this is one of them. 😅😟😐
— ✨𝕲𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖊𝖙𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊✨ (@garnetf1re) January 7, 2021
2021 was doomed when this episode aired
— Hayden Edwards (@Eddie_IDK97) January 6, 2021
It’s like the Simpsons were the gaslighting Nostradamus for the US.
— Bridget (@bth77police) January 6, 2021
This isn't the first time that 'The Simpsons' has been in news for predicting things that have rocked the world. They had, back in 2000, predicted Donald Trump taking over America as the President among other things.