Terry McAuliffe Had a Pet Chicken Named ‘Hillary’ Who Died Just Before the Election

Key Hillary Clinton ally and Democratic Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe most likely killed her electoral chances with the help of a pet voodoo chicken.

McAuliffe was asked about his pet chickens during a Thursday interview with The Atlantic‘s Steve Clemons. “I hate to say this, one chicken died,” said McAuliffe.

“Did it have a name?” asked Clemons.

“It was about a month before the election, Hillary died,” he answered as Clemons laughed.

.@GovernorVA recounting that one of his VA Gov Mansion chickens, named Hillary, died month before election @TheAtlantic @JeffreyGoldberg pic.twitter.com/fRwPFjn3a9

— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) December 8, 2016

“We’ve got Hillary, Jr. now…” he added. “She is bright and fluffy and making a lot of noise and healthy as an ox.”

Reaction to the news was about what you’d expect.

voodoo, man https://t.co/5k1iyIpZFx

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) December 8, 2016

dude. https://t.co/QS0sP84SNS

— AnnaMaria Di Pietro (@AnnaMariaDP) December 8, 2016

The signs were all there. https://t.co/o846gv4Nbp

— Jackie K. (@JackieKru) December 9, 2016

2016, everyone. https://t.co/ttmphMKFQa

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 9, 2016

A lot to unpack here
-Terry McAuliffe had a pet chicken
-Its name was Hillary
-It died in October, an obvious omenhttps://t.co/M6cNayX7xw

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) December 9, 2016

Reportedly McAuliffe also has a chicken named Snape, which miraculously survived the recent demise of Alan Rickman.

Watch above, via Twitter.

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