WATCH: Chris Rock Compares Wokeness to the Salem Witch Trials and Says the Hunt Had to Invent Offenders
Chris Rock compared “wokeness” to the Salem witch trials in a New York Times interview published Saturday, calling the line “half a joke” and arguing that once the hunt became an institution, it had to start making accusations up. The post WATCH: Chris Rock Compares Wokeness to t.

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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from Gateway Pundit says: Chris Rock compared “wokeness” to the Salem witch trials in a New York Times interview published Saturday, calling the line “half a joke” and arguing that once the hunt became an institution, it had to start making accusations up. The post WATCH: Chris Rock Compares Wokeness to t.
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- Primary source: Gateway Pundit
- Published: Oct 4, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC
- Coverage area: Politics
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