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Podcast host and TikToker Leigh McGowan, referred to as PoliticsGirl on social media, apologized throughout a NCS look on Friday after falsely claiming President Donald Trump said Democrats should be “killed.”
“I also feel like, to your point, you’re saying the government, we vote for the government — they’re the ones that would decide if AI gave over, if Anthropic gave over their, you know, ability to hunt us down with machines and kill us at will — and they don’t happen to like us,” she said.
“I am called a domestic terrorist constantly by my government,” McGowan continued. “My president just stood at the State of the Union and said the Democrats are evil monsters who should be killed,” she said because the panel mentioned Trump saying his plan for a federal ban on Anthropic AI.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused demands from the Department of War to make use of its synthetic intelligence for “all lawful purposes,” however Amodei said no, involved over the likelihood it might be used for “mass domestic surveillance” or “fully autonomous weapons.”
Leigh McGowan, also called PoliticsGirl on social media, apologized throughout a NCS phase after making a false declare concerning the president on Feb. 27, 2026. (NCS/Newsnight)
“Oh, no, no, no. The president did not say that,” conservative strategist Tim Parrish pushed again. “Wait a minute. You have to be accurate.”
McGowan said she would be correct and began talking once more, as NCS “Newsnight” host Abby Phillip said, “Let’s give her an opportunity to correct what she said.”
McGowan started, “The American government is already —”
Phillip urged her to appropriate the assertion once more.
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Leigh McGowan attends The Hollywood Reporter x GLAAD Pride Party offered by Paramount+ at Sunset on the West Hollywood Edition on June 11, 2025, in West Hollywood, California. (Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)
“He did not say — he said we were the enemy, and we were terrible. Would you say that that is fair?” McGowan said.
Parrish said the president said the Democrats have been “crazy” through the State of the Union address.
“I was being hyperbolic, and I apologize,” McGowan said.
“Well, you have to be accurate, not hyperbolic,” Parrish responded.
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President Donald Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
McGowan went on to argue in favor of the Anthropic CEO’s level.
“My point is, if the man and the government who have already made half the country the enemy — the enemy from within, the domestic terrorists — if they are already using ICE to shoot American citizens in the street and then not investigate it, to give them — Alex Pretti,” she said, talking to Parrish.
“Then give them control over machines that can take us out at will, and they can say, ‘Actually, the machine did that, and we didn’t actually have any control over it,’ that seems like an incredibly bad idea,” McGowan added.
Parrish responded, “What sci-fi world are you living in?”
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White House spokesman Davis Ingle informed Fox News Digital: “Leigh McGowan, whoever the hell that is, should see a psychiatrist immediately for her severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. As President Trump stated unequivocally during his historic State of the Union Address, ‘We must reject political violence of any kind.’”
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