Rose McGowan Likens Democrats, GOP To a 'Cult' in Fox News Interview

Actress Rose McGowan said the Democratic Party is a "cult" on a Fox News appearance Monday. McGowan, best known for her acting career and for being a pioneering advocate for the #MeToo movement, said being raised in a cult gave her "the ability to see the control and the propaganda machine" in the U.S. "I do believe Democrats, most especially, are in a deep cult that they really don't know about and aren't really aware of," McGowan said, adding that Democrats are for "a system that is for so few people and benefits so few, but they masquerade as the helpers—we would do this, the world would be perfect if only those Republicans would get out of the way." After receiving criticism from the left for her interview, McGowan responded on Twitter, saying the interview caused a "cognitive dissonance" from someone who previously considered herself a Democrat, and that, "The fact that Fox News let someone like me on...is pretty f---ing extraordinary." McGowan also said that while she received backlash for calling Democrats a cult, she also said the same about the Republican Party during her interview. McGowan's interview received coverage across the political spectrum. Critics on the left pushed back against McGowan's initial interview, with some saying that Fox News "used" McGowan. On Tuesday, Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy praised McGowan for speaking openly.