Katie Miller on Monday unwittingly betrayed her ignorance about one of the most basic ideas America was founded on, confusing “classical liberal democracy” with the supposed horrors of a “woke” and “deeply leftist ideology” in a failed attempt to dunk on someone.That certain someone was Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah, who vowed on X that his artificial intelligence safety company remains committed to “the principles of classical liberal democracy” — and specifically freedom of speech, human dignity and the rule of law.Katie Miller, wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, didn’t take it that way.She wrote Monday on X, “Co-Founder of Anthropic: ‘My deep loyalty is to the principles of classic liberal democracy.’ If this is what they say publicly, this is how their AI model is programmed. Woke and deeply leftist ideology is what they want you to rely upon.”The conservative podcaster, who served as deputy press secretary at the Department of Homeland Security under President Donald Trump during his first term, was brutally mocked on X for her apparent lack of understanding — or intentional misreading.“I can’t tell what would be worse between Katie Miller not knowing what liberal democracy is or her admitting she thinks it’s a bad thing,” wrote one user on X, with another noting that Olah even “identifies what those principles are immediately after the colon” in his post.Miller has revealed her ignorance on a number of occasions before. It was only last week that she tried shaming California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) over his then-upcoming trip to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland — seemingly unaware that Trump would be attending, too.Olah cited Saturday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti as the impetus for his post, as a “federal agent killing an ICU nurse for seemingly no reason and with no provocation” served to “shock the conscience.”“My deep loyalty is to the principles of classical liberal democracy: freedom of speech, the rule of law, the dignity of the human person,” he wrote. “I immigrated to the United States — and virtually cofounded Anthropic here — believing it was a pillar of these principles.”Stephen and Katie Miller are seen at the 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll. Katie Miller was mocked over her attempt to dunk on a statement about "classical liberal democracy."Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesMiller has marched in virtual lockstep with every nationalist and anti-immigration ethos espoused by her husband, Trump and his administration. Whether she intentionally twisted the post or genuinely misunderstood it, Miller was torn apart by social media critics.“Yes, we’re very aware that you and your husband hate America’s system of liberal democracy that’s built on free elections, the rule of law, equal rights, and the freedom of speech, assembly, press, and religion,” wrote “Pod Save America” co-host Jon Favreau.Unfortunately for Miller, there was a lot more where that came from.Katie, are you objecting to the "liberal" part or the "democracy" part?"Liberal" doesn't mean "left", especially when preceded by "classical". It certainly doesn't mean woke.Tbh though it seems like it's the whole democracy thing that bothers you and Stephen Miller. https://t.co/idoaNkZeYV— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 26, 2026 READ A FUCKING BOOK LADY! Having to know about, much less have major areas of American life vandalized by these absolutely illiterate dopes with NOTHING going on in between their ears is so demoralizing and degrading it makes me think it's part of a conscious strategy. https://t.co/PjNMBFH0jF— Will 🦥 Menaker (@willmenaker) January 26, 2026 It's amazing how much rightoid discourse is just them not understanding things, thus making discourse impossible.— derek guy (@dieworkwear) January 26, 2026 Why does the Constitution offend you?— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) January 27, 2026 I can’t really think of a tweet that may singularly show the intellectual deficit amongst the upper rungs in Trump 2.0 than something like this https://t.co/pMJpSHd1qv— Blake Allen (@Blake_Allen13) January 26, 2026 Close