Candace Owens on Deep State: Believes

The claim: A hidden network of unelected officials secretly controls US government policy.

2025-03-20: “right before Eisenhower left office he warned the American public that a shadow was building a shadow government so to speak was building in the background he referred to it as a military industrial complex” source
2025-03-20: “the military industrial complex is obviously real and it exists and we refer to this now as the Deep State” source
2025-03-20: “I would argue that the CIA is undoubtedly the most corrupt and murderous government mental entity in the world and not just against people in the world but also against the American people” source
2026-04-23: “I'm not saying there's not a deep state, right? I just let's let's be very clear on that.” source
2026-09-15: “Our government is in the hands of the Epstein class and the entire world knows it.” source