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applegrove

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Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:47 AM 14 hrs ago

Deep fake political propaganda made by MAGA using

Video of USA hockey player. Anti Canada. He plays in Ottawa and would never say those things.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7070904/2026/02/26/tkachuk-sanderson-senators-trump-usa-olympics/



Tkachuk was also asked about an AI-generated video shared earlier this week by the White House’s official TikTok account in which he and his brother, Matthew, are answering a question during last year’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. In the video, Brady’s answer is overdubbed to make him appear to refer to Canadians as “maple syrup-eating f—s” before showing highlights of the Americans during the Olympic tournament to the tune of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird.” It has been viewed over 11 million times.

“Well, it’s clearly fake,” Tkachuk said. “Because it’s not my voice, not my lips moving. … I’m not in control of any of those accounts, and I know that those words would never come out of my mouth. So, I can’t do anything about it.

“It’s not my voice. It’s not what I was saying. I would never say that. That’s not who I am. … I don’t like that video because that’s just never come out of my mouth.”

Tkachuk also said he didn’t yell “close the Northern border” during the team’s phone call with Trump.

“I’ve been seeing stuff that people think it’s me,” Tkachuk said. “But if you watch the video, that’s not my voice. It’s something that I’d never say. I don’t really know how that kind of took a storm on its own when I play here (in Ottawa) and give everything I have here. I just think that’s something that I never thought would happen in my head and especially would never say. It’s crazy when things go on social media, how fast they go. And, of course, I would never say anything like that.”
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Deep fake political propaganda made by MAGA using (Original Post) applegrove 14 hrs ago OP
These guys are all disgusting. Old Crank 12 hrs ago #1
aw, such a shame Skittles 12 hrs ago #2
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