You hit the nail on the head. This not only doesn't pass the smell test, it stinks!
She's as phoney as a three dollar bill.
She just neutralized what was her propaganda statements. Take that as a victory.
Personally, whether she's a phony or not, who cares. It's really not important. She's a speck on a fly on a horse's a*s.
It's a very real phenomenon, but you sound like you've never participated in an armed robbery, firefight, or "tense situation at a nightclub".
"She's as phoney as a three dollar bill."
How do you know? What do you know about this woman that nobody else on here does? What gives you reason to think that her statements were not made under the threat of death?