"Hawk Newsome has no relation to the Black Lives Matter Global Network," the network's managing director Kailee Scales told the Associated Press late Thursday.

Newsome made incendiary remarks during a cable news interview late Wednesday, stating in part:

 "If this country doesn't give us what we want, then we will burn down this system and replace it."

President Donald Trump responded earlier Thursday, sharing the quote and adding: "This is Treason, Sedition, Insurrection!"

Trump described Newsome as a Black Lives Matter leader, the same description Fox News used. Newsome made the remarks during an appearance on Fox's "The Story."

There's confusion over Newsome's exact position. He has been the president of Black Lives Matter Greater New York but was said to no longer be in that position after his remarks were circulated.