U.S. — Often-incoherent podcaster, private investigator, conspiracy theorist and all around loony Candace Owens fired back at Erika Kirk as the widow finally addressed the conspiracy theories surrounding Charlie Kirk’s death and Turning Point USA, claiming the widow “missed the mark” and accused her of using “the exact same emotional strategy deployed by BLM.”
“It is a positively ABSURD notion that you cannot critique a 150 million dollar organization because the CEO says they are like a family, and are grieving,” Owens railed on X.
“It is the exact same emotional strategy deployed by BLM in the wake of George Floyd’s death, when I called out their shady financial dealings. I mean, dis is white folks using black people methods, man,” she said as she unwittingly slipped into "bruthu jargon".
Erika Kirk has been publicly pushing back for the first time on rampant conspiracy theories flying around the internet from conservative activists about her husband’s assassination — among them Owens, once a close friend of Charlie’s. Owen's explained that their friendship had to end because Charlie is dead and she can't be friends with people who you text but won't text you back.
In the weeks after Kirk was murdered, Owens suggested Kirk was “betrayed,” accused the federal government of lying about the investigation, and said that Israel may have been involved in Kirk’s death. This is because in Owens' narrative - Israel is connected to every bad thing that happens.
Owens later attacked Erika on her podcast for not addressing the rumors publicly as the new CEO of the company, but as a mourning widow.
“It completely missed the mark for me. I am sorry. It just has. But the good news is that she is now un-murking the water in terms of her intentions with this massive political organization,” Owens said.
Owens shared a clip of Erika Kirk saying that she understands the conspiracy theories about her husband stem from people wanting to find an answer to “something that happened that was so evil.”
Kirk said she wants justice but doesn’t have time to address the theories. She added that she’s speaking out because she’s reached a “breaking point” because they’ve started to involve her immediate family or the family she’s found at TPUSA.
“This is righteous anger because this is not OK, this is not healthy. This is a mind virus,” she said.
Owens said Kirk’s comments are why “Turning Point USA looks so suspicious,” adding at one point: “You don’t just get to be widowed into chairman and CEO.”
Candace Owens has further vowed to honor Charlie Kirk's legacy by doing everything in her power to destroy it.
Owens has pledged, for Charlie's sake, to stop at absolutely nothing to burn down the movement he built, as well as bring pain and harm to every person Charlie ever loved.
"All of my efforts to dismantle Charlie's organization and hurt the people he cared for, that's all for him," said Owens. "As Charlie's family and friends receive death threat after death threat because of me, I want everyone to know I'm doing it for Charlie. His legacy was one of deep love for Jesus [ימח שמו!], his family, friends, and Turning Point. Which is why I am venomously slandering his family and friends, and will do everything I can to burn Turning Point to the ground. This will not only bring down this corrupt organization but will continue to make me relevant and millions of people will listen to my rantings, thus ensuring that I will be able to afford to send my children to college."
Owens also sparked backlash after alleging that Charlie Kirk was “in love” with another woman before he married Erika Kirk.
During the Tuesday, December 2 episode of Candace, the 36-year-old host shared private text messages between her and Kirk, in which he asked her for outfit advice.
“I’m going to miss Charlie going on dates and the young girls that he liked and me always being the wing woman,” she explained. “One of my favorite text messages between me and Charlie [was] when he was getting ready to go on a date.”
"He didn’t date many people and he was just kind of in love with this girl,” Owens continued, as a text message between the two showing Kirk asking whether he should change out of a Turning Point USA shirt he was wearing flashed on the screen.
“It’s so sweet,” Owens added.
However, posting the exchange publicly didn’t sit well with Kirk supporters, who saw it as disrespectful to Erika, whom Charlie married in May 2021. The couple shared two children.
She also published screenshots of private messages she said were from Charlie Kirk that show him expressing frustration about losing a $2 million Jewish donor and threatening to “leave” the pro‑Israel cause; Turning Point USA figures and multiple outlets subsequently acknowledged the messages as genuine while disputing their context
According to grief counselors, one of the primary ways people generally honor a deceased man is by trying to destroy everything he stood for. "Publishing the deceased man's personal text messages, calling for the demolition of his company, and conducting a targeted harassment campaign against his friends and family -- these are deep and profound ways humans express their grief," explained Dr. Julia McIntosh. "Viciously attacking the late man's widow and inventing insane conspiracy theories on your massive YouTube channel are clear indicators Owens loved and cared for Kirk deeply."
"It really brings a tear to my eye," she added, choking up.
At publishing time, Owens had committed to double down on her efforts to honor the deceased by uncovering the French-Israeli-Mossad-Netanyahu Egyptian Bee cult joint operation with the U.S. military and Turning Point USA and Erika Kirk to assassinate Kirk using an exploding lapel mic remotely operated by maroon shirt-wearing operatives hidden in a labyrinthine complex of Jewish tunnels.
