Candace Owens

Owens said her instinct is that Robinson's roommate Lance Twiggs was a federal asset.

“that's what my gut tells me, is Lance Twiggs was a federal asset”

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Owens asserted that Tyler Robinson did not murder Charlie Kirk, though he may have been an accessory.

“I feel confident stating that Tyler Robinson did not kill, murder Charlie Kirk”

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Owens advanced the theory that Charlie Kirk was killed by a shaped charge on his person rather than a rifle.

“I think there is a strong theory that should be explored, that a shape charge was used to kill him and that what killed him was on him”

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Owens announces the show will take the following week off to focus research on the Romney family connections.

“we will see you tomorrow. And then we're going to take a week break and dive into Romney land”

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Owens claims Kirk had decided to abandon the pro-Israel cause under financial threats and moral blackmail before his death.

“he was actually abandoning the provisional cause because my husband was under a tremendous amount of stress in the end because they were pulling money from him and they were threatening him, you know, financially”

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Owens says she and other critics would welcome a lawsuit because discovery would compel release of information they are seeking.

“most of us welcome a lawsuit because then they would be required to give us the information that we're asking for”

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Owens said she no longer identifies as a Republican but remains a conservative.

“no, I don't consider myself to be a Republican. Yes, I do consider myself to be a conservative”

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Owens said conservatism for her centers on preserving traditional families as a guard against government.

“what are we conserving at the end of the day is the question. And to me, it's traditional families”

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Owens said reading Thomas Sowell after questioning media coverage of Trump transformed her politics.

“it led me to Thomas Sowell and his work and his books, and it changed my life”

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Owens predicted Democrats would nominate Gavin Newsom for president.

“I mean, if we're talking about on the Democratic side, yeah, I think they're going to run Gavin Newsom”

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Owens said public criticism no longer affects her because she is secure in her identity.

“I know who I am, so I don't have to go to the internet to learn about who I am”

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Owens says Timpanogos CEO Andrew Zenger was appointed on August 19, shortly before the assassination, after working in Texas.

“he was appointed the CEO of Timpanogos just ahead of Charlie's assassination. It was August 19th. And curiously enough, before that, he was down in Texas”

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Owens says Connor Henderson worked as an emergency room scribe at Timpanogos and wonders whether he quit around the day of the assassination.

“I'm wondering if he actually quit on September 10th. I'm wondering if he was working beneath Dr. Lee Trotter. It's a lead that should be pursued”

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Owens argues it is suspicious that no bystander eyewitnesses have emerged from the hospital emergency room, suggesting it had been cleared.

“as I reflect six months later, it's almost as if the emergency room had been completely cleared for Turning Point USA”

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Owens claims the Qureshi and Henderson families lived in the same house in Keller, Texas, and their sons attended BYU at the same time.

“the co-founders of the Bilt Company, who lived in the same house and work at the same place, also sent their sons to the same school at the same time, BYU”

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Owens says the Air Force provided most of Built's roughly $8 million June 2025 funding, with a smaller amount from the Navy.

“7.4 million from the Air Force and just under a quarter million from from the Navy, bringing the total actually closer to $8 million that came in to them in June of this year”

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Owens says Zachariah Qureshi's father Ahmed is a Navy O-6 commanding officer with extensive Middle East ties.

“Ahmed Qureshi, that is Zachariah's father, he is an 06 in the Navy. That means he's a commanding officer. That's the equivalent to a colonel in the Air Force”

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Owens said Andrew Kolvet told her Netanyahu offered to elevate Turning Point USA and Kirk declined.

“was that Bebe offered to take Turning Point USA to the next level. And Charlie said no”

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Owens criticizes Turning Point USA for fundraising within 48 hours of Kirk's death and for mailers showing Erika Kirk at the memorial.

“It was so the ick when I had reading this to switch the gears so quickly into how can we fundraise off of this. It's just dishonorable”

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Owens argued Harpole's suit was filed sloppily for public-relations purposes in hopes of dismissal.

“I think they filed it in such a sloppy manner that they're hoping the court drops it”

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Owens said she stands by calling Brian Harpole's security team incompetent despite his lawsuit.

“So, I'm going to stand by my assessment that he was incompetent”

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Owens names a firm called Metro One Talent as the company the CIA uses to bring young recruits on board.

“They specifically use a company, and this will trigger them if they're watching, called Metro One Talent. Metro One Talent. That's how they interview their talent and set them on the path to joining the CIA”

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Owens asserts as fact, not allegation, that the CIA recruits directly from BYU and specifically from its Jerusalem campus.

“BYU has direct ties to the CIA. They recruit directly from BYU. And I am saying this with 100% certainty. It is not a conspiracy”

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Owens said her trip to Russia contradicted Western perceptions, describing Russians as loving Americans.

“I mean, they absolutely love Americans. Absolutely love Americans. They don't even understand why Americans think what they think about Russia”

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Owens characterized recent UFO disclosure talk as a government distraction from public awakening.

“I think whenever they start threatening to do disclosures in a time where people are waking up about the ultimate disclosure, which is who rules over us, it's a distraction”

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Owens argued arbitration laws should be changed because they allow employers to pursue former employees through disparagement claims out of public view.

“But that's what, there are laws that need to be changed about arbitration court, because that's what arbitration gives them the comfort of doing”

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Owens said The Daily Wire cut about five years from her contract after she refused to publicly condemn Kanye West.

“And they shaved off like five years of my contract. So I lost millions of guaranteed dollars”

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Owens urged American service members to leave the military, arguing wars serve Israel rather than the U.S.

“There's a legal means to leave the military, and I encourage on my show every man and woman to do it”

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Owens called for the Butler investigation to be reopened and characterized Corey Comparatore's death as a successful assassination.

“It should be reopened. And I think it was a successful assassination of Corey Comparatore”

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Owens argued that Trump is controlled by donors such as Miriam Adelson and is not running his administration.

“And so Trump is not his own man, plain and simple. Trump is not running this administration”

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Owens recounted that toxic mold illness in 2015 left her fearing she would never recover and that the photo Trump used came from that period.

“I got sick from mold illness. And I never thought I was gonna be the same person”

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