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Candace Owens Claps Back After Erika Kirk Blasts Conspiracy Theories

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Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk blasted the conspiracy theories circulating online about her late husband Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

In the weeks and months following the shooting, political commentators questioned the circumstances surrounding Kirk’s death, despite the shooting being captured on live footage.

Erika did not identify anyone by name during her interview on Fox News, conservative commentator Candace Owens believes the remarks were aimed at her.

“Come after me, call me names, I don’t care. Call me what you want, go down that rabbit hole, whatever,” she began.

“But when you go after my family, my Turning Point USA family, my Charlie Kirk Show family, when you go after the people that I love, and you’re making hundreds and thousands of dollars every single episode going after the people that I love because somehow they’re in on this? No,” Erika fired off.

Fox News host Harris Faulkner commented mid-segment, “I’ve never seen you like this.”

“This is righteous anger because this is not okay, it’s not healthy,” Erika shot back. “This is a mind virus.”

She noted the anxiety and strain felt by her staff in the aftermath of the TPUSA founder’s tragic death, and due to the subsequent uptick in threats against the organization.

“My team are not machines and they’re not robots. They are human. We have more death threats on our team and our side than I have ever seen,” she remarked, noting that there have also been kidnapping threats against her personally.

“You name it, we have it. And my poor team is exhausted,” she added. “And every time they bring this back up, what are we supposed to do? Relive that trauma all over again? They watched my husband get murdered,” she said.

Erika explained that she was unsure how she would have reacted had she been present at the time of the shooting. She added that her staff was still reeling from what happened.

“My team, they are rocked to the core,” she pointed out. “So why every single day do they have to be dragged through the mud, analyzed, hyperanalyzed?”

She described her commitment to continuing her work as Charlie’s successor at the organization he started.

“And if people think that I was just gonna wilt away, I’m not gonna sit in a corner, and cry, and be in fetal position,” she concluded.

“This is a duty to my husband and it’s an absolute honor, and I will never back down. And so my message to them is to stop. To stop.”

Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on September 10. Prosecutors charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, alleging he fired from a rooftop during the speech.

Investigators say Robinson sent messages to a roommate stating he “had enough of [Kirk’s] hatred” and had planned the attack for approximately a week.

FBI Director Kash Patel said he is confident Robinson carried out the shooting and noted that the inquiry remains active.

Though Erika refrained from naming individuals outright, former TPUSA employee Candace Owens amplified theories about the shooting on her podcast.

Among the claims Owens has circulated are speculations about organizational betrayal, foreign involvement and alleged security failures, often linked to unverified accounts.

Owens even suggested that Turning Point USA “betrayed” Kirk and claimed the federal government, led by President Donald Trump, played a role.

“It feels like today will be the day that the government can no longer deny it,” she posted on Instagram. “Charlie Kirk was assassinated and our military was involved.”

Owens reacted to Erika’s interview, gleefully acknowledging that Kirk’s widow was talking about her.

“Super fun show today. You’re probably seeing the clips … it’s about me,” she claimed in a late afternoon video.

“It’s indirect, but it’s also about me. And don’t worry, in case you think it’s not about me, she is going to name check me on stage.”

Owens, who had been the director of communications at TPUSA, left the organization in 2020, when her views began leaning fringe-right.

On the same day Erika appeared on Fox News, California Gov. Gavin Newsom reflected on an earlier conversation he had with Kirk during a March interview.

He noted Kirk’s willing engagement with those who disagreed with him and said Kirk demonstrated an understanding of challenges faced by young men, which Newsom admitted was an area his own party could handle more effectively.

Speaking to journalist Ezra Klein, Newsom described Kirk as someone who demonstrated “sincerity” and a strong focus on organizing.

“I thought there was a deeper sincerity than I had anticipated, in terms of his point of view and his perspective,” he told Klein.

“A willingness to engage with people he disagreed with, a willingness to debate… in a fair and balanced way. I think there’s grace in that.”

Newsom referenced ongoing struggles for younger men, commenting that “if you’re 30 years old, you’re the first generation living that’s not doing better than your parents,” describing a growing sense of nihilism.

He pointed out that Kirk understood this sentiment and noted that President Trump recognized these themes as well.

The California governor elaborated on his visit to TwitchCon, saying he wanted to understand the experiences of younger men dealing with financial strain, isolation and concerns about their long-term prospects. He said Kirk grasped these issues clearly.

Newsom also recalled that during their interview, he had not initially recognized the depth of Kirk’s religious commitment.

He remembered saying a phrase casually and realizing it offended Kirk. “I didn’t understand how deeply held his faith was and how much of an organizing principle it was for him as well,” he noted.

Despite disagreements with some of Kirk’s arguments, Newsom pointed out that his party had not sufficiently engaged with young men or responded to their academic and mental health difficulties.

He cited areas where men are struggling, including higher dropout rates and increased suicide risk.

“Their depths of despair. We have men who are suffering, and it’s hurting women,” he added.

On Wednesday, Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a measure proposing that the former Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington be renamed in Kirk’s honor.

Her proposal suggested the area near the White House be designated the “Charlie Kirk Freedom of Speech Plaza.”

Mace wrote that the shooting was “an attack not just on one man, but on the fundamental American principle declaring every citizen has the right to speak freely and engage in civic discourse.”

She added that dedicating the plaza to Kirk would help preserve his legacy as someone she viewed as committed to First Amendment values.

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