Topics: Charlie Kirk, Conspiracy Theories, Politics, US News
Candace Owens has snapped back after Erika Kirk accused her of spreading conspiracy theories about her husband's death.
Conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk was known for some pretty controversial opinions, spanning from women's reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ people to gun ownership and the US Civil Rights Act.
While speaking at Utah Valley University as part of his Turning Point USA tour on September 10 this year, Kirk was shot dead by a single bullet.
A man identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson has since been arrested on suspicion of murder whom cops believe acted alone.
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Since the tragedy, Kirk's wife, Erika, and his supposed close friend, fellow conservative Candace Owens, who shared that their relationship was akin to that of 'brother and sister', aren't exactly on the best terms.
The activist has repeatedly accused the government of having concealed information about the assassination, and has even suggested other countries may have been involved.
Owens has also made unfounded allegations about financial fraud in Turning Point, where Erika sits as CEO.
In a preview of an interview set to air tomorrow (December 13), a CBS News reporter asked the widow what she wanted to say to Owens and others who are peddling conspiracy theories about Kirk's death.
She replied: "Stop. That's it. That's all I have to say. Stop."
It hasn't taken long for Owens to clap back.
In a lengthy rant on her YouTube channel, she said: "So, Erika would like me to stop lying and I would like to honor that.
"I can only honor that if Erika is more explicit in terms of what I have lied about.
"Where am I lying? Because I would like to stop if you can tell me.
"She's going through a lot, like she's transitioning, she's doing this, like I wouldn't want to be in her position.
"We're three months in now. We are still getting rehearsed answers and I feel like what is missing from all this is, I don't know, like passion? Normal passion, not like this ChatGPT feeling of well, 'we all need to unite around the mission.'"
In a separate interview with Fox News, Erika also addressed the conspiracy theorists, saying: “Come after me. Call me names. I don't care. Call me what you want. Go down that rabbit hole. Whatever.
"But when you go after my family, my Turning Point USA family, my ‘Charlie Kirk Show’ family.
"When you go out for 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.”
She continued: “This is righteous anger because this is not OK.
“It's not healthy. This is a mind virus. Yes, I believe in our judicial system. I do. We have a hell of a team working on this — excuse my French — but this is not OK.”
Owens went on in her lengthy rant in her podcast released this week that Erika's Fox News interview 'completely missed the mark'.
She accused Erika of having 'Meghan Markle syndrome' which she claims is 'where you want privacy when you want it, you want publicity when you want it.'
Elsewhere, she stated: "I would like to be very clear, nothing feels right to me about the Charlie Kirk assassination and especially the way that some of his employees and friends have been behaving since that assassination. And I'll preface this with, I am very sorry if that offends you, Erika."
Meanwhile, the Treasury Department confirmed in a letter to Erika to confirm none of the tax-exempt information she has provided is under investigation by the IRS.
