Candace Owens is an American conservative and far-right political commentator and author known for her controversial views and promotion of conspiracy theories. She gained prominence through her pro-Trump activism and criticism of the Democratic Party. Owens has founded organizations like BLEXIT, which encourages Black Americans to leave the Democratic Party. Her commentary often focuses on topics related to race, politics, and culture, attracting both significant support and widespread criticism.
Candace Owens' new investigative series on Erika Kirk sparked controversy, with Meghan McCain denouncing it as 'evil.' The series, titled Bride of Charlie, has received widespread criticism and is accused of being utterly wacko.
In a live broadcast on August 18, 2024, Candace Owens referenced the Leo Frank case of 1915. She claimed Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman wrongly convicted of murder and lynched in Georgia in 1915, killed Mary Phagan as part of a ritual murder.
On April 29, 1989, Candace Amber Owens Farmer (née Owens) was born. She is known as an American political commentator and author.
In March 2022, Candace Owens faced criticism from historian Anne Applebaum for claiming that Ukraine "wasn't a thing until 1989" and dismissing the notion of a Russian-led genocide in the country.
During her first year, in the Fall of 2007, Candace Owens was named to the University of Rhode Island Dean's List.
In 2007, while a 17-year-old senior at Stamford High School, Candace Owens received racist death threat voicemail messages from classmates.
In January 2008, Candace Owens's family received a $37,500 settlement after suing the Stamford Board of Education over the death threats she received.
In 2012, Candace Owens took a job as an administrative assistant for a private equity firm in Manhattan, later becoming its vice president of administration.
Candace Owens said she had no interest in politics whatsoever before 2015, but previously identified as liberal.
In 2015, Candace Owens viewed the achievement of same-sex marriage as civilization, but considered the pursuit of transgender rights, such as allowing biological men who identify as women to use women's restrooms and dominate women's sports, as "overcivilization".
In 2015, Candace Owens was the CEO of Degree180, a marketing agency. She also criticized conservative Republicans in her column.
In 2016, Candace Owens launched SocialAutopsy.com, a controversial website intended to expose bullies on the Internet.
In 2016, Me'Lea Connelly started the original Blexit movement to achieve Black economic independence. This is unrelated to the BLEXIT Foundation Owens co-founded.
In 2016, the blog for Degree180 featured an article mocking Donald Trump's penis size.
On July 28, 2017, Candace Owens stated she favored banning transgender individuals undergoing sex reassignment surgery from serving in the U.S. military but not fully transitioned individuals.
In August 2017, Candace Owens began posting politically themed videos to YouTube.
In September 2017, Candace Owens launched "Red Pill Black", a website and YouTube channel promoting black conservatism.
On November 21, 2017, Candace Owens was hired as the director of urban engagement at Turning Point USA.
After the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Candace Owens said that concern over rising white nationalism was "stupid".
In 2017, Candace Owens became a conservative after facing doxing and gaining support from figures involved in the Gamergate harassment campaign.
In 2017, Candace Owens became the communications director for the conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA.
In 2017, Candace Owens, who previously posted anti-Trump content, began identifying as a conservative Donald Trump supporter, characterizing Trump as the "savior" of Western civilization.
In April 2018, Kanye West tweeted: "I love the way Candace Owens thinks."
In May 2018, Candace Owens suggested that women who do not marry or have children experience biochemical changes, citing Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Handler, and Kathy Griffin as examples. Silverman responded, and Owens accused Silverman of supporting terrorists and criminal gangs.
In May 2018, Donald Trump praised Candace Owens for having a "big impact on politics" and representing a growing group of smart thinkers.
In July 2018, Candace Owens claimed that global warming is not real, describing it as a lie to extract money from Americans.
In August 2018, Candace Owens had a dispute with Sam Lucas, cousin of Mollie Tibbetts, who had been murdered by Cristhian Bahena Rivera. Tibbetts's cousin accused Owens of exploiting Tibbetts's death for "political propaganda."
At the launch in October 2018, Candace Owens said that Kanye West designed merchandise for the movement, but West later denied it and disavowed the effort.
During the October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts targeting prominent Democrats, Candace Owens promoted the conspiracy theory that the mailings were sent by leftists. She deleted her tweet without explanation after the suspect was arrested.
In October 2018, Candace Owens said that she had never voted and had only recently become a registered Republican.
In December 2018, Candace Owens met George Farmer at the launch event for Turning Point UK.
In December 2018, at the launch of Turning Point UK, Candace Owens made comments about Adolf Hitler while discussing globalism and nationalism.
In 2018, Candace Owens advocated for the Mexico–United States border wall, immediate deportation of illegal immigrants, and warned that Europe would become a Muslim-majority continent by 2050, leading to the implementation of sharia law.
In 2018, Candace Owens co-founded the BLEXIT Foundation along with Brandon Tatum.
In 2018, Candace Owens dismissed reports of a resurgence in hate crimes, saying "All of the violence this year primarily happened because of people on the left."
In January 2019, Candace Owens stated: "The left hates America, and Trump loves it," adding that the left is "destroying everything through this cultural Marxist ideology".
In February 2019, Candace Owens clarified her earlier comments about Hitler on Twitter and during a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing, stating that Hitler was a homicidal maniac who killed his own people and that her comments were about his crimes against Jews.
In April 2019, Candace Owens testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on the rise of hate crimes and white supremacists, claiming the Republican Party's Southern strategy was a "myth".
In April 2019, Representative Ted Lieu played Candace Owens' comments about Hitler during a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Owens responded that Lieu omitted critical context to misrepresent her as endorsing Hitler, and Donald Trump Jr. praised Owens for calling out the Democrats' manipulation of facts.
In May 2019, Candace Owens announced her departure as communications director for Turning Point USA.
In May 2019, Candace Owens hosted The Candace Owens Show on PragerU's YouTube channel.
In June 2019, Candace Owens stated that African Americans were better off in the first 100 years after slavery abolition than they are now, blaming socialism.
In 2019, Candace Owens departed from her role as communications director for Turning Point USA.
In 2019, during a hearing on hate crimes, Candace Owens referred to the Ku Klux Klan as a "Democrat terrorist organization".
In April 2020, Candace Owens announced her intention to run for office in the U.S. Senate or to be a governor.
In April 2020, Candace Owens stated that COVID-19 deaths were overcounted, a claim that contradicted health experts' assessments that the deaths were likely undercounted.
In June 2020, Candace Owens claimed George Soros paid people to protest George Floyd's murder and asserted Floyd "was not a good person", remarks that were retweeted by then-President Trump.
In June 2020, Candace Owens said that she would not get any coronavirus vaccine that became available and referred to Bill Gates as a "vaccine-criminal", accusing him and the WHO of experimenting on children with non-FDA approved vaccines.
After an apology, as of September 2020 Kanye West continued to support Owens.
In October 2020, Candace Owens sued Lead Stories and USA Today after they fact-checked her Facebook posts downplaying the COVID-19 pandemic, alleging their articles led to ad revenue loss and the termination of a deal to advertise her book. She created a website to solicit donations for the lawsuit.
In 2020, Candace Owens described the Democratic Party as a "plantation", and said "Black lives only matter to white liberals every four years—ahead of an election."
In 2020, Candace Owens left PragerU to host "Candace", a show on The Daily Wire.
In 2020, after Joe Biden won the U.S. presidential election, Candace Owens promoted Donald Trump's claims of mass fraud, alleging that the election was rigged.
In February 2021, Candace Owens tweeted that she was considering a run for president in 2024.
On March 19, 2021, "Candace", a show hosted by Candace Owens, premiered on The Daily Wire.
On April 20, 2021, Candace Owens claimed that the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was "mob justice" and not a fair trial.
During an Instagram livestream on June 22, 2021, Candace Owens accused Kimberly Klacik of money laundering, tax fraud, illegal drug use, and misusing campaign funds. She also alleged Klacik was a "madame" who recruited strippers for a strip club owned by her husband.
In July 2021, Candace Owens announced the launch of a device named the Freedom Phone, marketed toward Trump supporters and claimed to not be controlled by Apple or Google.
In July 2021, Candace Owens' lawsuit against Lead Stories and USA Today was dismissed, with the judge ruling that her posts contained COVID-19 misinformation.
On August 8, 2021, Candace Owens stated that she still had not received the COVID-19 vaccine and hadn't demanded her employees get it. She expressed pride in standing firm against bribery, media propaganda, and coercion.
In December 2021, Candace Owens interviewed Donald Trump about vaccine mandates. Trump explained that he shared her views on mandates, but he said that "the vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind" and that "the ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones that don't take the vaccine."
In 2021, Candace Owens joined The Daily Wire and began hosting "Candace", a political talk show.
In February 2022, the dismissal of Candace Owens' lawsuit against Lead Stories and USA Today was upheld, confirming the initial ruling that her posts contained COVID-19 misinformation.
In March 2022, Candace Owens faced criticism from historian Anne Applebaum for claiming that Ukraine "wasn't a thing until 1989" and dismissing the notion of a Russian-led genocide in the country. Applebaum labeled Owens as ignorant of history.
In April 2022, Candace Owens called The Walt Disney Company "child groomers and pedophiles" and advocated boycotting the company after Disney opposed Florida's "Parental Rights in Education Act".
In April 2022, a class-action lawsuit was filed in Florida against LGBcoin, Candace Owens, stock car racing driver Brandon Brown, and NASCAR, alleging false statements about the LGBcoin and a pump and dump scheme by the founders.
In May 2022, Candace Owens falsely claimed on Twitter that the gunman in the Robb Elementary School shooting could be transgender and was "cross-dressing," implying this indicated mental disturbance.
In June 2022, Candace Owens described Drag Queen Story Hour as "child abuse" and argued that parents who take their children to such events are unfit and should have their children taken away.
In August 2022, Candace Owens promoted GloriFi, an "anti-woke" startup bank, at a Conservative Political Action Conference event and on her social media accounts.
On October 3, 2022, Candace Owens posed with Kanye West wearing a "WHITE LIVES MATTER" shirt at the Adidas Yeezy SZN 9 fashion show in Paris. She also defended West's antisemitic tweet and accused the Anti-Defamation League of instigating antisemitism.
In December 2022, Candace Owens faced backlash and fact-checking on social media after making unfounded claims about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's wife, Olena Zelenska.
In December 2022, Candace Owens promoted the anti-vaccine film "Died Suddenly", contributing to the spread of misinformation about vaccines.
In December 2022, the lawsuit filed by Kimberly Klacik against Candace Owens was dismissed with prejudice, and Klacik had to pay Owens $115,000.
In 2022, Candace Owens addressed a tweet about the Moon landing being "faked" by stating on Bill Maher's Club Random podcast that she doesn't know or care enough about the Moon landing to call it a hoax.
In 2022, Candace Owens completed her bachelor's degree requirements at the University of Rhode Island.
In 2022, Ted Cruz jokingly suggested that Candace Owens be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
In October 2023, Candace Owens condemned an Israeli strike on a Christian church in Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of Christians. She stated, "No Christian should stay silent."
In 2023, BLEXIT Foundation merged with Turning Point USA, the non-profit organization for which Owens had formerly worked.
In a 2023 interview, Candace Owens said "I'm very much a person who has said from the very beginning, 'Fuck Ukraine', you know, and I stand by that" while discussing her opposition to American military aid to Ukraine.
In January 2024, Candace Owens accused transgender people of "mass drugging children" and claimed the "LGBTQ movement brought with it a sexual plague" in a post on X (Twitter), drawing condemnation from LGBTQ rights groups.
In March 2024, Candace Owens departed The Daily Wire due to disagreements with Ben Shapiro over her stance on Israel, which he considered increasingly antisemitic. She had criticized US support for Israel and made comments about "political Jews."
In March 2024, Candace Owens endorsed a conspiracy theory claiming that Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, was secretly transgender, stating she would stake her professional reputation on this claim. She also implicated the media in covering up this supposed truth.
In March 2024, Candace Owens was dismissed from The Daily Wire following controversial comments and tensions with colleagues.
In March 2024, Jeremy Boreing announced Candace Owens would be leaving The Daily Wire, a move believed to be related to a string of comments considered to be antisemitic, culminating in Owens liking a tweet referencing blood libel. There had also been months of tensions with co-host Ben Shapiro and other Daily Wire staff.
In March 2024, The Daily Wire announced they were ending their association with Candace Owens a few days after Owens liked a tweet asking Rabbi Shmuley Boteach if he was "drunk on Christian blood again", which was an apparent reference to the antisemitic blood libel accusation. Earlier she had condemned Boteach as a "monster", and claimed some Jewish people use their identity to shield themselves from criticism.
Since March 2024, Candace Owens has publicly claimed that Brigitte Macron is a biological man named Jean-Michel Trogneux, leading to a lawsuit against her in July 2025.
In April 2024, Candace Owens announced her conversion from Reformed Evangelical Protestantism to Catholicism, the denomination of her husband. She was also baptized in the Brompton Oratory.
In July 2024, Candace Owens released an episode of "The Candace Show" on YouTube entitled "Literally Hitler. Why Can't We Talk About Him?", criticizing mainstream narratives regarding Nazi Germany and denying Nazi medical experiments, referring to the Holocaust as "an ethnic cleansing [that] almost took place".
In July 2024, Candace Owens suggested Ashkenazi Jews trace their origins to Khazars, not biblical Jews, claiming they were immoral, corrupt, and infiltrated everywhere, further implying their elites are despicable and blaming them for the war in Ukraine and instances of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
In late August 2024, Candace Owens announced plans for a speaking tour of Australian and New Zealand cities in November 2024. Local Jewish groups and others called for Owens to be denied entry due to her antisemitic views. However, others, like Juliet Moses of the New Zealand Jewish Council, defended her right to free speech. Immigration New Zealand stated Owens's visa application would be subject to a character test.
On August 18, 2024, Candace Owens claimed that Leo Frank killed Mary Phagan as part of a ritual murder on Passover, referencing blood libel. She further claimed the existence of a "Frankish Cult" engaging in pedophilia and incest, stating that "tens of thousands of pedophiles hide in Israel".
In September 2024, Candace Owens was temporarily suspended from YouTube for violating hate speech policies. One video leading to the suspension was an interview with Kanye West where he claimed Jewish people control the media. This occurred in September 2024.
On October 27, 2024, Australia's Immigration Minister Tony Burke canceled Candace Owens's visa due to her "capacity to incite discord," citing her comments about the Holocaust and slavery.
In November 2024, Candace Owens faced significant controversy regarding her planned speaking tour in Australia and New Zealand. Jewish groups and figures called for her to be denied entry due to alleged anti-Semitic views, leading to debates about free speech and potential visa restrictions.
In November 2024, Candace Owens was initially barred from entering New Zealand after her entertainer's work permit was refused, due to visa restrictions imposed by other countries.
In 2024, Candace Owens hosted conspiracy theorist Bart Sibrel on her podcast to further promote the theory that the Moon landing was faked.
In 2024, Candace Owens inaccurately claimed that Zelensky is gay and said she did not want Ukraine to win against Russia, stating that "No amount of media brainwash in the world could ever make me hope that Zelensky triumphs over an orthodox Russia."
In February 2021, Candace Owens tweeted that she was considering a run for president in 2024.
Since 2024, Candace Owens has espoused what some call "antisemitic conspiracy theories".
Following her firing from The Daily Wire, in February 2025, Candace Owens began a new, independent YouTube channel, which had over 3.8 million subscribers.
In February 2025, Candace Owens announced she was working on a media series titled "Harvey Speaks" about Harvey Weinstein, stating she believed he was "wrongfully convicted" of rape and sexual assault.
In May 2025, Candace Owens gave birth to her fourth child, a boy.
On July 23, 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, sued Candace Owens for defamation in Delaware state court. The lawsuit stems from Owens's public claims, since March 2024, that Brigitte Macron is a biological man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.
On August 1, 2025, in an interview with Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens stated that she had received a phone call from President Donald Trump the preceding February, asking her to stop speaking on the topic of Brigitte Macron.
In the weeks following Charlie Kirk's September 2025 assassination, Candace Owens questioned the investigation on her podcast, suggesting Tyler Robinson didn't act alone. She also implied a connection between Utah politician Phil Lyman and an Israeli conspiracy, leading to criticism for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories. She released private text messages with Kirk and accused the Egyptian and French governments of involvement.
On September 18, 2025, the Macrons' lawyer said that they would be providing "photographic evidence" that Brigitte is in fact a woman, in response to Candace Owens's claims that Brigitte is a man.
On October 14, 2025, Candace Owens lost her High Court challenge against the Australian government's decision to deny her entry. The judges ruled that Australia's freedoms applied to Australian citizens and residents, and she was not a member of the "people" of Australia.
On November 22, 2025, Candace Owens tweeted that she had "credible enough" claims from a French government official that Macron had ordered members of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group to assassinate her. She also referenced Charlie Kirk's assassination.
In December 2025, Candace Owens asserted that Jewish individuals were principally responsible for the transatlantic slave trade, not European and American merchants. She claimed that evidence supporting this allegation was deliberately suppressed by Jews and encouraged her audience to read Der Talmudjude, a discredited antisemitic text.
In December 2025, Candace Owens met with Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, after Kirk condemned conspiracy theories about her husband's death. Though the meeting was productive, Owens maintained her belief that Tyler Robinson was not the sole assassin and did not recant her allegations against Turning Point USA.
In 2025, Candace Owens called Trump "a chronic disappointment" and expressed embarrassment for endorsing him, criticizing his bombing of Iran and his administration's decision to freeze funding for Harvard University.
In 2025, Candace Owens released "Becoming Brigitte," a multi-part video miniseries promoting the conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron is transgender. She also promoted the book Devenir Brigitte (Becoming Brigitte), which became a bestseller on Amazon, and claimed Brigitte Macron had been a participant in the Stanford prison experiment as part of a CIA mind-control program.
On January 27, 2026, Candace Owens released alleged leaked audio on her podcast of a Turning Point USA meeting involving Erika Kirk and employees, where Kirk is heard discussing Charlie's memorial and merch sales. Owens criticized the tone of the meeting as inappropriate.
In February 2026, Candace Owens praised General Order No. 11, a command by General Ulysses Grant during the American Civil War that expelled Jews from his military district. She stated that "Jewish supremacists had everything to do with the Civil War in America."
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