Candace Owens

Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron filed a defamation lawsuit in Delaware against Candace Owens and related companies, accusing her of repeatedly spreading claims that Brigitte Macron was born male and other allegations they described as false.

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Following Charlie Kirk's assassination, Owens spent months advancing scenarios suggesting possible involvement by people close to Kirk, Turning Point USA or state actors such as Israel or France. These narratives caused an open rift with several figures in the conservative movement.

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Australia refused Owens the visa required for a tour, with the minister citing a risk of inciting discord and referring in particular to her remarks minimising certain accounts of Nazi experiences and other inflammatory statements. Owens challenged the decision on freedom of political communication grounds.

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Owens's confrontation with Ben Shapiro over Israel and Gaza intensified when she referred to 'political Jews', claimed that 'secret Jewish gangs' committed atrocities in Hollywood and liked a post invoking the blood-libel trope. The Daily Wire announced the end of their relationship in March 2024.

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Following George Floyd's murder by Derek Chauvin, Owens said Floyd was 'not a good person' and refused to regard him as a martyr, while maintaining that Chauvin should be held accountable for his actions. She subsequently made The Greatest Lie Ever Sold, concerning Floyd and the finances of Black Lives Matter.

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Owens posed alongside Ye/Kanye West wearing, like him, a 'White Lives Matter' T-shirt at the Yeezy show in Paris. The slogan, historically conceived as a counter-response to Black Lives Matter and adopted by white supremacist groups, provoked a strong public reaction.

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After Ye announced that he wanted to go 'death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE', Owens said that an honest person would not necessarily find the tweet antisemitic and defended him against the initial criticism.

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During an interview, Owens cited the number of deaths recorded under Joe Biden and the widespread use of vaccines to question their effectiveness. Donald Trump interrupted her to defend the vaccines, saying they worked and protected against serious illness.

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Defending nationalism in London, Owens said that if Hitler had simply wanted to 'make Germany great' and make his country function, that would have been 'fine', adding that the problem was his expansionist ambitions and project of Germanisation.

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At the launch of Blexit, a campaign encouraging Black voters to leave the Democratic Party, Owens claimed that Kanye West had created the movement's logo and colours. West denied any such involvement, said he felt used and distanced himself from politics.

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