{"id":2521591,"date":"2025-12-16T01:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T06:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erika-kirk-and-candace-owens-provide-update-about-productive-meeting\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T01:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T06:43:16","slug":"erika-kirk-and-candace-owens-provide-update-about-productive-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erika-kirk-and-candace-owens-provide-update-about-productive-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Erika Kirk and Candace Owens provide update about \u2018productive\u2019 meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ferika-kirk-and-candace-owens-provide-update-about-productive-meeting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2521591&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Erika Kirk, widow of turning Point founder charlie Kirk, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-scores-win-on-first-amendment-grounds-in-case-over-fake-news-meme\/\" title=\"Trump Scores Win On First Amendment Grounds In Case Over \u2018Fake News\u2019 Meme\">social media personality<\/a> Candace Owens held a private meeting to ease tensions between them over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-holds-hearing-on-capitol-break-in-security-failures\/\" title=\"House holds hearing on capitol break-in security failures\">conspiracy theories related<\/a> to Charlie Kirk&#8217;s assassination. Both described the discussion as &#8220;productive,&#8221; with Owens highlighting that the 4.5-hour meeting allowed them to share facts, clarify intentions, and agree on more points than expected despite some disagreements. owens, a former Turning Point USA employee and friend of Charlie kirk, had previously promoted various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-voting-rights-pac-helped-group-that-pushed-voter-fraud-conspiracy-theories\/\" title=\"Stacey Abrams\u2019 Voting Rights PAC Helped Group That Pushed Voter Fraud ...\">unsubstantiated conspiracy theories<\/a> about the murder. The meeting follows a public exchange where Erika Kirk strongly condemned the spread of such theories, urging Owens and others to &#8220;stop.&#8221; both indicated they will provide further updates soon.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Erika Kirk and Candace Owens provide update about &lsquo;productive&rsquo; meeting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2445978\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/erika-kirk\">Erika Kirk<\/a>, the widow of Turning Point founder and CEO Charlie Kirk, and social media personality and podcaster <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/candace-owens\">Candace Owens<\/a> met privately on Monday to defuse tensions between the two over conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of Kirk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both Kirk and Owens shared social media messages in which they claimed they had a &ldquo;productive&rdquo; discussion. Kirk&rsquo;s message was short and to the point, while Owens provided a little more detail about the conversation, stating that &ldquo;tensions were thawed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3918877\/comer-clintons-testimony-epstein-contempt-proceedings\/\">Comer gives Clintons last chance to testify in Epstein inquiry before contempt proceedings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3918007\/judge-hannah-dugans-trial-for-illegal-immigrant-escape-case-begins-with-fbi-agent-on-the-stand\/\">Judge Hannah Dugan&#8217;s trial for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >illegal immigrant escape case begins<\/a> with FBI agent on the stand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3918904\/trump-sues-bbc-for-10-billion-over-jan-6-speech-edit\/\">Trump sues BBC for $10 billion over Jan. 6 speech edit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Had a very productive conversation with<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealCandaceO\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> @RealCandaceO<\/a>,&rdquo; Kirk <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mrserikakirk\/status\/2000739455209255169?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a>. &ldquo;More to come from both of us. Looking forward to AmFest this week. Time to get back to work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Had a very productive conversation with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealCandaceO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealCandaceO<\/a>. More to come from both of us. Looking forward to AmFest this week. Time to get back to work.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erika Kirk (@MrsErikaKirk) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsErikaKirk\/status\/2000739455209255169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Owens mentioned the length of the meeting and expressed some regret for not talking sooner in her post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Erika and I had an extremely productive 4 1\/2 hour meeting that I think we both feel should have taken place a lot earlier than it did,&rdquo; Owens <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realcandaceo\/status\/2000737025192829248?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;We agreed much more than I had anticipated. Of course, we also disagreed on various points and people as well. Most importantly, we were able to share intel and clarify intent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Erika and I had an extremely productive 4 1\/2 hour meeting that I think we both feel should have taken place a lot earlier than it did. <br \/>We agreed much more than I had anticipated. Of course, we also disagreed on various points and people as well. Most importantly, we were able&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealCandaceO\/status\/2000737025192829248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I will of course have a full rundown for you all tomorrow as I am currently exhausted, but I wanted to quickly let you guys know that absolutely nothing was held back and the immediate result was that tensions were thawed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Owens was a former employee of Turning Point USA and claimed that Charlie Kirk was her friend. Since his assassination, Owens has made several unsubstantiated claims about his murder, suggesting multiple conspiracy theories, including that the alleged shooter, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3917538\/erika-kirk-meeting-candace-owens-over-conspiracy-theories\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tyler Robinson, was not the actual assassin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk and Owens engaged in a war of words last week, with Kirk specifically gaining attention for her appearances on Fox News in which she expressed &ldquo;righteous anger&rdquo; and told those who engaged in conspiracy theories about her husband&rsquo;s death to &ldquo;stop.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/erika-kirk-cbs-news-town-hall-highlights\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS Town Hall<\/a> on Saturday hosted by new CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, Kirk was asked by Weiss if she had a message for Owens.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Stop,&rdquo; Kirk replied. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s it. That&rsquo;s all I have to say. 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