{"id":2646140,"date":"2026-08-17T16:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hasan-piker-says-candace-owens-single-handedly-protected-left-wing-extremism-with-charlie-kirk-theories-i-am-a-fan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:30:51","slug":"hasan-piker-says-candace-owens-single-handedly-protected-left-wing-extremism-with-charlie-kirk-theories-i-am-a-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hasan-piker-says-candace-owens-single-handedly-protected-left-wing-extremism-with-charlie-kirk-theories-i-am-a-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hasan Piker Says Candace Owens &#8216;Single-Handedly&#8217; Protected Left-Wing Extremism with Charlie Kirk Theories: &#8216;I Am a Fan&#8217;"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fhasan-piker-says-candace-owens-single-handedly-protected-left-wing-extremism-with-charlie-kirk-theories-i-am-a-fan%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=2646140&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>The provided content contains a mixture of HTML markup, scripts, and a news article about a controversy involving political figures. In the article, Hasan piker praises Candace Owens for her role in undermining the narrative that Charlie Kirk&#8217;s assassination was carried out by Tyler Robinson. Owens has promoted various conspiracy theories, suggesting the attack was an inside job or connected to foreign governments and intelligence agencies, and questioned the type of weapon used. Piker commends Owens for disrupting Republican efforts to portray Kirk as a martyr, which he believes hinders left-wing extremism. <\/p>\n<p>Charlie&#8217;s widow, Erika Kirk, strongly condemns these conspiracy theories, emphasizing their harm to her family and condemning those who profit from attacking her loved ones. Court proceedings reveal that tyler Robinson confessed to shooting Charlie Kirk,and messages suggest he believed he was carrying out a mission.Throughout the text, there are references to social media activity, court documents, and statements made by various individuals involved in the case.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hasan Piker commended Candace Owens for \u201csingle-handedly\u201d undermining the impact that Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination should have had on blunting left-wing extremist rhetoric by casting doubt on who is actually responsible for the killing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a fan now,\u201d Piker <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFpost\/status\/2089046161978261779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proclaimed<\/a> after Owens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nPhCKwJ6ye8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debated<\/a> podcast host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/andrewwilsoncrucible\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Wilson<\/a> last week over whether alleged Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson is the shooter.<\/p>\n<p>On her podcast and in posts on X since the September 2025 assassination of Kirk, Owens has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/erika-kirk-speaks-private-meeting-candace-owens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floated various conspiracy theories<\/a>, including that it was an inside job by people within Turning Point USA, or the work of the Israeli Mossad, the French government, or even the U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p>During her debate with Wilson, Owens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/4oMGRpOEQCg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, among other things, she does not believe the injury Kirk sustained was inflicted by a Mauser Model 98 bolt-action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/robinsons-alleged-kirk-assassination-rifle-chilling-messages-bullet-casings-shown-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.30-06 caliber rifle.<\/a> Authorities have testified in court that the gun was found in the woods near Utah Valley University campus in Orem, where the assassination occurred, with Robinson\u2019s DNA on it.<\/p>\n<p>Owens would only concede that a \u201cprojectile hit Charlie,\u201d perhaps from a smaller caliber gun, but she insisted a .30-06 would have done more damage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/el-sayed-says-fine-campaigning-hasan-america-deserved-9-11-piker-says-focused-campaigning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piker<\/a> responded to Owens\u2019 performance, \u201cI can\u2019t speak out against this queen, because this is a queen that successfully and single-handedly undermined the Republican initiative to martyrize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hearing-wraps-remember-charlie-kirk-modern-day-thomas-paine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Kirk<\/a> and use that example to crack down on political dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe dropped a grenade on the discourse. You understand? So I\u2019m with her. It\u2019s hard, it\u2019s hard for me. My brain says \u2018No, it\u2019s probably Tyler Robinson,\u2019 but my heart says, \u2018Go Candace, go! Keep cooking!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hasan Piker praises Candace Owens for convincing millions of people that left-wing ideologue Tyler Robinson did not kill Charlie Kirk, saying she provided cover for the Left and prevented the administration from using Kirk as a martyr to crack down on left-wing extremism.<\/p>\n<p>Piker\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AF Post (@AFpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFpost\/status\/2089046161978261779?\">August 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Piker went on to say that Owens had blocked him on social media several years ago because of his viewpoints that differed from hers. But, \u201cI am a fan now\u2026 I\u2019ve not been a fan of Candace Owens. I am a fan now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last December, Erika Kirk, Charlie\u2019s widow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/erika-kirk-responds-conspiracy-theories-charlies-burial-site-can-one-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> to the conspiracy theories being floated by Owens and others about her late husband\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s my breaking point on that,\u201d she told Fox News host Harris Faulkner. \u201cCome after me, call me names \u2014 I don\u2019t 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 after the people that I love, and you\u2019re making hundreds and thousands of dollars every single episode, going after the people that I love because somehow they\u2019re in on this \u2026 No!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faulkner responded, \u201cI have to say it. I\u2019ve never seen you like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is righteous anger, because this is not OK. It\u2019s not healthy. This is a mind virus,\u201d Kirk answered, regarding the conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust know that your words are very powerful, and we are human,\u201d she added. \u201cMy team are not machines, and they\u2019re not robots. They are human. We have more death threats on our team and our side than I have ever seen. I have kidnapping threats. You name it, and we have it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Erika Kirk goes absolutely SCORCHED EARTH against evil people monetizing Charlie Kirk\u2019s death and attacking her family and the families of those close to Charlie and TPUSA.<\/p>\n<p>The Fox News Anchor audibly gasps LIVE:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s my breaking point. Come after me, call me names, I don\u2019t\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3EqwpQiw1H\">pic.twitter.com\/3EqwpQiw1H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1998823312458203504?\">December 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trial-attendee-stunned-erika-kirks-courtroom-gesture-toward-total-stranger-showed-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirk<\/a> attended a preliminary hearing for Robinson during which texts allegedly exchanged between him and his then-lover, Lance Twiggs, were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-texts-tyler-robinson-trans-lover-released-read-graphic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read aloud<\/a> in a Provo, Utah, courtroom. In them, Robinson confessed to shooting her husband.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 NOW: PHOTOS of Lance Twiggs\u2019 text messages with Tyler Robinson, straight from Twiggs\u2019 phone, are being shown in court<\/p>\n<p>TWIGGS: \u201cYou weren\u2019t the one who did it, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TYLER: \u201cI am, I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LANCE: \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TYLER: \u201cI had enough of his hatred. Some hate can\u2019t be negotiated\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/235WlOaknh\">pic.twitter.com\/235WlOaknh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicksortor\/status\/2075277942649675965?\">July 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, in video sworn testimony shown at the hearing, Twiggs said that he found a handwritten letter from Robinson which read, \u201cIf you are reading this per my text, then I am so sorry. I left the house this morning on a mission, and set an auto text. I am likely dead, or facing a lengthy prison sentence. I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it. 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