{"id":2657660,"date":"2026-09-10T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candace-owens-has-spent-a-year-profiting-from-charlie-kirks-murder-and-history-will-judge-her-harshly-for-it\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:31:33","slug":"candace-owens-has-spent-a-year-profiting-from-charlie-kirks-murder-and-history-will-judge-her-harshly-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candace-owens-has-spent-a-year-profiting-from-charlie-kirks-murder-and-history-will-judge-her-harshly-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Candace Owens Has Spent a Year Profiting From Charlie Kirk\u2019s Murder, and History Will Judge Her Harshly for It"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fcandace-owens-has-spent-a-year-profiting-from-charlie-kirks-murder-and-history-will-judge-her-harshly-for-it%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=2657660&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 is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-raises-500000-to-fight-democrats-virginia-gerrymander\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson raises 0,000 to fight Democrats&#039; Virginia gerrymander\">web page snippet<\/a> containing a &#8220;Read more&#8221; button that reveals additional text related to Candace Owens and her actions following the death of Charlie Kirk. Owens has been accused of trying to divert attention from Kirk\u2019s murder by making it about herself, attacking kirk\u2019s widow, and promoting conspiracy theories. She claims that Kirk\u2019s death was caused by a complex conspiracy involving various groups and even based her assertions on dreams, which undermines credibility. Despite her rhetoric and attacks,public evidence suggests that Kirk\u2019s murder was a straightforward act of violence,with a suspect who planned the killing.The article concludes that kirk will be remembered as an influential figure who impacted conservative discourse, whereas Owens\u2019s reputation will likely diminish over time as her controversial and unfounded claims are discredited.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Candace Owens has spent the last year attempting, at nearly every turn, to make the life and death of Charlie Kirk about herself.<\/p>\n<p>In the process, she has muddied the case against Kirk\u2019s alleged killer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tyler-robinson-jokes-smiles-erika-kirk-holds-head-hands-pivotal-day-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyler Robinson<\/a>, and has continually and with extreme cruelty attacked Kirk\u2019s widow, Erika.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On the week of one year anniversary of Charlie\u2019s passing, Candace is still harassing\/smearing his widow. This time over her op-ed on grief.<\/p>\n<p>She claims it was \u201cfake, surface, and Nicholas Sparks should\u2019ve been hired to write it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thought it was beautiful. Screw this witch. \ud83d\ude24 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yfkj7tnfvH\">pic.twitter.com\/yfkj7tnfvH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erikaaa (@ErikaCA47) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ErikaCA47\/status\/2097485473681727810?\">September 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At a moment when the conservative movement should have been united in grief and resolve last year, Owens instead found ways to divide it almost immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk\u2019s assassination was an incalculable loss. It could have forced a broader reckoning with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nadales-i-used-to-be-antifa\/\" title=\"Nadales: I Used To Be Antifa\">left-wing political violence<\/a> and the growing willingness of that side of the aisle to view political foes as enemies to be destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Owens played a large part in denying such a reckoning.<\/p>\n<p>That is why, on the anniversary of Kirk\u2019s death, it would be dishonest to ignore Owens\u2019 influence over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Owens is a carnival barker with a large and devoted following.<\/p>\n<p>Her role in dividing the conservative movement has not been hers alone \u2014 it has relied on a gullible audience willing to follow her down increasingly implausible and delusional paths.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, it is also understandable why such an audience exists at all.<\/p>\n<p>Americans have been lied to about subjects large and small for decades. Institutions have squandered public trust, and the consequences of that erosion have been dire.<\/p>\n<p>One of them has been the emergence of a market for people such as Owens who can turn skepticism into a business where every data point or event <em>must<\/em> conceal a deeper conspiracy and every official explanation is proof of some grand cover-up.<\/p>\n<p>Like all successful grifters, Owens thrives in an environment of chaos. She is very skilled at flooding the zone with so much anecdotal nonsense that disputing her is an act of futility.<\/p>\n<p>How do you begin to argue with someone who cites their dreams as data?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Never forget \u2014 Candace Owens\u2019 entire claim that Tyler Robinson isn\u2019t the killer is based on her saying Charlie Kirk came to her in a dream and told her so.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the foundation of her theory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WVUqxEsnj4\">pic.twitter.com\/WVUqxEsnj4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EYakoby\/status\/1996814047157891113?\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite her attacks on Kirk\u2019s grieving family and friends, and despite her theories that blend hyperbole, speculation, and apparent narcissism, there is an audience willing to entertain her bonkers theories and assertions:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Watch Candace Owens\u2019 SHOW vs. DEBATE: The contradictions, goalpost moves, and gaslighting.<\/p>\n<p>As one claim after another FALLS APART.<\/p>\n<p>Feat. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/paleochristcon?\">@paleochristcon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q1BIXttVeE\">pic.twitter.com\/Q1BIXttVeE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheMilkBarTV\/status\/2089353878164943098?\">August 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are people who genuinely believe every one of her elaborate claims, and some have convinced themselves that Kirk was killed by a collaboration of Jews, French Legionnaires, Egyptians, elected Utah officials, his own widow, and law enforcement agencies at multiple levels.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Countries Candace Owens has accused of killing Charlie Kirk:<\/p>\n<p>-Israel<br \/> -Egypt<br \/> -US<br \/> -France<\/p>\n<p>I wonder who\u2019s next! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mG8PlA2S36\">https:\/\/t.co\/mG8PlA2S36<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Red Eagle Politics (@RedEaglePatriot) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedEaglePatriot\/status\/1992780064011043323?\">November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yet based on what has emerged in the case against Robinson, the explanation for Kirk\u2019s death appears as tragically simple this September as it did the last one.<\/p>\n<p>The available evidence, as it has been presented publicly, points toward a killer who planned and carried out the murder of one of the country\u2019s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-public-university-uva-spent-nearly-541-per-minute-for-ibram-kendi-racial-equity-lecture\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Public University UVA Spent Nearly 1 Per Minute For Ibram Kendi \u2018Racial Equity\u2019 Lecture\">prominent conservative figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That explanation might not satisfy people who have become invested in delusion, but sometimes the simplest explanation is also the most credible one.<\/p>\n<p>Owens and her followers are of course free to reject reality.<\/p>\n<p>But 50 years from now, if it takes that long, Charlie Kirk will be remembered as one of the most influential political and cultural figures of the modern era.<\/p>\n<p>He changed lives, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-senior-tradition-turns-bloody-as-punk-opens-fire-horrible-senseless-tragic-act\/\" title=\"High School Senior Tradition Turns Deadly: Shooting Leaves Community in Shock\">led young people<\/a> toward God, shaped the way a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >generation discussed conservative ideas<\/a>, and built a movement that will outlive us all. He is a historic figure.<\/p>\n<p>Owens, by contrast, will ultimately be remembered \u2014 if she is remembered at all \u2014 as a footnote to a tragedy from which she attempted to extract attention, influence, and relevance.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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