:Candace Owens

Candace Owens was born in White Plains, New York, in 1989, and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. She was raised mostly by her mother{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2019 |title=Candace Owens (1989–) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/candace-owens-1989 |website=Blackpast.org |access-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727151957/https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/candace-owens-1989/ |url-status=live}} and grandparents from around the age of 11 or 12, after her parents divorced. She is the third of four children.{{cite magazine |last=Nelson |first=Rebecca |date=March 6, 2019 |title=Candace Owens Is the New Face of Black Conservatism. But What Does That Really Mean? |magazine=The Washington Post Magazine |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/03/06/feature/candace-owens-is-the-new-face-of-black-conservatism-but-what-does-that-really-mean/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609224306/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/03/06/feature/candace-owens-is-the-new-face-of-black-conservatism-but-what-does-that-really-mean/ |archive-date=June 9, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Zadrozny |first=Brandy |author-link=Brandy Zadrozny |date=June 23, 2018 |title=YouTube Tested, Trump Approved: How Candace Owens Suddenly Became the Loudest Voice on the Far Right |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/youtube-tested-trump-approved-how-candace-owens-suddenly-became-loudest-n885166 |url-status=live |access-date=June 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429023019/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/youtube-tested-trump-approved-how-candace-owens-suddenly-became-loudest-n885166 |archive-date=April 29, 2019}} Her paternal grandfather was Robert Owens, a black American who was born in North Carolina. Owens is also of Caribbean American heritage through her grandmother, who is originally from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.{{cite tweet |number=1147110963751112704 |user=RealCandaceO |title=I'm of St. Thomas descent |first=Candace |last=Owens |date=July 5, 2019 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610085215/https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1147110963751112704 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |url-status=live}}

She is a graduate of Stamford High School in Connecticut.{{cite news |last=Cuda |first=Amanda |date=March 5, 2016 |title=We Were Children. I Wasn't the Only Victim |url=http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/We-were-children-I-wasn-t-the-only-6872580.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306102658/http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/We-were-children-I-wasn-t-the-only-6872580.php |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |access-date=May 16, 2019 |work=Connecticut Post}} In 2007, while a 17-year-old senior at Stamford High School, Owens received three racist death threat voicemail messages, totaling two minutes, from a group of white male classmates which included the son of then-mayor and future Democratic governor Dannel Malloy.{{cite news |last=Tomlinson |first=Pat |date=January 29, 2008 |title=Schools Pay $37,500 to Owens Family |url=https://www.thehour.com/norwalk/article/Schools-pay-37-500-to-Owens-family-8240741.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604124318/https://www.thehour.com/norwalk/article/Schools-pay-37-500-to-Owens-family-8240741.php |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |work=The Hour}}{{cite news |last=Owens |first=Candace |date=March 5, 2016 |title=An Open Letter from Candace Owens |work=Stamford Advocate |url=https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/An-open-letter-from-Candace-Owens-6872591.php |url-status=live |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615164734/https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/An-open-letter-from-Candace-Owens-6872591.php |archive-date=June 15, 2020}}{{cite news |last=Munson |first=Emilie |date=September 15, 2018 |title=Candace Owens: From Stamford High 'Victim' to Conservative Firebrand |url=https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Candace-Owens-from-Stamford-High-victim-to-13230541.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505154601/https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Candace-Owens-from-Stamford-High-victim-to-13230541.php |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |work=Connecticut Post}}{{cite news |date=March 26, 2007 |title=NAACP Escorts Alleged Hate Crime Victim to School |newspaper=Stamford Advocate |url=http://sip-trunking.tmcnet.com/news/2007/03/26/2443616.htm |url-status=live |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604124315/http://sip-trunking.tmcnet.com/news/2007/03/26/2443616.htm |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |via=SIP Trunking Report}} Joshua Starr, the city's superintendent of schools, listened to the voicemail messages and said that they were "horrendous". Owens's family sued the Stamford Board of Education in federal court, alleging that the city did not protect her rights, resulting in a $37,500 settlement in January 2008.{{cite news |date=January 23, 2008 |title=Racist Threats Case Filed by Stamford High Student Settled for $37,500 with the Help from NAACP. |work=The News-Times |url=https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Racist-threats-case-filed-by-Stamford-High-107476.php |access-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410011017/https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Racist-threats-case-filed-by-Stamford-High-107476.php |archive-date=April 10, 2019}}

Owens pursued an undergraduate degree in journalism at the University of Rhode Island. She dropped out after her junior year because of an issue with her student loan. Afterwards, she worked as an intern for Vogue magazine in New York.{{cite magazine |last=Willis |first=Tim |date=June 3, 2019 |title=Courting Controversy: Tatler Meets George Farmer and Candace Owens |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/george-farmer-candace-owens-interview |magazine=Tatler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607101421/https://www.tatler.com/article/george-farmer-candace-owens-interview |archive-date=June 7, 2019}} In 2012, Owens took a job as an administrative assistant for a private equity firm in Manhattan, later moving up to become its vice president of administration.

In 2015, Owens was CEO of Degree180, a marketing agency that offered consultation, production, and planning services that included a blog on a variety of topics written by Owens and other commentators.{{Cite news |last=Marnin |first=Julia |date=March 1, 2021 |title=Fact Check: Did Candace Owens Run a Liberal Blog Before Becoming a Conservative? |newspaper=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-candace-owens-run-liberal-blog-before-becoming-conservative-1573008 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917235228/https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-candace-owens-run-liberal-blog-before-becoming-conservative-1573008 |url-status=live}} In a 2015 column that Owens wrote for the site, she criticized conservative Republicans, writing about the "bat-shit-crazy antics of the Republican Tea Party"; she also added that "The good news is, they will eventually die off (peacefully in their sleep, we hope), and then we can get right on with the OBVIOUS social change that needs to happen, IMMEDIATELY."{{Cite news |last=Zimmerman |first=Amy |date=May 9, 2018 |title=Meet Candace Owens, Kanye West's Toxic Far-Right Consigliere |website=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-kanye-wests-toxic-far-right-consigliere |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417065811/https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-kanye-wests-toxic-far-right-consigliere |archive-date=April 17, 2019}}{{cite web |last=Greenberg |first=Jake |date=May 16, 2018 |title=Degree180: Candace Owens' Defunct Liberal-Leaning Website |url=http://www.realclearlife.com/daily-brief/candace-owens-used-run-liberal-leaning-website/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518225151/http://www.realclearlife.com/daily-brief/candace-owens-used-run-liberal-leaning-website/ |archive-date=May 18, 2018 |access-date=October 30, 2018 |website=RealClearLife}}{{cite web |last1=Owens |first1=Candace |date=October 4, 2015 |title=News Update: The Republican Tea Party Is Led by the Mad Hatter |url=http://www.degree180.com/jokes-on-us-the-republican-tea-party-is-being-led-by-the-mad-hatter/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823111144/http://www.degree180.com/jokes-on-us-the-republican-tea-party-is-being-led-by-the-mad-hatter/ |archive-date=August 23, 2017 |access-date=January 7, 2018 |website=Degree180}} In 2016, the blog featured an article mocking Donald Trump's penis size.{{Cite news |last=Sanchez |first=Luis |date=May 15, 2018 |title=Activist Praised by Trump Once Ran Online Publication That Mocked Him: Report |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/387883-conservative-activist-praised-by-trump-once-ran-online-publication/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516104110/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/387883-conservative-activist-praised-by-trump-once-ran-online-publication |archive-date=May 16, 2018}}{{Cite web |last=Mire |first=Sam |date=March 18, 2016 |title=Does Donald Trump Actually Have A Small Penis? |url=http://degree180.com/does-donald-trump-have-a-small-penis-a-washington-outsider-investigation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426214430/http://degree180.com/does-donald-trump-have-a-small-penis-a-washington-outsider-investigation/ |archive-date=April 26, 2016 |website=Degree180}}

Owens launched SocialAutopsy.com in 2016, a website she said would expose bullies on the Internet by tracking their digital footprint. The site would have solicited users to take screenshots of offensive posts and send them to the website, where they would be categorized by the user's name. She used crowdfunding on Kickstarter for the website. The proposal was immediately controversial, drawing criticism that Owens was de-anonymizing (doxing) Internet users and violating their privacy.{{cite web |last1=Singal |first1=Jesse |date=April 18, 2018 |title=The Strange Tale of Social Autopsy, the Anti-Harassment Start-up That Descended into Gamergate Trutherism |url=https://nymag.com/selectall/2016/04/how-social-autopsy-fell-for-gamergate-trutherism.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429113006/https://nymag.com/selectall/2016/04/how-social-autopsy-fell-for-gamergate-trutherism.html |archive-date=April 29, 2016 |access-date=August 26, 2018 |work=New York}} According to The Daily Dot, "People from all sides of the anti-harassment debate were quick to criticize the database, calling it a public shaming list that would encourage doxing and retaliatory harassment."{{cite web |last=Elderkin |first=Beth |date=April 15, 2016 |title=Controversial Bully Shaming Database Loses Kickstarter but Will Launch Anyway |url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/online-bullying-database-doxing-kickstarter-suspended/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817061921/https://www.dailydot.com/irl/online-bullying-database-doxing-kickstarter-suspended/ |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |access-date=May 16, 2019 |website=The Daily Dot}} Both conservatives and progressives condemned the website.

In response, people began posting Owens's private details online. With scant evidence, Owens blamed the doxing on progressives. Following that, she earned the support of conservatives involved in the Gamergate harassment campaign, including right-wing political commentators such as Milo Yiannopoulos and Mike Cernovich. Subsequently, Owens became a conservative, saying in 2017, "I became a conservative overnight ... I realized that liberals were actually the racists. Liberals were actually the trolls ... Social Autopsy is why I'm conservative." Kickstarter suspended funding for Social Autopsy, and the website was never created.

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By late 2017, Owens had started producing pro-Trump commentary and criticizing notions of structural racism, systemic inequality, and identity politics{{spaced ndash}}all positions she herself had been publishing two years earlier. In August 2017, she began posting politically themed videos to YouTube. In September 2017, she launched "Red Pill Black", a website and YouTube channel that promotes black conservatism in the United States.{{cite web |last=Watkins |first=D. |date=September 25, 2017 |title=Candace Owens of Red Pill Black, the Toxic Right's Newest African-American Star |url=https://www.salon.com/2017/09/25/candace-owens-red-pill-black-youtube/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925235801/https://www.salon.com/2017/09/25/candace-owens-red-pill-black-youtube/ |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |access-date=May 16, 2019 |website=Salon}}

On November 21, 2017, at the MAGA Rally and Expo in Rockford, Illinois, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk announced that Owens had been hired as the organization's director of urban engagement.{{cite web |last=McGrady |first=Michael |date=November 21, 2017 |title=In Liberal Illinois, TPUSA's Charlie Kirk and Other Speakers Strike a Chord with Conservative Crowds |url=https://www.turningpoint.news/maga-illinois-charlie-kirk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503192025/https://www.turningpoint.news/maga-illinois-charlie-kirk/ |archive-date=May 3, 2018 |access-date=June 13, 2018 |website=Turning Point USA News}} Turning Point's hiring of Owens occurred in the wake of allegations of racism at Turning Point. In May 2019, Owens announced her departure as communications director for the organization.{{cite web |date=May 1, 2019 |title=Candace Owens on Instagram: "I am both excited and sad to announce that I will be officially moving on from my role as Communications Director for Turning Point USA.…" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw734vWnLVa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519013800/https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw734vWnLVa/ |archive-date=May 19, 2019 |access-date=May 3, 2019 |website=Instagram}} While at Turning Point USA, Owens received the support of prominent figures in the Republican Party. President Trump called her a "very smart thinker," while Republican National Committee chair Ronna Romney McDaniel said at CPAC "People like Candace Owens, like Charlie Kirk, we need more leaders like that."{{cite web |last=Lartey |first=Jamiles |date=May 9, 2018 |title=Trump praises controversial pundit Candace Owens as a 'very smart thinker' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/09/trump-candace-owens-very-smart-thinker |access-date=April 10, 2024 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518090405/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/09/trump-candace-owens-very-smart-thinker |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Haltiwanger |first=John |date=February 28, 2019 |title=GOP chairwoman says the party needs 'more people like' Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens, another sign that Trumpism isn't going anywhere |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/cpac-2019-gop-chairwoman-says-party-needs-more-like-tpusa-kirk-owens-2019-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301144045/https://www.businessinsider.com/cpac-2019-gop-chairwoman-says-party-needs-more-like-tpusa-kirk-owens-2019-2 |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |access-date=April 10, 2024 |website=Business Insider}} Ted Cruz expressed his admiration for Owens by jokingly suggesting in 2022 that she be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.{{cite web |last=Kilander |first=Gustaf |date=February 2, 2022 |title=Ted Cruz mocked for trolling tweet promoting Candace Owens for Supreme Court |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ted-cruz-twitter-comments-candace-owens-b2005361.html |access-date=April 10, 2024 |website=The Independent}}

In April 2018, Kanye West tweeted: "I love the way Candace Owens thinks."{{Cite news |last=Garcia Lawler |first=Opheli |date=April 21, 2018 |title=Kanye West Tweets that He Likes the Way Far-Right Personality Candace Owens 'Thinks' |work=The FADER |url=http://www.thefader.com/2018/04/21/kanye-west-far-right-candace-owens |url-status=live |access-date=April 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422055658/http://www.thefader.com/2018/04/21/kanye-west-far-right-candace-owens |archive-date=April 22, 2018}} The tweet was met with derision on the part of many of West's fans.{{Cite news |last=Rossi |first=Rosemary |date=April 21, 2018 |title=Kanye West Applauds Black Lives Matter Critic; Many Fans Revolt: 'This Is So Disturbing' |work=TheWrap |url=https://www.thewrap.com/kanye-west-black-lives-candace-owens/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422055634/https://www.thewrap.com/kanye-west-black-lives-candace-owens/ |archive-date=April 22, 2018}} In May 2019, Owens hosted The Candace Owens Show on PragerU's YouTube channel.{{cite web |last=Petersen |first=Anne Helen |date=May 1, 2019 |title=Charlie Kirk And Candace Owens' Campus Tour Is All About The Owns |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/charlie-kirk-candace-owens-turning-point-usa-montana |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502122701/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/charlie-kirk-candace-owens-turning-point-usa-montana |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=May 3, 2019 |website=BuzzFeed News}}

In April 2020, Owens announced her intention to either run for office in the U.S. Senate or to be a governor, and that she would only run against an incumbent Democrat, not a Republican.{{cite news |date=April 2, 2020 |title=Conservative activist Candace Owens 'considering' running for office |publisher=Fox News |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/candace-owens-considering-running-for-office |url-status=live |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423141431/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/candace-owens-considering-running-for-office |archive-date=April 23, 2020}} She did not reveal which specific office she would run for, or in which election cycle. In February 2021, Owens tweeted that she was considering a run for president in 2024.{{cite news |last=Ruiz |first=Michael |date=February 7, 2021 |title=Candace Owens says she's thinking about running for president |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/candace-owens-running-for-president |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208030248/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/candace-owens-running-for-president |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |work=Fox News}}

Owens left PragerU in 2020 to host Candace, a show on The Daily Wire.{{cite web |date=October 21, 2021 |title=Candace Owens calls on the US to invade Australia |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/candace-owens-us-invade-australia-b1942898.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810184814/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/candace-owens-us-invade-australia-b1942898.html |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |access-date=August 10, 2022 |website=Independent.co.uk}} The show premiered on the platform on March 19, 2021.{{Citation |title=Introducing 'Candace' on The Daily Wire |date=March 9, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08TUjYITqZw |access-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/08TUjYITqZw |archive-date=October 30, 2021 |language=en}}{{cbignore}} Its episodes were filmed in front of a live studio audience and aired weekly. Notable guests included Donald Trump, UFC president Dana White, and U.S. Representative Jim Jordan.

Jeremy Boreing announced Owens would be leaving The Daily Wire in March 2024,{{Cite web |last=Roeloffs |first=Mary Whitfill |title=What To Know About Candace Owens' History Of Controversy As Daily Wire Cuts Ties |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/03/22/what-to-know-about-candace-owens-history-of-controversy-as-daily-wire-cuts-ties/ |access-date=March 23, 2024 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917235337/https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/03/22/what-to-know-about-candace-owens-history-of-controversy-as-daily-wire-cuts-ties/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Candace Owens parts ways with Ben Shapiro's conservative news outlet The Daily Wire |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservative-pundit-candace-owens-right-wing-media-outlet-daily-wire-c-rcna144640 |access-date=March 23, 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322174223/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservative-pundit-candace-owens-right-wing-media-outlet-daily-wire-c-rcna144640 |url-status=live}} a move believed to be related to a string of comments considered to be antisemitic culminating in Owens liking a tweet referencing blood libel.{{Cite news |last1=Sommer |first1=Will |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Candace Owens departs Ben Shapiro's website after antisemitic commentary |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/03/22/candace-owens-antisemitism-daily-wire-shapiro/ |access-date=March 22, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322173145/https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/03/22/candace-owens-antisemitism-daily-wire-shapiro/ |url-status=live}}{{cite tweet |user=JeremyDBoreing |last=Boreing |first=Jeremy |date=March 22, 2024 |number=1771165501160411423 |url=https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1771165501160411423 |title=Daily Wire and Candace Owens have ended their relationship. |work=Twitter |access-date=March 22, 2024}}

"Blexit", a term originally coined by Me'Lea Connelly, is a portmanteau of "black" and "exit" that mimics Brexit, the word used to describe the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. The original Blexit movement was started in 2016 by Connelly with the goal of achieving Black economic independence by encouraging Black Americans to leave the traditional financial systems that have historically disadvantaged the Black community.{{Cite web |last=Simon |first=Morgan |date=November 21, 2018 |title=Will the Real Blexit Please Stand Up? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/morgansimon/2018/11/21/will-the-real-blexit-please-stand-up/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105193855/https://www.forbes.com/sites/morgansimon/2018/11/21/will-the-real-blexit-please-stand-up/ |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=Forbes |language=en}}{{cite web |last=Mohamed |first=Abdi |date=July 8, 2019 |title=Buying back the block, one lot at a time |url=https://mynorthnews.org/new-blog/village-financial-cooperative |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201195936/https://mynorthnews.org/new-blog/village-financial-cooperative |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |access-date=December 1, 2021 |work=North News, Minneapolis}}{{cite web |date=November 1, 2018 |title='I Was Shocked:' Founder Of Original Blexit Threatens Candace Owens With Legal Action |url=https://newsone.com/3834737/blexit-founder-candace-owens-legal-action-cease/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201200031/https://newsone.com/3834737/blexit-founder-candace-owens-legal-action-cease/ |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |access-date=December 1, 2021 |work=NewsOne}}

In late 2018, Owens launched a different BLEXIT{{Efn|Stylized as such on the official website}} foundation,{{Cite web |title=BLEXIT Foundation |url=https://www.blexitfoundation.org/ |access-date=July 16, 2023 |website=BLEXIT Foundation |language=en |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716000847/https://www.blexitfoundation.org/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Hagelin |first1=Rebecca |date=January 5, 2020 |title=Black Americans are coming home to the GOP |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/5/black-americans-are-coming-home-gop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118123741/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/5/black-americans-are-coming-home-gop/ |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |access-date=February 2, 2021 |website=The Washington Times}} which featured a social media campaign to encourage ethnic minorities, including African Americans and Latinos, to leave the Democratic Party and register as Republicans. At the time, 8% of black Americans identified as Republicans. In 2023, Blexit foundation merged with Turning Point USA, the former non-profit organization for which Owens had worked.{{Cite web |title=TPUSA Teams Up With BLEXIT, Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk Announce |url=https://patriotdetroit.com/columnists/charlie-kirk/blog/tpusa-teams-up-with-blexit-candace-owens-and-charlie-kirk-announce |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502175501/https://patriotdetroit.com/columnists/charlie-kirk/blog/tpusa-teams-up-with-blexit-candace-owens-and-charlie-kirk-announce |archive-date=May 2, 2023 |access-date=May 1, 2023 |website=WDTK The Patriot}}

At the launch in October 2018, Owens said that her "dear friend and fellow superhero Kanye West" designed merchandise for the movement; the following day, West denied being the designer and disavowed the effort, saying: "I never wanted any association with Blexit ... I've been used to spread messages I don't believe in."{{Cite news |last=Anapol |first=Avery |date=October 30, 2018 |title=Kanye West denies he designed 'Blexit' shirts: 'I've been used' |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/413953-kanye-west-denies-he-designed-blexit-shirts-ive-been-used/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031052627/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/413953-kanye-west-denies-he-designed-blexit-shirts-ive-been-used |archive-date=October 31, 2018}}{{cite news |date=October 29, 2018 |title=What is Blexit? |website=The Week UK |url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/97400/what-is-blexit |url-status=live |access-date=October 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031091156/http://www.theweek.co.uk/97400/what-is-blexit |archive-date=October 31, 2018}}{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Janice |date=October 31, 2018 |title=Candace Owens Says Kanye West's 'Used' Tweet Was A Bullet Piercing Her Heart |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-kanye-west-blexit-1195464 |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711152731/https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-kanye-west-blexit-1195464 |archive-date=July 11, 2020}} After an apology, West continued to support Owens {{As of|2020|September|lc=y}}.{{Cite news |date=September 11, 2020 |title=Kanye West Thanks Candace Owens For 'Democratic Plantation' Book After Their 'Blexit' Beef |language=en |work=NewsOne |url=https://newsone.com/4012826/kanye-west-thanks-candace-owens-new-book/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002233750/https://newsone.com/4012826/kanye-west-thanks-candace-owens-new-book/ |archive-date=October 2, 2020}}

In July 2021, Owens announced the launch of a device named the Freedom Phone, which sold for $500, was marketed toward Trump supporters and which she claimed was "not controlled by Apple or Google".{{cite news |last=Sommer |first=Will |date=July 15, 2021 |title=MAGA World's 'Freedom Phone' Actually Budget Chinese Phone |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-worlds-freedom-phone-actually-budget-chinese-phone?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728175910/https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-worlds-freedom-phone-actually-budget-chinese-phone?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021 |work=The Daily Beast |authorlink=Will Sommer}} The device's launch was criticized by tech publications for a lack of transparency about the device, as well as security concerns.{{cite news |last=Mihalcik |first=Carrie |date=July 16, 2021 |title='Uncensorable' Freedom Phone raises a host of security questions |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/uncensorable-freedom-phone-raises-a-host-of-security-questions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719210641/https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/uncensorable-freedom-phone-raises-a-host-of-security-questions/ |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |access-date=July 20, 2021 |work=CNET}}{{Cite web |last=Wille |first=Matt |date=July 16, 2021 |title=Surprise, Erik Finman's 'Freedom Phone' is a scam and a privacy horror |url=https://www.inverse.com/input/tech/surprise-erik-finmans-freedom-phone-is-a-scam-a-privacy-horror |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=Inverse |language=en |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917235229/https://www.inverse.com/input/tech/surprise-erik-finmans-freedom-phone-is-a-scam-a-privacy-horror |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Ropek |first=Lucas |date=July 16, 2021 |title=MAGA-Branded 'Freedom Phone' Is a Black Box That Should Be Avoided at All Costs |url=https://gizmodo.com/maga-branded-freedom-phone-is-a-black-box-that-should-b-1847299215 |access-date=October 11, 2024 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=July 20, 2021 |title=The MAGA-targeted "Freedom Phone" has a breathtaking amount of red flags |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/the-maga-targeted-freedom-phone-has-a-breathtaking-amount-of-red-flags/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813090118/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/the-maga-targeted-freedom-phone-has-a-breathtaking-amount-of-red-flags/ |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=July 20, 2021 |website=Ars Technica |language=en}} The device was later revealed to be a white-label version of the Umidigi A9 Pro, a Chinese smartphone available for $120, and its "uncensorable" PatriApp store is a rebranded version of Aurora Store, an open-source frontend for the Google Play Store.

In August 2022, Owens promoted GloriFi, an "anti-woke" startup bank, at a Conservative Political Action Conference event,{{Cite news |last1=Ensign |first1=Rachel Louise |last2=Rudegeair |first2=Peter |last3=Andriotis |first3=AnnaMaria |date=October 10, 2022 |title=How a New Anti-Woke Bank Stumbled |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/glorifi-how-new-anti-woke-bank-stumbled-11665174704 |access-date=September 18, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |archive-date=August 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824002958/https://www.wsj.com/articles/glorifi-how-new-anti-woke-bank-stumbled-11665174704 |url-status=live}} and promoted it on her social media accounts that October.{{Cite news |last=Murney |first=Michael |date=November 21, 2022 |title='Anti-woke' Texas banking startup GloriFi folds like a lawn chair |url=https://www.chron.com/business/article/candace-owens-glorifi-startup-17601803.php |access-date=September 18, 2024 |work=Houston Chronicle |archive-date=June 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610133627/https://www.chron.com/business/article/candace-owens-glorifi-startup-17601803.php |url-status=live}} The bank shut down in November after failing to secure additional funding.{{Cite news |last1=Andriotis |first1=AnnaMaria |last2=Ensign |first2=Rachel Louise |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Anti-Woke Bank GloriFi to Shut Down |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/anti-woke-bank-glorifi-to-shut-down-11669051554 |access-date=September 18, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}

Following her firing from The Daily Wire, Owens began a new YouTube channel she runs independently.{{Cite web |url=https://thesource.com/2024/06/11/candace-owens-launches-new-show-featuring-kanye-wests-music-as-theme-song/ |title=Candace Owens Launches New Show, Featuring Kanye West's Music as Theme Song |first=Shawn |last=Grant |date=June 11, 2024 |website=thesource.com}} It has over 3.8 million subscribers as of February 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/@RealCandaceO |title=Candace Owens |website=YouTube}}

In February 2025, she announced working on a media series titled "Harvey Speaks" on Harvey Weinstein.{{Cite web |last=Baum |first=Gary |date=2025-03-03 |title=Candace Owens' Latest Crusade: Exonerating Harvey Weinstein |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/candace-owens-harvey-weinstein-exculpation-series-1236153385/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} She said she had been in contact with him by phone since his second conviction.{{Cite magazine |last=Batey |first=Eve |date=2025-03-15 |title=Harvey Weinstein In Jailhouse Interview: "I Have a Couple Movies Left in Me" |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/harvey-weinstein-says-i-have-a-couple-movies-left-in-me |access-date=2025-04-06 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}

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Owens said she had no interest in politics whatsoever before 2015, but previously identified as liberal.{{cite news |last1=Sperry |first1=Natalia |date=April 10, 2018 |title=Turning Point USA communications director Candace Owens debates students on CSU Plaza |work=The Rocky Mountain Collegian |url=https://collegian.com/2018/04/turning-point-usa-communications-director-candace-owens-debates-students-on-csu-plaza/ |access-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701075426/https://collegian.com/2018/04/turning-point-usa-communications-director-candace-owens-debates-students-on-csu-plaza/ |archive-date=July 1, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Rossman |first1=Sean |date=October 19, 2018 |title=Candace Owens' rapid rise defending two of America's most complicated men: Trump and Kanye |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2018/10/19/candace-owens-found-her-place-conservative-politics-age-donald-trump-alongside-kanye/1521771002/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401142432/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2018/10/19/candace-owens-found-her-place-conservative-politics-age-donald-trump-alongside-kanye/1521771002/ |archive-date=April 1, 2019}} In October 2018, she said that she had never voted and had only recently become a registered Republican. In January 2019, Owens stated: "The left hates America, and Trump loves it."{{cite web |last=Haltiwanger |first=John |date=January 6, 2019 |title=Candace Owens says Trump will 'crack the black vote' because he loves America and 'the left hates' it |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/candace-owens-the-left-hates-america-and-trump-loves-it-2018-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411083847/https://www.businessinsider.com/candace-owens-the-left-hates-america-and-trump-loves-it-2018-12 |archive-date=April 11, 2019 |access-date=April 10, 2019 |website=Business Insider}} She added that the left is "destroying everything through this cultural Marxist ideology."

The Washington Post has called Owens "the new face of black conservatism". The Guardian has described her as "ultra-conservative",{{Cite news |last=Lartey |first=Jamiles |date=May 9, 2018 |title=Trump Praises Controversial Pundit Candace Owens as a 'Very Smart Thinker' |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/09/trump-candace-owens-very-smart-thinker |url-status=live |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518090405/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/09/trump-candace-owens-very-smart-thinker |archive-date=May 18, 2018}} and New York magazine and the Columbia Journalism Review have described her as "right-wing".{{Cite magazine |last=Feldman |first=Brian |date=April 23, 2018 |title=Kanye West, Galaxy Brain |url=https://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/why-kanye-west-endorsed-candace-owens.html |url-status=live |magazine=New York |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519033517/http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/why-kanye-west-endorsed-candace-owens.html |archive-date=May 19, 2018 |access-date=May 18, 2018}}{{Cite news |last1=Vernon |first1=Pete |date=April 24, 2018 |title=Politics Meet Publishing in Vooks by Chozick, Farrow, Goldberg, Tapper |work=Columbia Journalism Review |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/chozick-hillary-farrow.php |url-status=live |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519120423/https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/chozick-hillary-farrow.php |archive-date=May 19, 2018}} Multiple media outlets have called Owens a far-right commentator.{{Multiref2|1=Multiple sources:
{{Cite web |last=Grenoble |first=Ryan |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist Candace Owens Is Out At The Daily Wire |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/candace-owens-daily-wire-conspiracy_n_65fd95d3e4b07c954d5581d7 |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=HuffPost UK |language=en |archive-date=June 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617154926/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/candace-owens-daily-wire-conspiracy_n_65fd95d3e4b07c954d5581d7 |url-status=live}}|2={{Cite web |last=Rosenblatt |first=Kalhan |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Candace Owens parts ways with Ben Shapiro's conservative news outlet The Daily Wire |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservative-pundit-candace-owens-right-wing-media-outlet-daily-wire-c-rcna144640 |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322174223/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservative-pundit-candace-owens-right-wing-media-outlet-daily-wire-c-rcna144640 |url-status=live}}|3={{Cite web |last=Darcy |first=Oliver |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Candace Owen out at the Daily Wire {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/22/media/candace-owen-out-ben-shapiro-daily-wire-anti-semitism/index.html |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330092118/https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/22/media/candace-owen-out-ben-shapiro-daily-wire-anti-semitism/index.html |url-status=live}}|4={{Cite news |last=Maloy |first=Ashley Fetters |date=October 18, 2022 |title=Candace Owens and Kanye West's provocative friendship, explained |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/18/candace-owens-kanye-west/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109233204/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/18/candace-owens-kanye-west/ |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |access-date=June 17, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}|5={{Cite news |last=Pengelly |first=Martin |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Candace Owens leaves Daily Wire site amid Israel and antisemitism tensions |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar/22/candace-owens-leaves-daily-wire |access-date=June 17, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}|6={{Cite web |last=Bedigan |first=Mike |date=November 17, 2023 |title=Candace Owens blasts 'emotionally unhinged' Ben Shapiro amid online feud |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/candace-owens-ben-shapiro-x-feud-b2448944.html |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601065240/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/candace-owens-ben-shapiro-x-feud-b2448944.html |url-status=live}}}} She was influenced by the works of Ann Coulter, Milo Yiannopoulos, Ben Carson, and Thomas Sowell.{{cite news |last=Munson |first=Emilie |date=September 15, 2018 |title=Candace Owens: from Stamford High 'victim' to conservative firebrand |url=https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Candace-Owens-from-Stamford-High-victim-to-13230541.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505154601/https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Candace-Owens-from-Stamford-High-victim-to-13230541.php |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |access-date=May 16, 2019 |website=Connecticut Post}}

Owens is known for her criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement,{{Cite news |date=May 14, 2018 |title=Who Is Candace Owens, Kanye West's Favorite New Thinker? |work=The Daily Dot |first=Brenden |last=Gallagher |url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/candace-owens/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519032852/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/candace-owens/ |archive-date=May 19, 2018}}{{Cite news |date=April 27, 2018 |title=In Kanye West, the Right Sees Truth-Telling and a Rare A-List Ally |work=The New York Times |first=Joe |last=Coscarelli |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/arts/music/kanye-west-trump-conservatives.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519033429/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/arts/music/kanye-west-trump-conservatives.html |archive-date=May 19, 2018 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Lockhart |first=P.R. |date=May 2, 2018 |title=The Ignorance of Kanye West |work=Vox |url=https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/5/2/17311286/kanye-west-slavery-comments-tmz |url-status=live |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517134025/https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/5/2/17311286/kanye-west-slavery-comments-tmz |archive-date=May 17, 2018}} and has described Black Lives Matter protesters as "a bunch of whiny toddlers, pretending to be oppressed for attention".{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Eugene |date=April 22, 2018 |title=Kanye West's Embrace of a Black Trump Supporter Not Well-Received |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/04/22/kanye-wests-embrace-of-a-black-trump-supporter-not-well-received/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519032759/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/04/22/kanye-wests-embrace-of-a-black-trump-supporter-not-well-received/ |archive-date=May 19, 2018 |issn=0190-8286}} Owens has argued that African Americans have a victim mentality, often referring to the Democratic Party as a "plantation", stating in 2020: "Black lives only matter to white liberals every four years—ahead of an election."{{cite magazine |last=Watts |first=Marina |date=June 5, 2020 |title=Everything Candace Owens Has Said About George Floyd So Far |url=https://www.newsweek.com/everything-candace-owens-has-said-about-george-floyd-so-far-1508959 |magazine=Newsweek |access-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722224146/https://www.newsweek.com/everything-candace-owens-has-said-about-george-floyd-so-far-1508959 |url-status=live}} She has also argued that the American Left likes "black people to be government-dependent",{{Cite news |date=April 23, 2018 |title=I Love the Way Candace Owens Thinks |work=news.com.au |url=http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/i-love-the-way-candace-owens-thinks-kanye-west-praises-conservative-activist-on-twitter/news-story/3a8b33f86ea6ff3f78e701ee0f504159 |url-status=live |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519034034/http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/i-love-the-way-candace-owens-thinks-kanye-west-praises-conservative-activist-on-twitter/news-story/3a8b33f86ea6ff3f78e701ee0f504159 |archive-date=May 19, 2018}} and that black people have been brainwashed to vote for Democrats. Furthermore, Owens has argued that police brutality in the United States and instances of police killing black people are not sourced in racism, but typically occur when the officer feels his life is under threat, adding a police officer is eighteen-and-a-half times more likely to die at the hands of a black person than vice versa. She has also characterized abortion as a tool for the extermination of black babies.

She has said that "black Americans are doing worse off economically today than we were doing in the 1950s under Jim Crow", adding that this is because "we've only been voting for one party since then." She has attributed economic improvements for African Americans, such as a low unemployment rate, to Trump's presidency. On several occasions, Owens has claimed that the effects of white supremacy and white nationalism are exaggerated and would not reach her own personal top 100 list of modern issues facing black America,{{cite news |last1=Bowden |first1=Jonathan |date=September 20, 2019 |title=Candace Owens Tells Congress White Nationalism Not a Problem for Minorities in US |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/462395-candace-owens-tells-congress-white-nationalism-not-a-problem-for-minorities-in/ |access-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213101944/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/462395-candace-owens-tells-congress-white-nationalism-not-a-problem-for-minorities-in/ |url-status=live}} especially when compared to other issues facing black Americans, such as black-on-black crime and illiteracy rates.{{Cite web |last=Bowden |first=John |date=September 20, 2019 |title=Candace Owens tells Congress white nationalism not a problem for minorities in US |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/462395-candace-owens-tells-congress-white-nationalism-not-a-problem-for-minorities-in/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213101944/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/462395-candace-owens-tells-congress-white-nationalism-not-a-problem-for-minorities-in/ |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2022 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}

When asked if it was problematic that white supremacist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), support Trump, Owens answered that antifa was more prevalent than the KKK. Owens has said that the media cover the KKK during Trump's presidency to hurt him.{{cite news |last1=Pavia |first1=Will |date=June 9, 2018 |title=Interview with Candace Owens: Trump, Kanye West and me |website=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/interview-with-candace-owens-trump-kanye-west-and-me-wwlxn8q7r |url-status=live |access-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411220452/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-with-candace-owens-trump-kanye-west-and-me-wwlxn8q7r |archive-date=April 11, 2019}} In a 2019 hearing on hate crimes, Owens referred to the KKK as a "Democrat terrorist organization".{{cite news |last=Cummings |first=William |date=April 10, 2019 |title=Candace Owens says Democrats' hate crimes concerns are just '2020 election strategy' |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/09/candace-owens-dismisses-white-nationalism-2020-election-strategy/3412604002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420180222/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/09/candace-owens-dismisses-white-nationalism-2020-election-strategy/3412604002/ |archive-date=April 20, 2019 |access-date=April 23, 2019 |newspaper=USA Today}} After the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Owens said that concern over rising white nationalism was "stupid". She has also called it "just election rhetoric" and "based on the hierarchy of what's impacting minority Americans, if I had to make a list of 100 things, white nationalism would not make the list."{{cite news |date=September 20, 2019 |title=DHS contradicts Candace Owens on same day she testifies before Congress about white nationalism |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/20/candace-owens-white-nationalism-homeland-security-congress-testimony/2391676001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206214442/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/20/candace-owens-white-nationalism-homeland-security-congress-testimony/2391676001/ |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |newspaper=USA Today}} In 2018, Owens dismissed reports of a resurgence in hate crimes, saying "All of the violence this year primarily happened because of people on the left."

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During her April 2019 testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on the rise of hate crimes and white supremacists in the United States, Owens made the claim that the Southern strategy employed by the Republican Party to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans was a "myth" that "never happened". This was disputed by several historians who said that the existence of the Southern strategy was well documented in contemporaneous sources dating back to the Civil Rights era, with historian Kevin M. Kruse, who writes critically about modern conservatism, calling Owens's statement "utter nonsense".{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Amy |date=April 10, 2019 |title=Candace Owens' false statement that the Southern strategy is a myth |url=https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2019/apr/10/candace-owens/candace-owens-pants-fire-statement-southern-strate/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420225809/https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2019/apr/10/candace-owens/candace-owens-pants-fire-statement-southern-strate/ |archive-date=April 20, 2019 |access-date=April 22, 2019 |website=Politifact}} In June 2019, Owens said that African Americans had it better in the first 100 years after the abolition of slavery in the United States than they have since,{{Cite news |last=Baragona |first=Justin |date=June 12, 2019 |title=Candace Owens: Blacks Did Better in the First 100 Years After Slavery |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/candace-owens-blacks-did-better-in-the-first-100-years-after-slavery |url-status=live |access-date=June 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819043005/https://www.thedailybeast.com/candace-owens-blacks-did-better-in-the-first-100-years-after-slavery |archive-date=August 19, 2019}}{{cite web |last=Croucher |first=Shane |date=June 12, 2019 |title=Candace Owens thinks black communities were better off in the first 100 years after slavery than now |url=https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-fox-news-laura-ingraham-slavery-better-off-1443513 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620140058/https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-fox-news-laura-ingraham-slavery-better-off-1443513 |archive-date=June 20, 2019 |access-date=June 21, 2019 |website=Newsweek}}{{cite web |last=Hopkins |first=Anna |date=June 12, 2019 |title=Candace Owens spars with Dr. Cornel West over the impact of socialism on African-Americans |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/candace-owens-cornel-west-ingraham-angle-socialism |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622071255/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/candace-owens-cornel-west-ingraham-angle-socialism |archive-date=June 22, 2019 |access-date=June 21, 2019 |website=Fox News}} and that socialism was at fault.

In June 2020, Owens claimed that George Soros paid people to protest the murder of George Floyd.{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=PolitiFact - No, George Soros and his foundations do not pay people to protest |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/candace-owens/no-soros-and-foundation-do-not-pay-people-protest/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609205500/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/candace-owens/no-soros-and-foundation-do-not-pay-people-protest/ |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |website=@politifact |language=en-US}} Shortly afterwards, she argued that George Floyd "was not a good person. I don't care who wants to spin that."{{Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Katie |date=June 5, 2020 |title=Trump Says Jobs Report Made It a 'Great Day' for George Floyd, Stepping on Message |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/politics/trump-jobs-report-george-floyd.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606031543/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/politics/trump-jobs-report-george-floyd.html |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} She said: "The fact that he has been held up as a martyr sickens me." Then-President Trump retweeted Owens's remarks about Floyd.{{Cite web |last=Montgomery |first=Blake |date=June 6, 2020 |title=Donald Trump Retweets Glenn Beck and Candace Owens Trashing George Floyd |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-retweets-glenn-beck-and-candace-owens-trashing-george-floyd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608061944/https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-retweets-glenn-beck-and-candace-owens-trashing-george-floyd |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}} In a Facebook video that garnered nearly 100 million views, Owens called Floyd a "horrible human being", citing his criminal record, and called racial biases among police a "fake narrative".{{Cite news |last=Roose |first=Kevin |date=June 19, 2020 |title=Social Media Giants Support Racial Justice. Their Products Undermine It. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/technology/facebook-youtube-twitter-black-lives-matter.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622172457/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/technology/facebook-youtube-twitter-black-lives-matter.html |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} On April 20, 2021, Owens claimed that the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who was convicted of murdering Floyd was "mob justice". She added: "This was not a fair trial. No person can say this was a fair trial."{{Cite news |last=Elfrink |first=Tim |date=April 21, 2021 |title=Tucker Carlson says protests intimidated Derek Chauvin jury into guilty verdict: 'Please don't hurt us' |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/21/tucker-carlson-chauvin-floyd-guilty-jury/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203133706/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/21/tucker-carlson-chauvin-floyd-guilty-jury/ |archive-date=December 3, 2022}}

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Owens is critical of feminism{{cite magazine |last=Nagle |first=Angela |date=December 2017 |title=The Lost Boys: The Young Men of the Alt-Right Could Define American Politics for a Generation |magazine=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/brotherhood-of-losers/544158/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520101411/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/brotherhood-of-losers/544158/ |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |quote=Candace Owens, a popular young black conservative also known as Red Pill Black, has mastered new media platforms, but in service of advocating for something closer to a traditional strain of conservatism: She's critical of the press, feminism, and open borders, but supports gay marriage.}} and embraces the "trad wife" phenomenon of traditional gender roles.{{cite magazine |last1=Malone |first1=Clare |date=April 22, 2023 |title=The Gospel of Candace Owens |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/the-gospel-of-candace-owens |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=August 6, 2023 |archive-date=August 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806061947/https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/the-gospel-of-candace-owens |url-status=live}} She has described the #MeToo movement, an international movement against sexual harassment and assault, as "stupid".{{Cite news |last=Herndon |first=Astead W. |date=June 17, 2018 |title=At Conservative Women's Conference, a Safe Space for Trumpism |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/us/politics/women-conservative-trump.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617204519/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/us/politics/women-conservative-trump.html |archive-date=June 17, 2018}} Owens wrote that the movement was premised on the idea that "women are stupid, weak & inconsequential".

She opposes abortion, which she has called a tool for the "extermination of black babies".

In May 2018, Owens suggested that "something bio-chemically happens" to women who do not marry or have children, and she linked to the Twitter handles of Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Handler, and Kathy Griffin, saying that they were "evidentiary support" of this theory.{{Cite news |last=Kenneally |first=Tim |date=May 17, 2018 |title=Candace Owens Gets Gently Dunked on by Sarah Silverman over 'Women Who Don't Marry' Tweet |work=TheWrap |url=https://www.thewrap.com/candace-owens-gets-gently-dunked-on-by-sarah-silverman-over-women-who-dont-marry-tweet/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918162506/https://www.thewrap.com/candace-owens-gets-gently-dunked-on-by-sarah-silverman-over-women-who-dont-marry-tweet/ |archive-date=September 18, 2019}}{{Cite news |last=Donnelly |first=Erin |date=May 18, 2018 |title=Sarah Silverman Responds to Conservative's Suggestion That Single Women Without Children Are 'Bio-Chemically' Affected |work=Yahoo! |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sarah-silverman-responds-conservatives-suggestion-single-women-without-children-bio-chemically-affected-132926216.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219184125/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sarah-silverman-responds-conservatives-suggestion-single-women-without-children-bio-chemically-affected-132926216.html |archive-date=February 19, 2019}} Silverman responded: "It seems to me that by tweeting this, you would like to maybe make us feel badly. I'd say this is evidenced by {{Sic|ur}} effort to use our twitter handles so we would see. My heart breaks for you, Candy. I hope you find happiness in whatever form that takes." Owens responded, accusing Silverman of supporting terrorists and crime gangs.

On July 28, 2017, Owens stated she was in favor of banning transgender individuals who are undergoing sex reassignment surgery from serving in the United States military but said that she did not oppose fully transitioned transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military.{{cite web |last=Alcorn |first=Chauncey |date=June 23, 2018 |title=Critics call out Candace Owens' transphobic views and want Kanye West, Caitlyn Jenner to do the same |url=https://mic.com/articles/189887/critics-call-out-candace-owens-transphobic-views-and-want-kanye-west-caitlyn-jenner-to-do-same |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625080402/https://mic.com/articles/189887/critics-call-out-candace-owens-transphobic-views-and-want-kanye-west-caitlyn-jenner-to-do-same |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |access-date=May 16, 2019 |website=Mic}} In her biography, Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation, in the chapter "On Overcivilization - The Trend Towards Overcivilization", she talks about her view between civilization, in which she described as when basic rights and liberties have been ensured for all, and "overcivilization" in the following quote: {{blockquote|Civilization was achieved for gay couples in the United States when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in 2015. Overcivilization, however, is the LGBTQ community's current quest for transgender rights, or, more accurately described, the demand that biological men who self-identify as women be granted legal permission to use ladies' restrooms and dominate women's sports competitions.|Candace Owens, Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation{{Cite book |title=Blackout |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Blackout/Candace-Owens/9781982133276 |access-date=March 12, 2024 |date=September 15, 2020 |isbn=978-1-9821-3327-6 |archive-date=March 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330014301/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Blackout/Candace-Owens/9781982133276 |last1=Owens |first1=Candace |publisher=Simon and Schuster |chapter=4. On Overcivilzation |page=93}}}}

In April 2022, she called The Walt Disney Company "child groomers and pedophiles" and called for the boycott of the company, after Disney announced its opposition to Florida House Bill 1557, officially known as the "Parental Rights in Education Act" but commonly referenced as the "Don't Say Gay" legislation.{{cite web |title=Candace Owens on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1509627028705890306 |access-date=August 28, 2023 |website=Twitter |archive-date=April 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410182234/https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1509627028705890306 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Candace Owens Calls Minnie Mouse Pantsuit An Attempt To 'Destroy Fabrics Of Our Society' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2022/01/27/candace-owens-calls-minnie-mouse-pantsuit-an-attempt-to-destroy-fabrics-of-our-society/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414120719/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2022/01/27/candace-owens-calls-minnie-mouse-pantsuit-an-attempt-to-destroy-fabrics-of-our-society/ |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Papenfuss |first=Mary |date=January 29, 2022 |title=Candace Owens Pitches A Fit Over Minnie Mouse Wearing Pants |language=en |work=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/candace-owens-fox-minnie-mouse-pantsuit_n_61f46b97e4b04f9a12bd561f |url-status=live |access-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414120720/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/candace-owens-fox-minnie-mouse-pantsuit_n_61f46b97e4b04f9a12bd561f |archive-date=April 14, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Sampson |first1=Hannah |date=April 18, 2022 |title=Conservatives want to cancel Disney. It's not the first time. |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/04/18/disney-boycott-theme-parks-lgbtq/ |access-date=August 28, 2023 |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402083206/https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/04/18/disney-boycott-theme-parks-lgbtq/ |url-status=live}}

In May 2022, Owens falsely claimed on Twitter that the gunman involved in the Robb Elementary School shooting could be transgender and said that he was "cross-dressing".{{Cite news |last1=Yurcaba |first1=Jo |last2=Goggin |first2=Ben |last3=Collins |first3=Ben |date=May 25, 2022 |title=Trans woman's photo used to spread baseless online theory about Texas shooter |language=en |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trans-womans-photo-used-spread-baseless-online-theory-texas-shooter-rcna30511 |url-status=live |access-date=June 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526230629/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trans-womans-photo-used-spread-baseless-online-theory-texas-shooter-rcna30511 |archive-date=May 26, 2022}} According to Owens, this was evidence that "there were plenty of signs that he was mentally disturbed".{{Cite news |last1=Sardarizadeh |first1=Shayan |last2=Devlin |first2=Kayleen |date=May 27, 2022 |title=Texas shooting: How false rumours spread that gunman was trans |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/61607042 |url-status=live |access-date=June 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602184936/https://www.bbc.com/news/61607042 |archive-date=June 2, 2022}} In June 2022, she described Drag Queen Story Hour as "child abuse", arguing that parents who take their children to a drag queen story hour "are underqualified to have children" and "should have their children taken away from them."{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Sophie |date=June 18, 2022 |title=Candace Owens calls parents supporting drag queens 'unqualified to have children' |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/us-news/candace-owens-drag-queens-parents-b2104105.html |access-date=August 28, 2023 |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828174218/https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/us-news/candace-owens-drag-queens-parents-b2104105.html |url-status=live}}

In January 2024, in a post on X (Twitter) Owens accused transgender people of "mass drugging children" and claimed the "LGBTQ movement brought with it a sexual plague on our society". These comments were condemned by LGBTQ rights groups.{{Cite web |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/candace-owens-lgbtq-sexual-plague |title=Candace Owens calls LGBTQ+ people 'sexual plague' on society |website=www.advocate.com |access-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323182320/https://www.advocate.com/news/candace-owens-lgbtq-sexual-plague |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/05/candace-owens-twitter-lgbtq-people-sexual-plague/ |title=Candace Owens calls LGBTQ+ people a 'sexual plague' on society |first=Chantelle |last=Billson |date=January 5, 2024 |website=PinkNews |access-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323183451/https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/05/candace-owens-twitter-lgbtq-people-sexual-plague/ |url-status=live}}

Although in 2015 Owens posted anti-Trump and anti-conservative articles on her Degree180 blog, in 2017 she began describing herself as a conservative Donald Trump supporter.{{cite web |last=Irwin |first=Demetria |date=March 6, 2018 |title=Black woman says NRA was founded to arm Black people and she's wrong |url=https://thegrio.com/2018/03/06/candace-owens-nra-gun-control/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410124653/https://thegrio.com/2018/03/06/candace-owens-nra-gun-control/ |archive-date=April 10, 2019 |access-date=May 16, 2019 |website=The Grio}}{{cite web |last=Kenney |first=Tanasia |date=May 19, 2018 |title=Is This a Trick? Candace Owens Headed an Anti-Trump Publication Less Than Two Years Ago, Report Reveals |url=https://atlantablackstar.com/2018/05/19/trick-candace-owens-headed-anti-trump-publication-less-two-years-ago-report-reveals/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012214602/https://atlantablackstar.com/2018/05/19/trick-candace-owens-headed-anti-trump-publication-less-two-years-ago-report-reveals/ |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |access-date=October 30, 2018 |website=Atlanta Black Star}} Owens has since characterized Trump as the "savior" of Western civilization. She has argued that Trump has neither engaged in rhetoric that is harmful to African Americans, nor proposed policies that would harm African Americans.

In May 2018, Trump said that Owens "is having a big impact on politics in our country. She represents an ever-expanding group of very smart 'thinkers', and it is wonderful to watch and hear the dialogue going on... so good for our Country!"{{Cite news |last=Shelbourne |first=Mallory |date=May 9, 2018 |title=Trump Praises Conservative Activist Candace Owens as a 'Very Smart Thinker' |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386857-trump-praises-candace-owens-as-a-very-smart-thinker/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916182324/http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386857-trump-praises-candace-owens-as-a-very-smart-thinker |archive-date=September 16, 2018}} She registered as a Republican in 2018, after the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination. She objected to what she termed the "social lynching" of Kavanaugh, on the grounds that to "believe women" was the reason "our ancestors got lynched", as she told a journalist from Philadelphia magazine. She added: "No evidence, but believe all women."{{cite news |last=Cineas |first=Fabiola |date=September 4, 2019 |title=Inside Candace Owens' Misinformation Campaign |work=Philadelphia |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/09/04/candace-owens-blexit/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629224419/https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/09/04/candace-owens-blexit/ |archive-date=June 29, 2020}} After Joe Biden won the 2020 U.S. presidential election and Trump refused to concede, Owens promoted Trump's claims of mass fraud, saying that "the American election was clearly rigged."{{Cite news |last1=Folkenflik |first1=David |author1-link=David Folkenflik |last2=Dreisbach |first2=Tom |date=January 13, 2021 |title=After Deadly Capitol Riot, Fox News Stays Silent On Stars' Incendiary Rhetoric |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/13/955694096/after-deadly-capitol-riot-fox-news-stays-silent-on-stars-incendiary-rhetoric |url-status=live |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117125403/https://www.npr.org/2021/01/13/955694096/after-deadly-capitol-riot-fox-news-stays-silent-on-stars-incendiary-rhetoric |archive-date=January 17, 2021}}

Owens is a proponent of the Mexico–United States border wall,{{cite web |title=Video spreads false claims about immigrants |website=AP News |date=May 12, 2022 |url=https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-charlie-kirk-candace-owens-immigration-688231079873 |access-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514175259/https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-charlie-kirk-candace-owens-immigration-688231079873 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Candace Owens claims not building a wall on the US-Mexico border would be 'racist' |website=indy100 |date=August 6, 2019 |url=https://www.indy100.com/news/candace-owens-trump-mexico-wall-border-steve-bannon-interview-show-9040806 |access-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815170758/https://www.indy100.com/news/candace-owens-trump-mexico-wall-border-steve-bannon-interview-show-9040806 |url-status=live}} and believes illegal immigrants to the United States should be immediately deported. In 2018, Owens warned that "Europe will fall and become a Muslim-majority continent by 2050. There has never been a Muslim-majority country where sharia law was not implemented." She suggested that the United States would then be "forced to save" the British.{{cite news |last1=Haltiwanger |first1=John |date=March 15, 2019 |title=Candace Owens rejects any connection to 'radical Islamophobic white supremacy terror overseas' after being mentioned in New Zealand terrorist's manifesto |work=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/candace-owens-manifesto-new-zealand-mosque-terror-2019-3 |url-status=live |access-date=March 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317075648/https://www.businessinsider.com/candace-owens-manifesto-new-zealand-mosque-terror-2019-3 |archive-date=March 17, 2019}}{{cite tweet |number=1015557211786022914 |user=RealCandaceO |title=Please remind... |first=Candace |last=Owens |date=July 7, 2018 |access-date=March 19, 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707205733/https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1015557211786022914 |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |url-status=live}}

Owens has described science as a "pagan faith" and expressed interest in pseudoscientific conspiracy theories such as flat Earth.{{cite journal |last1=Kirmayer |first1=Laurence J. |author1-link=Laurence J. Kirmayer |title=The fragility of truth: Social epistemology in a time of polarization and pandemic |journal=Transcultural Psychiatry |date=2024 |volume=61 |issue=5 |pages=701–713 |doi=10.1177/13634615241299556 |doi-access=free |pmid=39587899 |issn=1363-4615}} She stated, "I'm not a flat-earther. I'm not a round-earther. Actually, what I am is I am somebody who has left the cult of science".{{r|Kirmayer 2024}}{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Ryan |title=Candace Owens describes science as 'pagan faith' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-science-pagan-faith-christianity-podcast-1920510 |access-date=August 22, 2024 |work=Newsweek |date=July 3, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822181515/https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-science-pagan-faith-christianity-podcast-1920510 |url-status=live}}

In July 2018, Owens claimed that global warming is not real, calling it a lie used to "extract dollars from Americans".{{Cite web |date=March 2, 2021 |title=Resurfaced clip shows Joe Rogan schooling Candance Owens on her climate change denial |url=https://www.indy100.com/news/candance-owens-joe-rogan-climate-change-b1810369 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523215007/https://www.indy100.com/news/candance-owens-joe-rogan-climate-change-b1810369 |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=indy100 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Cleary |first1=Tom |date=December 8, 2022 |title=Joe Rogan Pushes Candace Owens on Climate Change in Resurfaced Video [WATCH] |url=https://heavy.com/news/joe-rogan/joe-rogan-candace-owens-climate-change/ |access-date=July 31, 2023 |website=Heavy |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731135716/https://heavy.com/news/joe-rogan/joe-rogan-candace-owens-climate-change/ |url-status=live}} In 2021, she promoted paid ads on Facebook, calling the U.S. government "modern doomsayers" who have been wrongly predicting climate crises for decades.{{Cite news |last=Culliford |first=Elizabeth |date=November 18, 2021 |title=During COP26, Facebook served ads with climate falsehoods, skepticism |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/during-cop26-facebook-served-ads-with-climate-falsehoods-skepticism-2021-11-18/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415181554/https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/during-cop26-facebook-served-ads-with-climate-falsehoods-skepticism-2021-11-18/ |archive-date=April 15, 2022}}{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2021 |title=Facebook served climate falsehoods ads throughout COP26 |url=https://www.cityam.com/facebook-served-climate-falsehoods-ads-through-cop26/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122024240/https://www.cityam.com/facebook-served-climate-falsehoods-ads-through-cop26/ |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=CityAM |language=en-GB}}

Owens has expressed a critical stance on welfare programs, arguing that they can create dependency and discourage self-reliance among recipients. She believes that welfare reform is necessary to promote individual responsibility and empower individuals to break free from government assistance. Owens has said that welfare is a Democratic Party tool to keep black Americans dependent upon the government.

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At the launch of Turning Point's British offshoot Turning Point UK in December 2018, Owens made comments about Adolf Hitler.{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Eugene |date=February 8, 2019 |title=One of Trump's most vocal black supporters seemed to defend Hitler in a recent speech |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/08/one-trumps-most-vocal-black-supporters-seemed-defend-hitler-recent-speech/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716234458/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/08/one-trumps-most-vocal-black-supporters-seemed-defend-hitler-recent-speech/ |archive-date=July 16, 2020}} She was responding to an audience member who asked for a "long-term prognosis" about the terms "globalism" and "nationalism". Owens said:{{cite web |last=Haltiwanger |first=John |date=February 8, 2019 |title=Rising conservative star Candace Owens is slammed over her newly surfaced Hitler comments |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tpusa-candace-owens-slammed-over-hitler-comments-2019-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209040822/https://www.businessinsider.com/tpusa-candace-owens-slammed-over-hitler-comments-2019-2 |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |access-date=February 8, 2019 |website=Business Insider}}

{{Blockquote|text=I actually don't have any problems at all with the word "nationalism". I think that the definition gets poisoned by elitists that actually want globalism. Globalism is what I don't want. Whenever we say "nationalism" the first thing people think about, at least in America, is Hitler. You know, [Hitler] was a national socialist, but if Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, okay, fine. The problem is that he wanted—he had dreams outside of Germany. He wanted to globalize. He wanted everybody to be German, everybody to be speaking German. Everybody to look a different way. That's not, to me, that's not nationalism.}}

Following heavy criticism for her comments, Owens clarified them on Twitter and in a Judiciary Committee hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives in February 2019.{{cite news |last=Feldman |first=Ari |date=February 13, 2019 |title=On Fox Business, Candace Owens Pretends Her Hitler Comments Never Happened |newspaper=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/on-fox-business-candace-owens-pretends-her-hitler-comments-never-happened-1.6935065 |url-status=live |access-date=December 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103233248/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/on-fox-business-candace-owens-pretends-her-hitler-comments-never-happened-1.6935065 |archive-date=November 3, 2019}} Owens said that "[Hitler] was a homicidal, psychopathic, maniac that killed his own people" and "[Hitler] was not a nationalist, [he] murdered his own people; a nationalist would not kill their own people". She said that the point of her comments was to say that there is "no excuse or defense ever for ... everything that [Hitler] did".{{cite news |last=Shannon |first=Joel |date=February 11, 2019 |title=After backlash, conservative pundit Candace Owens clarifies viral Hitler comment |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/08/candace-owens-clarifies-hitler-nationalism-remark-after-backlash/2818679002/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211215851/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/08/candace-owens-clarifies-hitler-nationalism-remark-after-backlash/2818679002/ |archive-date=February 11, 2019}} She also said that her comments were about Hitler's crimes against Jews.

Owens's comments about Hitler were played in April 2019 by Representative Ted Lieu during testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee about the issue of increasing hate crimes and white supremacy in America. Lieu said that he did not know Owens and was just going to let her own words characterize her, before playing the audio clip. Owens responded that Lieu had deliberately omitted an interviewer's question that provided critical context to her words, with the intent of misrepresenting them as an endorsement of Hitler, to smear her reputation.{{cite web |last=Haltiwanger |first=John |date=April 9, 2019 |title=Ted Lieu plays a clip of Candace Owens comments on Hitler to ridicule Republicans for inviting her to a hearing on white nationalism |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ted-lieu-plays-candace-owens-hitler-comments-2019-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509032009/https://www.businessinsider.com/ted-lieu-plays-candace-owens-hitler-comments-2019-4 |archive-date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=May 16, 2019 |website=Business Insider}} She concluded this testimony by stating her opinion Lieu was "assuming that black people will not pursue the full two hour clip" and that the full clip had been "purposefully extracted" in order to "create a different narrative."{{cite news |date=April 10, 2019 |title=Candace Owens fumes at Rep. Ted Lieu's use of her Hitler comments |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/04/10/candace-owens-fumes-after-ted-lieu-plays-clip-her-remarks-hitler/3420977002/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125012739/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/04/10/candace-owens-fumes-after-ted-lieu-plays-clip-her-remarks-hitler/3420977002/ |archive-date=January 25, 2022}} Donald Trump Jr. praised Owens on Twitter for "[calling] out the Dems on their purposeful manipulation of facts for their narrative".{{cite web |last=Croucher |first=Shane |date=April 10, 2019 |title=Donald Trump Jr. praises Candace Owens for defending her Hitler comments |url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-candace-owens-hitler-twitter-ted-lieu-1391566 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515172245/https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-candace-owens-hitler-twitter-ted-lieu-1391566 |archive-date=May 15, 2019 |access-date=May 16, 2019 |work=Newsweek}}

Owens has expressed interest in Holocaust denial.{{r|Kirmayer 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Walrath-Holdridge |first1=Mary |title=Candace Owens suspended from YouTube after Kanye West interview |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2024/09/10/candace-owens-youtube-suspended-antisemitism/75156904007/ |access-date=March 14, 2025 |work=USA Today |date=September 10, 2024}}

In July 2024, Owens released an episode of the Candace show on YouTube entitled "Literally Hitler. Why Can't We Talk About Him?" During this episode, Owens criticized mainstream narratives regarding Nazi Germany, saying that education about the Nazis was indoctrination comparable to "Soviet tactics." Owens further denied that Nazi medical experiments were carried out by Josef Mengele on concentration camp inmates, claiming the fact that such experiments occurred was "bizarre propaganda. The idea that they just cut a human up and then sewed them back together. Why would you do that? Even if you're the most evil person in the world, that's a tremendous waste of time and supplies." Owens referred to the Holocaust as "an ethnic cleansing [that] almost took place," while criticizing the expulsion of Germans after World War II, saying the Allies "actually did [an ethnic cleansing]."{{Cite news |last1=Weissman |first1=Miri |date=July 10, 2024 |title=Candace Owens calls Mengele experiments 'bizarre propaganda' |url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/07/10/candace-owens-calls-mengeles-experiments-bizarre-propaganda/ |access-date=July 10, 2024 |newspaper=Israel Hayom |archive-date=July 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710200925/https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/07/10/candace-owens-calls-mengeles-experiments-bizarre-propaganda/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |date=July 11, 2024 |title='Bizarre propaganda': Candace Owens accused of minimizing Holocaust, Nazi medical experiments |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-809854#google_vignette |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=Jerusalem Post |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711020952/https://www.jpost.com//diaspora/antisemitism/article-809854#google_vignette |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Fink |first=Rachel |date=July 10, 2024 |title=Far-right American Pundit Candace Owens Downplays Holocaust, Says Hatred of Nazis Is 'Indoctrination' |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2024-07-10/ty-article/.premium/far-right-pundit-candace-owens-downplays-holocaust-says-nazi-hatred-is-indoctrination/00000190-9db9-ddf1-abb6-fdf906d90000 |access-date=July 11, 2024 |newspaper=Haaretz |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711011940/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2024-07-10/ty-article/.premium/far-right-pundit-candace-owens-downplays-holocaust-says-nazi-hatred-is-indoctrination/00000190-9db9-ddf1-abb6-fdf906d90000 |url-status=live}}

On October 3, 2022, during Adidas Yeezy SZN 9 fashion show in Paris, Owens posed for a photo with Kanye West wearing a matching shirt with the "WHITE LIVES MATTER" slogan.{{Cite web |last=Cowen |first=William Trace |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Kanye West Wears 'White Lives Matter' T-Shirt Design at YZY Season 9 Presentation |url=https://www.complex.com/style/kanye-west-white-lives-matter-t-shirt-yzy-season-9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003175145/https://www.complex.com/style/kanye-west-white-lives-matter-t-shirt-yzy-season-9 |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=Complex Networks}} During Paris Fashion Week, West entered negotiations with Owens's husband, the CEO of social networking service Parler, to purchase the website.{{Cite news |last1=McGraw |first1=Meridith |last2=Carney |first2=Jordain |last3=Kern |first3=Rebecca |date=October 20, 2022 |title=Parler was jubilant about Kanye West buying it. Then the problems started. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/20/parler-was-jubilant-about-kanye-west-buying-it-then-the-problems-started-00062716 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203213744/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/20/parler-was-jubilant-about-kanye-west-buying-it-then-the-problems-started-00062716 |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=Politico}} After West posted tweets declaring he would "go Death Con 3 on Jewish people"; Owens defended West, stating that "if you are an honest person, you did not find this tweet antisemitic".{{cite web |last1=Zaig |first1=Gadi |date=October 11, 2022 |title=Candace Owens defends Kanye West, says tweet about Jews wasn't antisemitic |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-719370 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731141330/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-719370 |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |access-date=July 31, 2023 |website=The Jerusalem Post}} Owens further accused the Anti-Defamation League of instigating antisemitism following the organization's criticism of West and Kyrie Irving.{{Cite news |last1=Starr |first1=Michael |date=November 6, 2022 |title=ADL creates 'more antisemitism,' divides Jews, black people -Candace Owens |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-721591 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203093545/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-721591 |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=The Jerusalem Post}} Owens's comments were made before West praised Adolf Hitler in an InfoWars interview. After the interview, Parler announced that West had canceled his plans to buy the website.{{Cite news |last1=Conger |first1=Kate |date=December 1, 2022 |title=Kanye West's Deal to Buy Parler Unravels |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/technology/kanye-west-parler.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202225248/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/technology/kanye-west-parler.html |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times}} The Zionist Organization of America condemned Owens's defense of West, calling on her to "retract her offensive, dangerous statements."{{Cite web |last1=Klein |first1=Morton |date=October 16, 2022 |title=ZOA Condemns Candace Owens's Defense of Kanye West's Antisemitic "Death Con 3 on Jewish People" Tweet |url=https://zoa.org/2022/10/10446415-zoa-condemns-candace-owens-defense-of-kanye-wests-antisemitic-death-con-3-on-jewish-people-tweet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205005419/https://zoa.org/2022/10/10446415-zoa-condemns-candace-owens-defense-of-kanye-wests-antisemitic-death-con-3-on-jewish-people-tweet/ |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2022 |website=Zionist Organization of America}}

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has repeatedly criticized Owens for her friendship with West. Owens condemned Boteach as a "monster", stating that "any person who defends him or his hag daughter is immediately suspicious." Owens has also claimed that in Hollywood, there is "a small ring of specific people who are using the fact that they are Jewish to shield themselves from any criticism" and that this ring "appears to be something that is quite sinister."{{Cite news |last1=Starr |first1=Michael |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Candace Owens, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach squabble over antisemitism, blackmail and Kanye West |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-791344 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917235746/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-791344 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last1=Griffing |first1=Alex |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Candace Owens Goes on Bizarre Screed About 'Ring' of 'Quite Sinister' Jews in Hollywood |url=https://www.mediaite.com/news/candace-owens-goes-on-bizarre-screed-about-ring-of-quite-sinister-jews-in-hollywood/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311090255/https://www.mediaite.com/news/candace-owens-goes-on-bizarre-screed-about-ring-of-quite-sinister-jews-in-hollywood/ |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=Mediaite}}{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Candace Owens suggests there is a Jewish "gang" in Hollywood committing "horrific things" on people |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/candace-owens/candace-owens-suggests-there-jewish-gang-hollywood-committing-horrific-things-people |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311224327/https://www.mediamatters.org/candace-owens/candace-owens-suggests-there-jewish-gang-hollywood-committing-horrific-things-people |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=Media Matters}} In March 2024, Owens liked a tweet asking Boteach if he was "drunk on Christian blood again", an apparent reference to the antisemitic blood libel accusation. The Daily Wire announced they were ending their association with Owens a few days after Owens liked the tweet.{{Cite news |last1=Pengelly |first1=Martin |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Candace Owens leaves Daily Wire site amid Israel and antisemitism tensions |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar/22/candace-owens-leaves-daily-wire |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=The Guardian}}{{Cite news |last1=Schorr |first1=Isaac |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Candace Owens Endorses Wild, Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory About Jews Being 'Drunk on Christian Blood' |url=https://www.mediaite.com/media/candace-owens-endorses-wild-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theory-about-jews-being-drunk-on-christian-blood/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323001548/https://www.mediaite.com/media/candace-owens-endorses-wild-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theory-about-jews-being-drunk-on-christian-blood/ |archive-date=March 23, 2024 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Mediaite}}

Following her departure from the Daily Wire after she was accused of antisemitism, Owens downplayed the prevalence of antisemitism, stating that "people who are now screaming 'antisemitism is everywhere!' are actually just racial supremacists."{{Cite news |last1=Green |first1=Baruch |date=April 2, 2024 |title=Candace Owens Equates Jews Concerned About Antisemitism…to BLM |url=https://vinnews.com/2024/04/04/candace-owens-equates-jews-concerned-about-antisemitism-to-blm/ |access-date=April 10, 2024 |website=Vos Iz Neias? |archive-date=April 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409081751/https://vinnews.com/2024/04/04/candace-owens-equates-jews-concerned-about-antisemitism-to-blm/ |url-status=live}} According to Media Matters, Owens criticized Jordan Peterson for calling far-right commentator Nick Fuentes a "psychopathic rat" after Fuentes tweeted that Jews control the Biden administration. Owens suggested that Fuentes could be correct based on the number of Jewish officials appointed to the Biden administration, saying that "it seems a weird tweet for [Peterson] to be so disturbed about." Owens further referred to Fuentes as having "a very long background of focusing his attention on Israel and Zionism, and that's what he is reacting to."{{Cite news |date=July 10, 2024 |title=In order to defend Nick Fuentes from Jordan Peterson, Candace Owens discusses how many Jews are in the Biden administration |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/candace-owens/order-defend-nick-fuentes-jordan-peterson-candace-owens-discusses-how-many-jews-are |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=Media Matters |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917235401/https://www.mediamatters.org/candace-owens/order-defend-nick-fuentes-jordan-peterson-candace-owens-discusses-how-many-jews-are |url-status=live}} Fuentes had previously praised Owens, saying she was waging "a full-fledged war against the Jews."{{Cite news |last=Pengelly |first=Martin |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Candace Owens leaves Daily Wire site amid Israel and antisemitism tensions |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar/22/candace-owens-leaves-daily-wire |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=The Guardian}} Owens falsely claimed in an interview with Tristan Tate, brother of Andrew Tate, that Joseph Stalin was Jewish, and that Sigmund Freud and Stalinists were part of a Jewish cabal. Owens claimed that Freud studied Kabbalah and promoted pedophilia through psychoanalysis.{{Cite news |date=August 15, 2024 |title='Stalin was Jewish, Kabbalists are pedophiles': Candace Owens's antisemitic conspiracies |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-814865 |access-date=August 21, 2024 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post}}

In July 2024, Owens suggested that Ashkenazi Jews trace their origin to Khazars and are not related to "biblical Jews". According to her, descendants of Khazars were "so immoral and so corrupt" that they were forced to convert to Judaism by Persians and Russians in the eighth century. However, they did not "meaningfully convert" and "carried on their corruption, carried on their sexual deviancy". She suggested that "their religious teachings tell them to infiltrate everywhere" and "[their] elites are disgusting, despicable people". Owens implied that the war in Ukraine is linked to the Khazars' desire to seek revenge on Russia and Iran. She went on to blame instances of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church on them.{{Cite web |last=Owens |first=Candace |date=July 29, 2024 |title=LIVE! The Olympics Exposed Brigitte Macron {{!}} Candace Ep 34 |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/kdULHwLNhic?si=wrYnk-xYFtKC9yzu&t=3602 |website=YouTube |quote=You should look into the Khazars and the of the Ashkenazis. [...] That documentary suggested that the people that are inhabiting Israel today are not the biblical Jews. [...] Prior to World War II, [...] the Israeli historians extensively wrote about the fact that they were the Khazars. [...] I think it was the eighth century, where the Khazarians mass converted to Judaism as their faith. To be clear, it was the people that were running this empire at the top who were just up to no good, and they carried on their corruption. They carried on their sexual deviancy despite pretending to have converted to Judaism. That doesn't mean the people that they ruled over didn't meaningfully convert. I'm sure they did, but the people at the top didn't. Russia and Persia, teamed up and crushed the Khazarian Empire. [...] There has been a theory for a while that what is happening is that the Khazarians are reassembling and that essentially they want to crush Russia and Iran. [...] It is my belief that these people are no more Jewish than they are Catholic than they are Christian. Their religious teachings tell them to infiltrate everywhere so that nobody knows who they actually are. [...] These elites are disgusting, despicable people, and they are pretending to be Jews. They are pretending to be Catholic. When you see these scandals that happen in churches and you look at who's actually behind them, these people were never Catholic to begin with.}}{{Cite news |date=August 19, 2024 |title=From Israel did 9/11 to Stalin was a Jew: Candace Owens' craziest conspiracy theories |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/from-israel-did-9/11-to-stalin-was-a-jew-candace-owens-craziest-conspiracy-theories/articleshow/112629019.cms |access-date=September 8, 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

During a live broadcast on August 18, 2024, Owens claimed that Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman who was wrongly convicted of murder and lynched in the US state of Georgia in August 17, 1915, had killed Mary Phagan as part of a ritual murder on Passover, again referencing blood libel. Owens further claimed there existed a "Frankish Cult...masquering behind Jews" that engages in pedophilia and incest "as sacramental rites". She stated that there are "tens of thousands of pedophiles [who] hide from justice in Israel".{{Cite web |last=Owens |first=Candace |date=August 19, 2024 |title=LIVE! Support Israel…Or Else! {{!}} Candace Ep 47 |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/CCI6sZEe7lc?si=D5t6K7bZNTtUetkk&t=748 |website=YouTube}} Owens's father-in-law Lord Farmer has publicly repudiated her repeated antisemitic remarks.{{Cite web |last=Doherty |first=Rosa |title=Candace Owens's father-in-law, peer Lord Farmer distances himself from her antisemitic views |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/usa/candace-owenss-father-in-law-peer-lord-farmer-distances-himself-from-her-antisemitic-views-alp7slyg |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=The Jewish Chronicle |date=August 20, 2024 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Schorr |first=Isaac |title=Candace Owens's Famous Father-in-Law Rebukes Her Over Latest Blood Libel |url=https://www.mediaite.com/news/candace-owenss-famous-father-in-law-rebukes-her-over-latest-blood-libel-jesus-christ-is-gods-son-and-was-a-jewish-man/ |website=Mediaite |language=en |date=August 19, 2024 |access-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917235812/https://www.mediaite.com/news/candace-owenss-famous-father-in-law-rebukes-her-over-latest-blood-libel-jesus-christ-is-gods-son-and-was-a-jewish-man/ |url-status=live}} Owens was disinvited from a Trump campaign fundraiser in the summer of 2024 following criticism from Jewish groups.{{Cite news |last=Kassel |first=Matthew |date=July 23, 2024 |title=Candace Owens no longer attending Trump event following backlash |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2024/07/candace-owens-no-longer-attending-trump-event-following-backlash/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Jewish Insider |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917235744/https://jewishinsider.com/2024/07/candace-owens-no-longer-attending-trump-event-following-backlash/ |url-status=live}} In September 2024, Owens was temporarily suspended from YouTube for violating YouTube's hate speech policies. One video which resulted in her suspension was an interview with Kanye West, during which West claimed that Jewish people control the media.

Owens has suggested that AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobbying group, was responsible for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Baruch |date=June 20, 2024 |title=NOT AGAIN: Wacky Candace Owens Suggests Pro-Israel Lobby Assassinated JFK |url=https://vinnews.com/2024/06/20/not-again-candace-owens-suggests-pro-israel-lobby-assassinated-jfk/ |access-date=August 24, 2024 |newspaper=VIN News}}{{Cite news |last=Grisar |first=PJ |date=July 30, 2024 |title=Candace Owens has gone so conspiratorial, she's now citing forgotten Jewish heretics |url=https://forward.com/culture/639279/candace-owens-jacob-frank-frankist-conspiracy-false-messiah/ |access-date=August 24, 2024 |newspaper=The Forward |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917235744/https://forward.com/culture/639279/candace-owens-jacob-frank-frankist-conspiracy-false-messiah/ |url-status=live}}

Because of Owens' antisemitic statements, she was named "Antisemite of the Year" by StopAntisemitism,{{Cite news |date=December 17, 2024 |title=Advocacy group names Candace Owens Antisemite of the Year |url=https://www.jns.org/advocacy-group-names-candace-owens-antisemite-of-the-year/ |access-date=January 1, 2025 |website=Jewish News Syndicate |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |first=Rachel |last=Goldstein |url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/12/16/candace-owens-named-antisemite-of-the-year/ |title=Candace Owens named 'Antisemite of the Year' |access-date=January 1, 2025 |date=December 16, 2024 |newspaper=Israel Hayom}}{{Cite news |first1=Ryan |last1=King |first2=Josh |last2=Christenson |date=December 15, 2024 |title=Candace Owens named 'Antisemite of the Year' by StopAntisemitism: 'Poisonous hater' |url=https://www.aol.com/candace-owens-named-antisemite-stopantisemitism-155029141.html |access-date=January 1, 2025 |newspaper=New York Post |via=AOL |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |first=Shir |last=Perets |date=December 16, 2024 |title=Candace Owens named Stop Antisemitism's 'Antisemite of the Year' |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-833584 |access-date=January 1, 2025 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}} a title which she celebratorily accepted on her YouTube channel.{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Corey |date=December 18, 2024 |title=Candace Owens Happily Accepts 'Antisemite of the Year' Award in New Video |url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/12/18/candace-owens-happily-accepts-antisemite-year-award-new-video/ |access-date=January 1, 2025 |newspaper=Algemeiner Journal |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last1=Grave-Lazi |first1=Lidar |date=December 17, 2024 |title=Candace Owens named 'Antisemite of the Year' for 2024 |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sy9xjq04ye |access-date=January 1, 2025 |work=Ynet |language=en}} Satire website The Babylon Bee has published several articles mocking Owens for her antisemitism. In response, Owens referred to the website as the "Babylonian Talmudic Bee" and accused it of "worshipping Israel."{{Cite news |last=Greyman-Kennard |first=Danielle |date=January 7, 2025 |title=Candace Owens goes off on the 'Babylonian Talmudic Bee' |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-836403 |access-date=January 7, 2025 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}

Owens is a critic of Israel and increasingly voiced her negative views of the country during the Gaza war.{{cite web |last=Crean |first=Rosabel |title=Candace Owens leaves Daily Wire following Israel criticism |work=The New Arab |date=March 23, 2024 |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/candace-owens-leaves-daily-wire-following-israel-criticism |access-date=August 16, 2024}} In October 2023, she condemned an Israeli strike on a church in Gaza that resulted in the deaths of Christians, tweeting, "I have been disgusted by the propagandists pretending a Christian church was not bombed. Christians were killed. No Christian should stay silent." She later added, "If you think it's antisemitism to notice that innocent Christians were killed in an IDF bombing, then you need to log off."{{Cite web |first=Rittwik |last=Naskar |title='Say it louder': Internet tells Candace Owens as she appeals against genocide amid Israel-Hamas conflict |url=https://meaww.com/internet-asks-candace-owens-to-say-it-louder-as-she-makes-an-appeal-against-genocide-amid-israel-hamas-conflict |access-date=November 15, 2023 |date=November 4, 2023 |website=MEAWW |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116115642/https://meaww.com/internet-asks-candace-owens-to-say-it-louder-as-she-makes-an-appeal-against-genocide-amid-israel-hamas-conflict |url-status=live}} Clarifying her views in early November, Owens tweeted "No government anywhere has a right to commit a genocide, ever."{{Cite web |last=Owens |first=Candace |date=November 3, 2023 |title=@realcandaceO |url=https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1720511533136953699 |access-date=November 14, 2023 |website=X(Twitter) |archive-date=November 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115211208/https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1720511533136953699 |url-status=live}}

Her stance on Israel led to her break with Ben Shapiro, co-founder of The Daily Wire, the website for which Candace Owens then worked, contributing to her departing it in March 2024. Shapiro saw her position as increasingly antisemitic: Owens criticized US support for Israel, saying she did not believe "that American taxpayers should have to pay for Israel's wars or the wars of any other country", but also posted about "political Jews" and a "very small ring of specific people who are using the fact that they are Jewish to shield themselves from any criticism", comments Shapiro described as "absolutely disgraceful".{{cite web |last=Pengelly |first=Martin |title=Candace Owens leaves Daily Wire site amid Israel and antisemitism tensions |website=the Guardian |date=March 22, 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar/22/candace-owens-leaves-daily-wire |access-date=August 15, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Lapin |first1=Andrew |last2=Bachner |first2=Michael |title=Ben Shapiro-Candace Owens split reflects how Israel, antisemitism divide the US right |website=The Times of Israel |date=April 3, 2024 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-shapiro-candace-owens-split-reflects-how-israel-antisemitism-divide-the-us-right/ |access-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815172602/https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-shapiro-candace-owens-split-reflects-how-israel-antisemitism-divide-the-us-right/ |url-status=live}}

In 2025, Owens expressed criticism of President Trump's lack of response to the humanitarian crisis in Palestine and of his announcement of building a resort on the ruins of Gaza.{{cite web |title=Pro-Trump Influencers TURN AGAINST HIM and It GOES VIRAL | website=YouTube | date=March 10, 2025 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeh_uwAYGJI |access-date=17 March 2025}}

In April 2020, Owens said that COVID-19 deaths were overcounted; health experts said that it was more likely that COVID-19 deaths were undercounted.{{Cite web |title=PolitiFact - COVID-19 skeptics say there's an overcount. Doctors in the field say the opposite |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/14/candace-owens/covid-19-skeptics-say-theres-overcount-doctors-fie/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617022757/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/14/candace-owens/covid-19-skeptics-say-theres-overcount-doctors-fie/ |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |website=@politifact |language=en-US}} Regarding a COVID-19 vaccine, she said in June 2020 that "under no circumstances will I be getting any #coronavirus vaccine that becomes available. Ever. No matter what."{{Cite web |last=Baptiste |first=Nathalie |title=Black people have suffered the most from COVID-19. But they're still suspicious of vaccines. |url=https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/05/black-people-have-suffered-the-most-from-covid-but-theyre-still-suspicious-of-vaccines/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615140450/https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/05/black-people-have-suffered-the-most-from-covid-but-theyre-still-suspicious-of-vaccines/ |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US}} She also referred to Bill Gates as a "vaccine-criminal", and said that he and the World Health Organization (WHO) used "African & Indian tribal children to experiment w/ non-FDA approved drug vaccines."{{Cite news |last=Broderick |first=Ryan |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Here's How Facebook And YouTube Allowed Conspiracy Theorists To Turn Bill Gates Into The Villain Of The Coronavirus Pandemic |language=en |work=BuzzFeed News |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/coronavirus-bill-gates-conspiracy-theories |url-status=live |access-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614232023/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/coronavirus-bill-gates-conspiracy-theories |archive-date=June 14, 2020}}{{Cite web |last=Dent |first=Alec |date=April 22, 2020 |title=Did Bill Gates Test Unapproved Vaccines on Children in Africa? |url=https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-bill-gates-test-unapproved-vaccines |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615140454/https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-bill-gates-test-unapproved-vaccines |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |website=factcheck.thedispatch.com}} On August 8, 2021, Owens said in a Facebook post: "I still have not received the COVID-19 vaccine and have not demanded that any of my employees get it either. I am proud that I committed myself to standing firm against the bribery, media propaganda, coercion, celebrity-peer pressure campaign, plus censorship... It is isn't easy to swim against such a polluted current but here I am. I trust my gut much more than trust Dr. Fauci."{{Cite news |last=Colarossi |first=Natalie |date=August 8, 2021 |title=Candace Owens says she's "proud" to not be vaccinated against COVID-19: "I trust my gut" |language=en |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-says-shes-proud-not-vaccinated-against-covid-19-i-trust-my-gut-1617325 |url-status=live |access-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817192739/https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-says-shes-proud-not-vaccinated-against-covid-19-i-trust-my-gut-1617325 |archive-date=August 17, 2021}} Also in August, Owens claimed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) proposed "putting high risk people into camps to 'shield' low risk people from them".{{Cite news |last=Lybrand |first=Holmes |date=August 11, 2021 |title=Fact check: Candace Owens falsely claims CDC proposed putting high-risk people in camps during the pandemic |language=en |website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/11/politics/candace-owens-cdc-guidance-camps-fact-check/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817055727/https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/11/politics/candace-owens-cdc-guidance-camps-fact-check/index.html |archive-date=August 17, 2021}}

In 2021, Owens attracted media attention when she stated that the United States should "invade Australia",{{Cite magazine |last=de Guzman |first=Chad |date=October 22, 2021 |title=Australians Hit Back at 'COVID Tyranny' Claims by U.S. Conservatives |url=https://time.com/6109361/australia-covid-vaccine-mandate-owens-cruz/ |magazine=Time |language=en |access-date=November 18, 2021 |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118091746/https://time.com/6109361/australia-covid-vaccine-mandate-owens-cruz/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Wolpe |first1=Bruce |date=October 25, 2021 |title=Congratulations, Australia. You're now a candidate to be invaded by the United States |newspaper=The Canberra Times |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7481866/congratulations-australia-youre-now-a-candidate-to-be-invaded-by-the-united-states/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227030256/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7481866/congratulations-australia-youre-now-a-candidate-to-be-invaded-by-the-united-states/ |archive-date=December 27, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Rennex |first1=Michelle |date=December 7, 2021 |title=Aussies Are Hijacking A Far-Right Hashtag That's Trying To Claim That "Australia Has Fallen" |work=Junkee |url=https://junkee.com/australia-has-fallen-hashtag/317135 |url-status=live |access-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227031758/https://junkee.com/australia-has-fallen-hashtag/317135 |archive-date=December 27, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Frank |date=October 22, 2021 |title=Conservative host Candace Owens calls for US to invade Australia to free people from 'tyranny' |work=News.com.au |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/conservative-host-candace-owens-calls-for-us-to-invade-australia-to-free-people-from-tyranny/news-story/9a487acac0dbafefaa0945d2aa7284cc |url-status=live |access-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128124055/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/conservative-host-candace-owens-calls-for-us-to-invade-australia-to-free-people-from-tyranny/news-story/9a487acac0dbafefaa0945d2aa7284cc |archive-date=November 28, 2021}} saying that Australia had turned into a tyrannical Nazi-style police state due to its public health precautions against COVID-19.{{Cite news |last=Lock |first=Samantha |date=October 22, 2021 |title=Rightwing US pundit Candace Owens compares Australian government to the Taliban, calling it a 'tyrannical police state' |language=en |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/rightwing-us-pundit-candace-owens-compares-australian-government-to-the-taliban-calling-it-a-tyrannical-police-state- |url-status=live |access-date=November 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118122406/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/rightwing-us-pundit-candace-owens-compares-australian-government-to-the-taliban-calling-it-a-tyrannical-police-state- |archive-date=November 18, 2021}} Owens said that the comments were made "in jest" and that they had been misinterpreted by the media.{{cite magazine |last1=Lee |first1=Bruce Y. |date=October 23, 2021 |title=Did Candace Owens Suggest Invading Australia To 'Free' People From Covid-19 Precautions? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/10/23/candace-owens-suggests-invading-australia-to-free-people-from-covid-19-precautions/ |magazine=Forbes |access-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227030251/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/10/23/candace-owens-suggests-invading-australia-to-free-people-from-covid-19-precautions/ |url-status=live}} Owens has promoted misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.{{refn|{{Cite web |date=July 16, 2021 |title=The Nuremberg Code specifically addresses experimentation; COVID-19 vaccines aren't experimental, and therefore, don't violate the Code |url=https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/the-nuremberg-code-specifically-addresses-experimentation-covid-19-vaccines-arent-experimental-and-therefore-dont-violate-the-code-candace-owens/ |access-date=March 13, 2023 |website=Health Feedback |language=en-US |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313235456/https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/the-nuremberg-code-specifically-addresses-experimentation-covid-19-vaccines-arent-experimental-and-therefore-dont-violate-the-code-candace-owens/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Sethi |first=Pallavi |date=October 25, 2021 |title=False: A global government wants to control the minds and bodies of people through the COVID-19 vaccination program. |url=https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-through-the-covid-19-vaccination-drive-a-global-government-wants-to-control-the-minds-and-bodies-of-individuals |access-date=March 13, 2023 |website=Logically |language=en-gb |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917235341/https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-through-the-covid-19-vaccination-drive-a-global-government-wants-to-control-the-minds-and-bodies-of-individuals |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Cole |first=Brendan |date=December 24, 2021 |title=Video of Donald Trump Rebuking Candace Owens on Vaccines Watched 3.7M Times |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-candace-owens-covid-vaccines-mandates-1662996 |access-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406221321/https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-candace-owens-covid-vaccines-mandates-1662996 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Sethi |first=Pallavi |date=February 7, 2022 |title=False: The COVID-19 vaccination drive is government propaganda to instill fear in people. |url=https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-the-covid-19-vaccination-drive-is-government-propaganda-to-instill-fear-in-people |access-date=March 13, 2023 |website=Logically |language=en-gb |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227061534/https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-the-covid-19-vaccination-drive-is-government-propaganda-to-instill-fear-in-people |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2022 |title=SADS is caused by genetic mutations affecting the electrical system regulating heartbeat; no evidence it is caused by COVID-19 vaccines |url=https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/sads-caused-by-genetic-mutations-affecting-electrical-system-regulating-heartbeat-no-evidence-caused-by-covid-19-vaccines-candace-owens/ |access-date=March 13, 2023 |website=Health Feedback |language=en-US |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313235510/https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/sads-caused-by-genetic-mutations-affecting-electrical-system-regulating-heartbeat-no-evidence-caused-by-covid-19-vaccines-candace-owens/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Saranac Hale |date=September 29, 2022 |title=COVID-19 Vaccine Opponents Misrepresent CDC Webcast on Causes of Blood Clots |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/scicheck-covid-19-vaccine-opponents-misrepresent-cdc-webcast-on-causes-of-blood-clots/ |access-date=June 7, 2023 |website=FactCheck.org |language=en-US |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607014035/https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/scicheck-covid-19-vaccine-opponents-misrepresent-cdc-webcast-on-causes-of-blood-clots/ |url-status=live}}|name=vaccine misinformation}} In a December 2021 interview, she asked Donald Trump about vaccine mandates, and he explained that he shared her views on mandates but said that "the vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind". He added: "The ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones that don't take the vaccine. But it's still their choice. And if you take the vaccine, you're protected. Look, the results of the vaccine are very good, and if you do get it, it's a very minor form. People aren't dying when they take the vaccine."{{Cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Bruce Y. |title=Trump Tells Candace Owens That Covid-19 Vaccines Work: 'One Of The Greatest Achievements Of Mankind' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/12/24/trump-tells-candace-owens-that-covid-19-vaccines-work-one-of-the-greatest-achievements-of-mankind/ |magazine=Forbes |language=en |access-date=January 6, 2022 |archive-date=January 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106230150/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/12/24/trump-tells-candace-owens-that-covid-19-vaccines-work-one-of-the-greatest-achievements-of-mankind/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Stracqualursi |first1=Veronica |last2=Wright |first2=David |date=December 24, 2021 |title=Trump touts effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccine |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/23/politics/trump-vaccine-covid-effectiveness/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109012215/https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/23/politics/trump-vaccine-covid-effectiveness/index.html |archive-date=January 9, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Oshin |first1=Olafimihan |date=December 23, 2021 |title=Trump pushes back on Candace Owens: 'People aren't dying when they take the vaccine' |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/587079-trump-pushes-back-on-candace-owens-people-arent-dying/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108141353/https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/587079-trump-pushes-back-on-candace-owens-people-arent-dying |archive-date=January 8, 2022}} In December 2022, Owens promoted the anti-vaccine film Died Suddenly.{{Cite web |last=Tiffany |first=Kaitlyn |date=January 24, 2023 |title=Twitter Has No Answers for #DiedSuddenly |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/01/died-suddenly-documentary-covid-vaccine-conspiracy-theory/672819/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511150627/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/01/died-suddenly-documentary-covid-vaccine-conspiracy-theory/672819/ |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |access-date=June 7, 2023 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}

In 2022, after Russia's full invasion of Ukraine, Owens promoted a quote by Russian President Vladimir Putin{{Cite news |last1=Carless |first1=Will |last2=Guynn |first2=Jessica |date=March 28, 2022 |title=Republicans are backing Ukraine in the war. So why is there support for Russia on America's far right? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/26/ukraine-russia-war-qanon-trump-far-right/7142413001/ |access-date=April 18, 2022 |newspaper=USA Today |language=en-US |archive-date=November 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125150546/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/26/ukraine-russia-war-qanon-trump-far-right/7142413001/?gnt-cfr=1 |url-status=live}} which included the false assertion that the USSR created the modern country of Ukraine.{{cite web |last=Fung |first=Katherine |date=March 16, 2022 |title=Candace Owens Backs Putin's Claim Russia Created Ukraine |url=https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-backs-putins-claim-russia-created-ukraine-1688700 |access-date=April 1, 2024 |website=Newsweek |language=en-US |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324232740/https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-backs-putins-claim-russia-created-ukraine-1688700 |url-status=live}} Her views have received support and amplification from the Embassy of Russia, Washington, D.C., particularly following her tweet stating "Russian lives matter".{{cite news |first=Jon |last=Skolnik |title=Candace Owens boosted by Russian Embassy after tweeting "Russian lives matter" |work=Salon |date=March 14, 2022 |url=https://www.salon.com/2022/03/14/candace-owens-boosted-by-russian-embassy-after-tweeting-russian-lives-matter/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323092922/https://www.salon.com/2022/03/14/candace-owens-boosted-by-russian-embassy-after-tweeting-russian-lives-matter/ |archive-date=March 23, 2022}}{{Cite web |first=Shannon |last=Dawson |date=March 16, 2022 |title=Candace Owens Mocks 'Black Lives Matter' Efforts And Tweets 'Russian Lives Matter' As Country Rages War Against Ukraine |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/candace-owens-mocks-black-lives-144539160.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328030729/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/candace-owens-mocks-black-lives-144539160.html |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=Yahoo! Life}} In March 2022, 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, prompting Applebaum to label Owens as ignorant of history.{{Cite web |last=Spocchia |first=Gino |date=March 19, 2022 |title=Candace Owens mocked by historian for 'pure ignorance' on Ukraine |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/candace-owens-ukraine-anne-applebaum-b2039581.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413212627/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/candace-owens-ukraine-anne-applebaum-b2039581.html |archive-date=April 13, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

In December 2022, Owens faced backlash and fact-checking on social media after making unfounded claims about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's wife Olena Zelenska, with Twitter users debunking her allegations and highlighting the lack of evidence.{{cite web |last=Arora |first=Piyush |date=December 22, 2022 |title=Candace Owens makes 'murky' claim about Volodymyr Zelenskyy's wife Olena in Paris shopping spree |url=https://meaww.com/candace-owens-unfounded-claims-volodymyr-zelenskys-wife-paris-shopping-spree |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225034549/https://meaww.com/candace-owens-unfounded-claims-volodymyr-zelenskys-wife-paris-shopping-spree |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |access-date=December 25, 2022 |work=MEAWW}}{{cite news |title=The truth behind Olena Zelenska's $1.1m Cartier haul |newspaper=The Economist |date=January 1, 2024 |url=https://www.economist.com/interactive/science-and-technology/2024/05/01/the-truth-behind-olena-zelenskas-cartier-haul |access-date=August 16, 2024}}{{cite web |last=Burton |first=Jamie |title=Candace Owens pushes unfounded claim about Zelensky's wife: "Despicable" |website=Newsweek |date=December 22, 2022 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owen-pushes-unfounded-claim-about-ukraine-president-zelensky-wife-stealing-1768928 |access-date=August 16, 2024}} In an 2023 interview, 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.{{cite podcast |host=Patrick Bet-David |date=September 14, 2023 |title="F**k Ukraine" - Candace Owens Explains Why America Should Not Support Ukraine |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI61HrNXQaQ |work=PBD Podcast |publisher=Valuetainment |access-date=January 9, 2025}} In 2024, Owens inaccurately claimed that Zelensky is gay and said she didn't 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. Spiritually, I just know that's wrong. You simply do not support a homosexual actor that is locking up churches and bishops."{{Cite web |last=Perry |first=Sophie |date=December 6, 2024 |title=Candace Owens calls Zelensky a 'homosexual actor' and says she doesn't want Ukraine to win the war |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/12/06/candace-owens-volodymyr-zelensky-gay-actor-ukraine-russia/ |access-date=January 9, 2025 |website=Pink News |language=en}}

During an Instagram livestream on June 22, 2021, Owens accused former Republican congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik of money laundering, tax fraud, illegal drug use, and misusing campaign funds. Owens also said that Klacik is a "madame" who recruits strippers for a strip club owned by her husband.{{Cite news |last=Marcus |first=Josh |date=August 25, 2021 |title=Candace Owens hit with $20m lawsuit for calling fellow pundit a strip club 'madame' |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/candace-owens-kimberly-klacik-lawsuit-b1908126.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830224237/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/candace-owens-kimberly-klacik-lawsuit-b1908126.html |archive-date=August 30, 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Thornton |first=Cedric |date=August 27, 2021 |title=CANDACE OWENS SUED FOR $20 MILLION BY CONSERVATIVE POLITICIAN KIMBERLY KLACIK FOR DEFAMATION |work=Black Enterprise |url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/candace-owens-sued-for-20-million-by-conservative-politician-kimberly-klacik-for-defamation/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829223340/https://www.blackenterprise.com/candace-owens-sued-for-20-million-by-conservative-politician-kimberly-klacik-for-defamation/ |archive-date=August 29, 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Folley |first=Aris |date=August 24, 2021 |title=Former GOP congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik suing Candace Owens for defamation |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/569130-former-gop-congressional-candidate-kimberly-klacik-suing-candace-owens-for/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830224238/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/569130-former-gop-congressional-candidate-kimberly-klacik-suing-candace-owens-for |archive-date=August 30, 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Henderson |first=Alex |date=August 25, 2021 |title=Candace Owens slapped with $20 million defamation lawsuit |work=Salon.com |url=https://www.salon.com/2021/08/25/candace-owens-slapped-with-20-million-defamation-lawsuit_partner/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828141844/https://www.salon.com/2021/08/25/candace-owens-slapped-with-20-million-defamation-lawsuit_partner/ |archive-date=August 28, 2021}} Owens said she found out about this after talking with a woman who claimed to have worked as a stripper at Klacik's strip club.{{Cite news |last=Klasfeld |first=Adam |date=August 23, 2021 |title=Pro-Trump Commentator Candace Owens Sued Over 'Petty Twitter Fued' [sic] in Which She Allegedly Defamed Kim Klacik as a 'Madame' and Money Launderer |work=Law & Crime |url=https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/pro-trump-commentator-candace-owens-sued-over-petty-twitter-fued-in-which-she-allegedly-defamed-kim-klacik-as-a-madame-and-money-launderer/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830224238/https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/pro-trump-commentator-candace-owens-sued-over-petty-twitter-fued-in-which-she-allegedly-defamed-kim-klacik-as-a-madame-and-money-launderer/ |archive-date=August 30, 2021}}

Klacik denied the allegations and repeatedly asked for Owens to take down the video, which she refused to do. In July, Klacik filed a lawsuit against Owens seeking $20 million for defamation and claiming that the allegations have resulted in Klacik losing political support from donors, being removed from public events, a book deal cancellation, and harassment of Klacik and her family. In a statement, Jacob S. Frenkel, Klacik's attorney, said: "The defendant chose to use her huge social media platform to attack a respected Baltimore political figure" and that "We are using the proper forum — the power of the courts — to respond." The suit was dismissed with prejudice in December 2022 and Klacik had to pay Owens $115,000.{{Cite web |last=Baragona |first=Justin |date=December 9, 2022 |title=Failed GOP Candidate Ordered to Pay $115,000 to Candace Owens |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/failed-gop-candidate-kim-klacik-ordered-to-pay-candace-owens-a-dollar115000-judgment |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212000416/https://www.thedailybeast.com/failed-gop-candidate-kim-klacik-ordered-to-pay-candace-owens-a-dollar115000-judgment |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |access-date=December 12, 2022 |work=The Daily Beast}}

In October 2020, Owens sued Lead Stories and USA Today after they fact-checked Facebook posts she had made downplaying the COVID-19 pandemic, alleging their articles had led to her being unable to obtain advertising revenue from her Facebook page and the termination of a deal with Facebook to advertise her book Blackout.{{Cite news |last=Leonard |first=Mike |date=July 21, 2021 |title=Candace Owens Loses Lawsuit Over Facebook Fact-Checking by Media |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/candace-owens-loses-lawsuit-over-facebook-fact-checking-by-media |access-date=September 4, 2024 |work=Bloomberg Law |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015014816/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/candace-owens-loses-lawsuit-over-facebook-fact-checking-by-media |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Chase |first=Randall |date=February 22, 2022 |title=Delaware court upholds dismissal of Candace Owens lawsuit |url=https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-media-lawsuits-delaware-893c9abd2dd94cf65e6975a440525f17# |access-date=September 4, 2024 |website=Associated Press |language=en}} Owens created a website to solicit donations for the lawsuit.{{Cite web |last=Thornton |first=Cedric |date=November 10, 2020 |title=Candace Owens Files Lawsuit Against USA Today And Facebook Third-Party Fact-Checkers |url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/candace-owens-files-lawsuit-against-usa-today-and-facebook-third-party-fact-checkers/ |access-date=September 4, 2024 |website=Black Enterprise |language=en-US}} The lawsuit was dismissed in July 2021, with the judge ruling that her posts contained COVID-19 misinformation. The lawsuit's dismissal was upheld in February 2022.

In April 2022, a class-action lawsuit was filed in Florida against LGBcoin, a cryptocurrency company, Owens, stock car racing driver Brandon Brown, and NASCAR, alleging that the defendants had made false statements about the LGBcoin and that the founders of the company had engaged in a pump and dump scheme.{{cite news |last=Seitz |first=Jacob |date=April 8, 2022 |title='Let's Go Brandon' Coin: NASCAR, Brandon Brown, Candace Owens sued for promoting failed crypto in pump-and-dump scheme |website=The Daily Dot |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/lets-go-brandon-coin-lawsuit-nascar/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713193550/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/lets-go-brandon-coin-lawsuit-nascar/ |archive-date=July 13, 2022}}

In August 2018, Owens had a dispute with Sam Lucas, cousin of Mollie Tibbetts, who had been murdered by Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a 24-year-old Mexican illegal immigrant.{{Cite news |last=Mark |first=Michelle |date=August 24, 2018 |title=Members of a Conservative Student Group Apologize to Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens over 'Misunderstanding' on Mollie Tibbetts Event |work=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/turning-point-usa-iowa-charlie-kirk-candace-owens-mollie-tibbetts-event-2018-8?r=UK&IR=T |url-status=live |access-date=August 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828001734/http://uk.businessinsider.com/turning-point-usa-iowa-charlie-kirk-candace-owens-mollie-tibbetts-event-2018-8?r=UK&IR=T |archive-date=August 28, 2018}} Tibbetts's cousin said that Owens had exploited Tibbetts's death for "political propaganda".{{Cite news |last=McLaughlin |first=Kelly |date=August 22, 2018 |title=Mollie Tibbetts' Twitter Shows She Was a Strong Feminist and Clinton Supporter. Some Republicans Are Using Her Death to Push for Trump's Border Wall. |work=Insider |url=https://www.thisisinsider.com/mollie-tibbetts-death-republicans-pushing-immigration-2018-8 |url-status=live |access-date=August 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827211520/https://www.thisisinsider.com/mollie-tibbetts-death-republicans-pushing-immigration-2018-8 |archive-date=August 27, 2018}}{{cite news |last=Telford |first=Taylor |date=August 23, 2018 |title=Mollie Tibbetts Relative Tells 'Despicable' Partisans Not to Politicize Her Distant Cousin's Death |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/22/stop-being-snake-distant-cousin-mollie-tibbetts-tells-partisans-not-politicize-her-death/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827053234/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/22/stop-being-snake-distant-cousin-mollie-tibbetts-tells-partisans-not-politicize-her-death/ |archive-date=August 27, 2018}} Owens responded by describing Lucas's criticism as a "strange" attack on Trump supporters. Later that month, the University of Iowa's chapter of Turning Point USA criticized Owens for "public harassment" towards a member of Tibbetts's family, and the executive board members of the chapter all resigned in protest.{{Cite news |last=Bixby |first=Scott |date=August 24, 2018 |title=TPUSA Members Quit in Protest of 'Exploiting' Mollie Tibbetts' Death |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/tpusas-university-of-iowa-board-quits-in-protest-of-exploiting-mollie-tibbetts-death |url-status=live |access-date=August 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824161607/https://www.thedailybeast.com/tpusas-university-of-iowa-board-quits-in-protest-of-exploiting-mollie-tibbetts-death/ |archive-date=August 24, 2018}}

Owens has been criticized for promoting conspiracy theories, including claims that the Moon landings were faked,{{Cite tweet |user=RealCandaceO |last=Owens |first=Candace |date=January 28, 2022 |title=Now for some light-hearted fun. What's the one "conspiracy theory" that no matter what anyone says you believe is true. Mine is that the moon landing in 1969 was completely faked. Just nothing about it makes sense. Especially NASA "accidentally erasing" the original footage. |number=1487107786609676289}} mostly through her social media profiles and television and media appearances.{{Cite news |last=Whittington |first=Mark |date=February 8, 2022 |title=Sorry, Candace Owens, but men really did walk on the moon |language=en |work=Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/sorry-candace-owens-but-men-really-did-walk-on-the-moon |url-status=live |access-date=April 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213102236/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/sorry-candace-owens-but-men-really-did-walk-on-the-moon |archive-date=February 13, 2023}} Addressing a 2022 tweet about the Moon landing being "faked", Owens stated on comedian Bill Maher's Club Random podcast that she does not know or care enough about the Moon landing to call it a hoax, stating that she has "never cared about the topic."{{Cite AV media |last=Maher |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Maher |date=October 22, 2023 |title=Candace Owens {{!}} Club Random with Bill Maher |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-YePCJoQqc |work=Club Random Podcast |via=YouTube |access-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806060442/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-YePCJoQqc |url-status=live}} Owens has appeared on fringe conspiracy websites, such as InfoWars. In 2018, she was a guest host on Fox News, and began to distance herself from the far-right conspiracy websites, although she refused to criticize InfoWars or its hosts.

During the October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts targeting prominent Democrats, Owens took to Twitter to promote the conspiracy theory that the mailings were sent by leftists.{{cite web |last=Relman |first=Eliza |date=October 24, 2018 |title=Prominent conservative activists and talking heads are promoting a conspiracy theory that Democrats sent explosive devices to Clinton, Obama, and Soros |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/clinton-obama-cnn-bombs-democrats-conservatives-rush-limbaugh-2018-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027101512/https://www.businessinsider.com/clinton-obama-cnn-bombs-democrats-conservatives-rush-limbaugh-2018-10 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |access-date=October 30, 2018 |website=Business Insider}} After authorities arrested a 56-year-old suspect who was a registered Republican and Trump supporter, Owens deleted her tweet without explanation.{{cite web |last=Gilmour |first=David |date=October 26, 2018 |title=Candace Owens under fire for deleting bomb threat conspiracy tweet |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/candace-owens-deletes-bomber-false-flag-tweet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529160650/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/candace-owens-deletes-bomber-false-flag-tweet/ |archive-date=May 29, 2024 |access-date=October 30, 2018 |website=The Daily Dot}}

In March 2024, Owens endorsed the conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, was secretly transgender. Owens stated: "After looking into this, I would stake my entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man. Any journalist or publication that is trying to dismiss this plausibility is immediately identifiable as establishment. (...) The implications here are terrifying."{{cite web |last=Rascouët-Paz |first=Anna |date=March 18, 2024 |title=No, France's First Lady Brigitte Macron Isn't a Trans Woman |url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/03/18/brigitte-macron-transgender-rumors/ |access-date=March 23, 2024 |website=Snopes |archive-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323193843/https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/03/18/brigitte-macron-transgender-rumors/ |url-status=live}} In 2025, Owens released a multi-part video miniseries titled Becoming Brigitte, which promoted the conspiracy theory.{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Ian |date=February 4, 2025 |title=Why are false rumours about Brigitte Macron being transgender resurfacing? |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/04/why-are-false-rumours-about-brigitte-macron-being-transgender-resurfacing |access-date=February 5, 2024 |website=Euronews}} She also promoted the book by Xavier Poussard, a far-right author with close ties to antisemitic circles{{cite news |last1=La Rédaction|first1=|title=Xavier Poussard : l'American Idol |trans-title=Xavier Poussard : the American Idol |url=https://www.conspiracywatch.info/xavier-poussard-lamerican-idol.html |access-date=April 21, 2025 |work=Conspiracy Watch |date=February 18, 2025 |language=French}}, Devenir Brigitte (Becoming Brigitte in its English publication), which became a bestseller on Amazon.{{cite news |last1=Swain |first1=Marianka |title=The absurd Brigitte Macron conspiracy theory sweeping America |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/19/brigitte-macron-candace-owens-tucker-carlson-transgender/ |access-date=March 20, 2025 |work=The Telegraph |date=March 19, 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Serrière |first1=Adrien |title='Devenir Brigitte' : le livre complotiste à succès qui cache une opération de déstabilisation |trans-title='Becoming Brigitte': the successful conspiracy book that hides a destabilization operation |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/l-info-de-france-inter/l-info-de-france-inter-1140309 |access-date=March 9, 2025 |work=Radio France |date=March 6, 2025 |language=French}}

Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the terrorist who committed the Christchurch mosque shootings, produced a manifesto prior to committing the shootings in which he wrote that Owens had "influenced [him] above all".{{Cite journal |last=Harwood |first=Elizabeth T. |date=August 2019 |title=Terrorism and the Digital Right-Wing |journal=Contexts |language=en |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=60–62 |doi=10.1177/1536504219864961 |issn=1536-5042 |s2cid=201135876 |doi-access=free}}{{cite news |date=March 15, 2019 |title=Who is Candace Owens, the woman who 'inspired' the Christchurch terrorist? |work=TRT World |url=https://www.trtworld.com/americas/who-is-candace-owens-the-woman-who-inspired-the-christchurch-terrorist-24961 |url-status=live |access-date=March 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315183839/https://www.trtworld.com/americas/who-is-candace-owens-the-woman-who-inspired-the-christchurch-terrorist-24961 |archive-date=March 15, 2019}} According to journalist Robert Evans, it was "possible, even likely", that Tarrant was a fan of Owens, considering her rhetoric against Muslim immigrants but that, in context, his references to her may have been an example of "shitposting" intended to provoke political conflict.{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Robert |date=March 15, 2019 |title=A New Zealand mosque-shooting suspect left a trail of online clues buried under 's---posting' |work=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/new-zealand-mosque-shooting-suspect-online-clues-radicalization-2019-3 |access-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415035545/https://www.businessinsider.com/new-zealand-mosque-shooting-suspect-online-clues-radicalization-2019-3 |archive-date=April 15, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Lorenz |first1=Taylor |date=March 15, 2019 |title=The Shooter's Manifesto Was Designed to Troll |work=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/the-shooters-manifesto-was-designed-to-troll/585058/ |access-date=April 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402084036/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/the-shooters-manifesto-was-designed-to-troll/585058/ |archive-date=April 2, 2019}} For instance, the line "Though I will have to disavow some of [Owens's] beliefs, the extreme actions she calls for are too much, even for my tastes" was assessed by The Root as trolling.{{Cite web |last=Branigan |first=Anne |date=March 15, 2019 |title=Candace Owens Was Named in the New Zealand Shooter's Alleged Manifesto. But Christchurch Is Bigger Than Her |url=https://www.theroot.com/candace-owens-was-named-in-the-new-zealand-shooters-all-1833320015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804120441/https://www.theroot.com/candace-owens-was-named-in-the-new-zealand-shooters-all-1833320015 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |website=The Root |language=en-us}}

Hours after the shootings, Owens posted a tweet in reaction to allegations that she inspired the mass murder, saying that she never created any content espousing her views on the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution or Islam.{{cite tweet |number=1106391443457888257 |user=RealCandaceO |title=LOL |first=Candace |last=Owens |date=March 14, 2019 |access-date=April 12, 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315035929/https://twitter.com/realcandaceo/status/1106391443457888257 |archive-date=March 15, 2019 |url-status=live}} Her tweet was criticized as "glib" when it was reported that she actually had posted tweets about the Second Amendment and Islam.{{cite web |last=Milbank |first=Dana |date=April 10, 2019 |title=Milbank: Candace Owens' presence turned a serious inquiry into a farce |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-milbank-column-st-0411-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411040424/https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-milbank-column-st-0411-story.html |archive-date=April 11, 2019 |access-date=April 11, 2019 |website=Post-Tribune}}{{cite news |date=April 9, 2019 |title=YouTube comments disabled during US hate crime hearing |work=Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/youtube-comments-disabled-hate-crime-testimony-190409211335702.html |access-date=April 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422055249/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/youtube-comments-disabled-hate-crime-testimony-190409211335702.html |archive-date=April 22, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Shay |first1=Jim |date=March 15, 2019 |title=Mosque shooter reportedly 'influenced' by Stamford's own Candace Owens |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Candace-Owens-reportedly-influenced-alleged-13690808.php |url-status=live |access-date=May 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315184419/http://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Candace-Owens-reportedly-influenced-alleged-13690808.php |archive-date=March 15, 2019}} She later made formal statements rejecting any connection to the terrorist.

Solomon Henderson, a student who was identified by law enforcement as being responsible for a school shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, cited Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes as inspirations. In a manifesto published online, Henderson wrote "Candace Owens has influenced me above all each time she spoke I was stunned by her insights and her own views helped push me further and further into the belief of violence over the Jewish question."{{Cite news |last=Daryani |first=Connor |date=January 22, 2025 |title=Two Students Shot at Antioch High School By Another Student |work=Nashville Banner |url=https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/01/22/antioch-high-school-shooting/ |access-date=January 22, 2025}}

In late August 2024, Owens announced that plans for a speaking tour of five Australian cities and the New Zealand city of Auckland in November 2024.{{cite web |last1=Ireland-Piper |first1=Danielle |title=US conservative Candace Owens is set to tour Australia. Can the government stop her? |url=https://theconversation.com/us-conservative-candace-owens-is-set-to-tour-australia-can-the-government-stop-her-237768 |website=The Conversation |access-date=September 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831013538/https://theconversation.com/us-conservative-candace-owens-is-set-to-tour-australia-can-the-government-stop-her-237768 |archive-date=August 31, 2024 |date=August 30, 2024 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Daalder |first1=Marc |title=Holocaust denier's visit to NZ prompts concern and condemnation |url=https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/27/holocaust-deniers-visit-to-nz-prompts-concern-condemnation/ |website=Newsroom |access-date=September 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830123338/https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/27/holocaust-deniers-visit-to-nz-prompts-concern-condemnation/ |archive-date=August 30, 2024 |date=August 27, 2024 |url-status=live}} In response, local Jewish groups including the Zionist Federation of Australia, the Anti-Defamation Commission, Dayenu and the Holocaust Centre called for the Australian and New Zealand governments to deny Owens entry due to her anti-Semitic views and remarks. Annetta Able, who survived Mengele's experiments, also called for Owens to be blocked from entering the country saying that Owens's denial of Nazi medical experiments "is not just deeply offensive, it is a dangerous distortion of historical truth that I witnessed with my own eyes. I still bear the physical and emotional scars of Mengele's cruelty. The pain, fear, and trauma I experienced were very real and to hear someone deny these atrocities is a fresh wound to my heart and an insult to the memory of those who perished."

Similar calls were echoed by Australian Coalition immigration spokesperson Dan Tehan, who called upon Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to block Owens's visa application on character groups.{{cite news |last1=Clench |first1=Samuel |title=Right-wing commentator Candace Owens insists Australian tour will go ahead amid calls to deny her a visa |url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/rightwing-commentator-candace-owens-insists-australian-tour-will-go-ahead-amid-calls-to-deny-her-a-visa/news-story/242b3a88195adf8456d0c9acb631b6b7 |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=News.com.au |date=August 27, 2024}}{{cite news |title=Oldest survivor of Mengele's Auschwitz experiments calls to ban Candace Owens from Australia |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-817128 |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=August 31, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831052105/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-817128 |archive-date=August 31, 2024}} New Zealand Acting Race Relations Commissioner Saunoamaali'i Dr Karanina Sumeo criticised Owens's Holocaust denial and said that "freedom of expression must be balanced against people's right to be free from discrimination, the right to safety and security, and the right to religious freedom and belief." By contrast, Juliet Moses of the New Zealand Jewish Council disagreed with calls to ban Owens's entry, citing free speech. Immigration New Zealand said that Owens's visa application would be subject to a character test. During an interview with Sydney radio station 2GB, Owens confirmed that she would not be canceling her travel plans to Australia, saying that her husband had cousins there.

On October 27, Australia's Immigration Minister Tony Burke said Owens's visa had been canceled based on her "capacity to incite discord",{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Jessica |date=October 31, 2024 |title=Far right US commentator lashes Australia after visa rejection |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/far-right-us-commentator-lashes-australia-after-visa-rejection/news-story/a54f5ac92a72face3a3f7512c41b50f0 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=The Australian}} stating "Australia's national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else."{{cite news |last1=Ireland |first1=Olivia |title=Extremist influencer Candace Owens' Australian visa cancelled by immigration minister |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/extremist-influencer-candace-owens-australian-visa-cancelled-by-immigration-minister-20241026-p5klj9.html |access-date=October 27, 2024 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=October 26, 2024 |language=en}} A month later, Owens was also barred from entering New Zealand after her entertainer's work permit was refused, with the cited reason being that visas could not be granted to those excluded from another country.{{cite web |last=Graham-McLay |first=Charlotte |date=November 28, 2024 |title=Conservative US influencer Candace Owens is barred from New Zealand weeks after a ban from Australia |url=https://apnews.com/article/candace-owens-zealand-australia-visa-eedd9b2f77a289b44a517719008f9730 |access-date=November 28, 2024 |website=AP News}} However, on December 12, following a request by Owens for Ministerial Intervention, New Zealand's Associate Immigration Minister Chris Penk reversed Immigration New Zealand's decision to deny her a work visa.{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=David |date=December 12, 2024 |title=Candace Owens: Chris Penk reverses Immigration NZ's visa denial for controversial US commentator |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/candace-owens-chris-penk-reverses-immigration-nzs-visa-denial-for-controversial-us-commentator/5P7SCPU7ZZFHHB6GFEZYGZH4PM/ |access-date=December 12, 2024 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald}} On March 11, The Spinoff current affairs website reported that the advocacy group New Zealand Free Speech Union had lobbied Penks into reversing Immigration New Zealand's decision to bar Owens entry into New Zealand.{{cite web |last1=Waiwiri-Smith |first1=Lyric |title=Candace Owens was denied a visa to New Zealand – and then a minister stepped in |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-03-2025/candace-owens-was-denied-a-visa-to-new-zealand-and-then-a-minister-stepped-in |website=The Spinoff |access-date=March 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312090023/https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-03-2025/candace-owens-was-denied-a-visa-to-new-zealand-and-then-a-minister-stepped-in |archive-date=March 12, 2025 |date=March 11, 2025 |url-status=live}}

Owens met her British husband, George Farmer, the son of Lord Farmer, in 2018 at the launch event for Turning Point UK, a conservative student organization. The two became engaged in 2019 and were married in August that year at the Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia.{{cite web |date=June 6, 2019 |title=Candace Owens's Charlottesville wedding | Spectator USA |url=https://spectator.us/candace-owens-charlottesville-wedding/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902175619/https://spectator.us/candace-owens-charlottesville-wedding/ |archive-date=September 2, 2019 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |work=Spectator}}{{cite news |last=Burton |first=Mark |date=March 8, 2019 |title=The Next Metals Trader Hoping to Shake Up British Politics |website=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-08/the-next-metals-trader-hoping-to-shake-up-british-politics |url-status=live |access-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311151413/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-08/the-next-metals-trader-hoping-to-shake-up-british-politics |archive-date=March 11, 2019}}{{Cite news |last=Main |first=Ed |date=February 9, 2019 |title=The battle over Britain's newest student movement |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-47159137 |url-status=live |access-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427031618/https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-47159137 |archive-date=April 27, 2019}} Numerous guests were present at the ceremony, including Larry Elder and Charlie Kirk.{{cite web |date=September 2, 2019 |title=Kanye West's Conservative Activist Pal Candace Owens Gets Married |url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2019/09/kanye-wests-conservative-activist-pal-candace-owens-gets-married/ |access-date=July 28, 2023 |website=Radar Online |archive-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728025209/https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2019/09/kanye-wests-conservative-activist-pal-candace-owens-gets-married/ |url-status=live}}

Since her marriage, Owens is now also (officially) known as The Hon. Mrs. George Farmer.{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Brittni |date=November 14, 2022 |title=Candace Owens' Husband, George Farmer: What We Know |language=en-US |website=Yahoo! News |url=https://news.yahoo.com/candace-owens-husband-george-farmer-155606654.html |access-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709213903/https://news.yahoo.com/candace-owens-husband-george-farmer-155606654.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite book |title=Debrett's correct form |date=1992 |publisher=Headline |isbn=978-0-7472-3926-0 |editor-last=Montague-Smith |editor-first=Patrick |edition= |location=London |pages=52–53}}

Owens gave birth to a boy in January 2021,{{cite tweet |number=1353059755263021057 |user=RealCandaceO |title=It's true what they say— the whole world stops when your child is born. |first=Candace |last=Owens |date=January 23, 2021 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |language=en}} a daughter in July 2022{{cite web |date=July 20, 2022 |title=Happy one week birthday to our sweet girl |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CgP2Wh6Jhoa/?hl=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911002338/https://www.instagram.com/p/CgP2Wh6Jhoa/?hl=en |archive-date=September 11, 2022 |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=Instagram}} and another boy in late 2023.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LmZ2BnPpsM |title=I'm Baaack! Meet My New Son |date=January 3, 2024 |language=en |access-date=April 23, 2024 |via=www.youtube.com |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423033452/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LmZ2BnPpsM |url-status=live}} In early 2025, she announced her fourth pregnancy.{{cite web |title=Yes, Internet. I Am Pregnant...AGAIN. Candace Ep 126 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K775UuOfAI4 |publisher=YouTube |date=January 6, 2025 |author=Owens, Candace}}

In April 2024, Owens announced that she had converted to the Catholic Church and had been baptized in the Brompton Oratory.{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsworld.com/2024/04/breakingnews-candace-owens-announces.html |title=#BreakingNews Candace Owens Announces that She's become a Catholic! |date=April 22, 2024 |access-date=April 22, 2024 |work=Catholic News World |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423012513/https://www.catholicnewsworld.com/2024/04/breakingnews-candace-owens-announces.html |url-status=live}}

• {{cite book |last=Owens |first=Candace |title=Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation |publisher=Threshold Editions |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-9821-3327-6 |location=New York |ref=none}}{{Cite book |title=Blackout |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Blackout/Candace-Owens/9781982133276 |access-date=October 28, 2020 |date=September 15, 2020 |isbn=978-1-9821-3327-6 |archive-date=March 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330014301/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Blackout/Candace-Owens/9781982133276 |url-status=live |last1=Owens |first1=Candace |publisher=Simon and Schuster}}

• The Greatest Lie Ever Sold (documentary, 2022){{cite news |last=Steele |first=Eli |date=October 24, 2022 |title=The Truth Isn't as Simple as 'The Greatest Lie Ever Sold' Pretends |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/truth-isnt-simple-greatest-lie-ever-sold-pretends-opinion-1754135 |url-status=live |access-date=October 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029225312/https://www.newsweek.com/truth-isnt-simple-greatest-lie-ever-sold-pretends-opinion-1754135 |archive-date=October 29, 2022}}
• A Shot in the Dark (documentary, 2023)
• Convicting a Murderer (documentary, 2023){{Cite news |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=April 21, 2023 |title='Convicting A Murderer' Series Acquired By DailyWire+ With Candace Owens Set To Front Response To Netflix True-Crime Hit |url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/convicting-murderer-series-daily-wire-candace-owens-making-netflix-1235333358/ |access-date=October 9, 2023 |work=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004234832/https://deadline.com/2023/04/convicting-murderer-series-daily-wire-candace-owens-making-netflix-1235333358/ |url-status=live}}
• Lady Ballers (2023)

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