Candace Owens has intensified her criticism of Turning Point USA, likening their resistance to critique to tactics used by liberal organizations such as Black Lives Matter.

Previously an ally of Charlie Kirk, Owens has insinuated to her audience that the organization holds some responsibility for his assassination, notably steering clear of mentioning his widow, Erika Kirk, by name.

After Erika Kirk’s stern warning to Owens on Fox News, Owens responded with a vehement tweet directed at the entire TPUSA organization, now led by Erika.

“It is completely ludicrous to think that you cannot criticize a $150 million organization just because the CEO claims they are like a family and are in mourning. This is the same emotional tactic used by BLM after George Floyd’s death when I exposed their dubious financial practices. I rejected it then, and I reject it now,” Owens expressed.

Erika Kirk, who assumed leadership of the non-profit following her husband’s tragic death, has cautioned Owens against allowing online attacks on her colleagues.

Owens continued: ‘I’m starting to think I have a learning disability because it’s been years and I cannot learn to be like these other hypocrites in politics who can call out David Hogg and BLM for using tragedy to shut down inquiry, but now think it’s EVIL when it comes to TPUSA.’  

Her comments follow a string of conspiracy theories from the conservative influencer, including financial fraud allegations that have been denied by the Treasury Department. 

Candace Owens (pictured left) continued her rage against Turning Point USA, comparing their blockade against criticism to that of liberal groups like Black Lives Matter

Owens, once a friend of Charlie Kirk ‘s, has told her followers that the organization is somehow to blame for his assassination – while carefully avoiding using widow Erika Kirk’s (pictured) name

The Daily Mail has reached out to a spokesperson for Turning Point USA for comment. 

The political commentator was a prominent TPUSA speaker and director of communications until 2020, when she parted ways amid disagreements over her views going ‘too down the rabbit holes.’

Since Kirk’s death, she has escalated accusations of internal ‘betrayal’ at the non-profit, challenging the official narrative around the lone shooter and prompting TPUSA to invite her to a public livestream debate. 

This continued Tuesday afternoon, when Owens said the late conservative commentator was ‘in love’ with another woman before marrying his wife, Erika. 

The firebrand podcaster made the claim during the latest episode of her show in a moment that many viewed as a slight toward Erika, a frequent target of her attacks. 

Owens said she ‘missed’ Kirk’s bachelor days and recalled how she served as his ‘wing-woman’, mentioning one date on which he was especially smitten. 

She showed a text exchange with Kirk sent as he was preparing to take out the mystery woman, saying it was ‘one of my favorite text messages between me and Charlie when he was getting ready to go on a date’.

‘He didn’t date many people and he was just kind of in love with this girl,’ she added. 

Following Erika’s furious warning to Owens on Fox News Tuesday morning, Owens fired off a furious tweet at the entire TPUSA organization, which is now run by Erika

The texts showed Kirk asking Owens if he should change out of a Turning Point USA-branded shirt before his date, to which she responded: ‘Yes, and throw it away if you can.’ 

‘It’s so sweet,’ Owens continued in her podcast monologue. ‘He was so young.’ 

Erika, who did not name Owens specifically, told Fox News on Wednesday: ‘Come after me, call me names, I don’t care. Call me what you want, go down that rabbit hole, whatever.

‘But … when you go after the people that I love and you’re making hundreds of thousands of dollars every single episode going after the people that I love because somehow they’re in on this? No.’

Host Harris Faulkner interjected, ‘I’ve never seen you like this.’

Erika replied: ‘This is righteous anger because this is not okay, it’s not healthy. This is a mind virus.

‘This is a duty to my husband, and it’s an absolute honor. And I will never back down. And so my message to them is to stop – to stop.’

Kirk was assassinated while speaking at a Turning Point event at Utah Valley University on September 10. Tyler Robinson, 22, has been charged with murder after allegedly firing from a rooftop during Kirk’s speech.

Prosecutors say Robinson confessed via texts to his roommate, stating he ‘had enough of [Kirk’s] hatred’ and planned the attack for about a week. 

FBI Director Kash Patel has explicitly dismissed ties to TPUSA or foreign entities, finding no evidence of broader involvement. 

Since Kirk’s death, she has escalated accusations of internal ‘betrayal’ at the non-profit, challenging the official narrative around the lone shooter and prompting TPUSA to invite her to a public livestream debate

However, TPUSA and Erika have faced sickening claims online, including insinuations that they were somehow involved in the killing.

Owens is spearheading some of the most viral and incendiary content about Kirk’s death, including claims that top brass at the organization sabotaged their boss. 

The incorrigible shock jock is raking in up to nine million views on episodes which air about Kirk’s assassination every day.

Owens’s theories have evolved from TPUSA ‘betrayal’ claims to implicating Israel, French paratroopers, Egyptian military and alleged security lapses – often based on anonymous sources or unverified claims. 

Her massive listener base allows her podcast to charge premium advertising rates, generating up to $10 million in annual revenue, according to Fortune magazine. 

Owens’s episodes on the topic have fueled her podcast’s No 1 global ranking across platforms, but they have also deepened divisions in conservative circles, with critics including TPUSA itself accusing her of profiting from tragedy. 

Despite this, only one advertiser has pulled out in the past year, with nearly 60 sponsors now on board according to Bloomberg. 

The controversy has escalated in recent days, with the Trump administration intervening to clear TPUSA of financial misconduct allegations.

Kirk warned Owens against putting out conspiracy theories in a Fox News appearance Wednesday

It came after Owens told her audience: ‘I am making a personal plea to every well-meaning person who donated to this Godforsaken organization to request a refund.’ 

In another video, she claimed that TPUSA missed tax-filing deadlines and alleged that $8.5 million in company funds were improperly used. 

The Treasury Department sent a private letter to Erika Kirk reassuring the CEO that Turning Point is not being probed, according to CBS News.

The government confirmed that all four tax-exempt organizations under the TPUSA umbrella submitted their required forms to the IRS this year ‘on time.’

‘The IRS is able to provide this type of information upon request by the taxpayer,’ a senior Treasury official told CBS.

‘And in this case, it’s hideous that malicious lies and smears obligated her to make the request,’ the official added.

The situation has also drawn in right-wing podcaster Tim Pool, who raged at Owens in a foul-mouthed rant over her conspiracy theories.

Pool, 39, claimed Owens and her supporters are destroying Turning Point USA with ‘lies’ regarding Kirk’s death, calling her ‘a degenerate c***’ who is ‘burning everything down.’

Pool, who recently reported that shots were fired at his home in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, has been increasingly vocal in criticizing Owens.

‘The organization that helped get Donald Trump elected … is being gutted by f***ing psychopaths telling people to pull their donations,’ Pool said during a livestream on Monday.

Owens responded by claiming Pool ‘is genuinely not well right now’ and encouraged her followers to offer him prayers, writing on X: ‘There is just so clearly something personal going on in his life … Pray he comes through it.’

Amid the feud, TPUSA has reported a surge in support and chapter inquiries following the assassination, with Erika vowing to continue Kirk’s mission, including campus tours and his annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix.