American journalist Candace Owens (Reuters)
The American “Daily Wire” platform terminated its contract with broadcaster Candace Owens due to her position in support of the Palestinian cause and her rejection of the Israeli war on Gaza, especially after the tense relationship between her and the platform’s pro-Israel broadcaster, Ben Shapiro, and her accusation of “promoting anti-Semitic ideas.”
The co-founder and CEO of Daily Wire, which oversees the platform, Jeremy Boring, announced on Friday evening that the platform's relationship with American broadcaster Candace Owens had ended.
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Daily Wire and Candace Owens have ended their relationship.
— Jeremy Boring (@JeremyDBoreing) March 22, 2024
For her part, Candace confirmed the matter in a short statement on her page on the “X” platform, saying, “The rumors are true, I am finally free. This is my personal page on YouTube, which I will be re-showing on after a short hiatus. Please take some time to subscribe to this new channel. love for all".
The rumors are true—I am finally free.
If you would like to support my work, you can head to https://t.co/fOcTKYQDFk where you will be directed to my locals page.
Or, you can give a gift at https://t.co/SB1L1WZYwW
There will be many announcements in the weeks to come. 🇺🇸✝️
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) March 22, 2024
This is my personal YouTube page that I will be bringing the show back to after a brief hiatus.
Please take a moment to subscribe to this new channel.
Love to all. https://t.co/qzbVj1vgrc
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) March 22, 2024
The decision to dismiss Owens was preceded by posts she wrote on the “X” platform, saying, “As I said... everyone can see what is happening. If you have not watched yet, I encourage everyone to watch this episode of my program with the rabbi. This is the reason that made me angry.” Some organizations. "I'm grateful they turned their guns on me. The world already knows my heart. Their attacks will have the opposite effect. Wake up the world."
As I said… everyone can see what is happening.
If you have not watched yet, I encourage everyone to watch this episode of my show with a Rabbi. It is the reason I have earned the ire of certain organizations. https://t.co/xWU4bikyWn https://t.co/zCus4p2tBq
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) March 21, 2024
I am grateful they have turned their smear merchant guns on me.
The world already knows my heart.
Their attacks will have the opposite desired effect.
Awaken world.
Thank you, @adl https://t.co/BSUlOF3RsE
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) March 22, 2024
During her appearance on the radio show “The Breakfast Club” last Thursday, Owens admitted that her relationship with Shapiro was strained, but she ruled out expelling her from the platform because of that, saying, “Ben Shapiro does not have the ability to fire me.”
Just before leaving The Daily Wire, Candace Owens declared Ben Shapiro “doesn’t have the power to fire me” pic.twitter.com/AAXuWKADy3
— Jason S. Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) March 22, 2024
In recent times, Candace has condemned the ongoing genocide in Gaza via Daily Wire. She also denounced the Zionist lobby’s interference in Hollywood and its pressure on artists and actors who support Palestine and its attempt to exclude them from the film industry.
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She said in another post on the
My crime, is that I do not believe that American taxpayers should have to pay for Israel's wars or the wars of any other country.
I will not change my mind.
So the question is what will you do to me next?
The world is watching. https://t.co/q2MHv7rKHl
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) March 21, 2024
Candace also attacked the intervention of the Zionist AIPAC organization in lobbying and banning the “Tik Tok” platform in America after the application allowed supporters of Palestine to use it to refute the narrative about Israel since the start of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, 2023. In return, the Anti-Defamation Organization “E” accused her of DL” is anti-Jewish and anti-Zionist.
White supremacist & Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes is praising Candace Owens' vitriolic antisemitism. It's hardly surprising, but it does set off alarm bells: When bigoted people come together to push an antisemitic agenda, it adds fuel to the fire of hate. https://t.co/tkJdxUNV9k
— ADL (@ADL) March 21, 2024
The famous Jewish rabbi Shmuley Boteach launched a campaign against Candice, and was one of the first to welcome the decision to end her presence, and wrote on his account on the The Jew and my daughter.”
Proverbs 24:17 – “Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.” I take no joy in the fall of anti-Semite Candace Owens @RealCandaceO. It would've been so much better had she not unleashed a tirade of potentially violent incident… pic.twitter.com/nrd0HwonVD
— Rabbi Shmuley (@RabbiShmuley) March 22, 2024
"But the days when Jews were silent are over, and when those who try to smear and destroy our names and reputations go unpunished, it leads to continued attacks against our communities. The defamation lawsuits filed by my family against Candice will remain in place," he added.
Who is Candace Owens?
Candace Owens had worked as an intern at the famous "Vogue" magazine in New York, before taking a job as an administrative assistant for a private equity company in Manhattan in 2012, and later moving on to become the company's vice president for administrative affairs.
In 2015, Owens was CEO of 180 Degree, a marketing agency providing consulting, production and planning services, which launched a blog on a variety of topics written by Owens and other commentators.
In her blog posts, Owens criticized Republicans and wrote about the antics and crazy actions of the Republican Party, but by late 2017, Owens began posting pro-Trump comments and criticizing the concepts of structural racism, systemic inequality, and identity politics.
Owens said she wasn't interested in politics at all before 2015, but she previously identified as a liberal, and in October 2018, she said she had never voted and only recently became enthusiastic about the Republican Party.
In January 2019, Owens said, “The left hates America, and Trump loves it. The left is destroying everything through this cultural Marxist ideology.”
Described as "the new face of black conservatism," Owens is known for her criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement and sparked controversy when she claimed that African Americans have a victim mentality.
In 2021, Candace Owens joined the Daily Wire platform and began hosting a political talk show.
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