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00:00You know, I have to say it, I've never seen you like this.
00:02No, this is righteous anger because this is not okay, it's not healthy.
00:09This is a mind virus, and so my message to them is to stop.
00:14To stop.
00:15Turning Point USA CEO Erica Kirk furiously rebuked conspiracy theorists,
00:20peddling deranged claims about the death of her late husband, Charlie Kirk.
00:24During an interview with Fox News' Harris Faulkner on December 10th,
00:28Erica decried the toll the theories have had on her team.
00:31In the weeks that followed the brutal caught-on-camera gunning down of her husband
00:34that shocked the world, prominent right-wing figures, such as Candace Owens,
00:39have spewed unfounded claims about his death,
00:42and even raised questions about his funeral arrangements.
00:44Owens, who worked as a communications director for Turning Point USA between 2017 and 2019,
00:50has openly cast doubt on the notion that suspect Tyler Robinson acted alone.
00:54She's floated theories that Charlie Kirk's own organization, quote,
00:57betrayed him, and that the U.S. government was involved.
01:00For weeks, Owens has also seemingly implied, though not outright alleged,
01:04that Israeli intelligence may have also had a hand in Charlie's murder.
01:08About 48 hours before Charlie Kirk died, Charlie informed people at Turning Point,
01:12as well as Jewish donors and a rabbi,
01:14that he had no choice but to abandon the pro-Israel cause outright.
01:21Did he also express that he wanted to bring me, Candace Owens, back,
01:25because he was standing up for himself?
01:27And then did he, just 48 hours later, conveniently catch a bullet to the throat
01:31before our on-stage reunion?
01:35Erica described her Turning Point USA team as family,
01:38and underscored that many of them were present when a bullet ripped through her husband
01:41while he was engaging with students at Utah Valley University.
01:45My team, they are rocked to the core.
01:48So why every single day do they have to be dragged through the mud,
01:52analyzed, hyper-analyzed?
01:53Owens has also contributed to the stirring of theories about the location of Charlie's burial,
01:58claiming that he was laid to rest in a Catholic cemetery, despite him not being Catholic.
02:03But can I have one thing?
02:04Can my babies have one thing where we hold it sacred,
02:07where my husband is laid to rest,
02:08where I don't have to be worried about some secular revolutionary
02:13coming and destroying my husband's grave while my daughter is sitting there praying?
02:18Hours after Erica's Fox News appearance,
02:20Owens went on the attack again on her podcast,
02:23ripping Erica for not addressing the rumors publicly
02:25as the new CEO of the company, but as a mourning widow.
02:29Whoa, Erica Kirk shuts down!
02:32No, she didn't even respond to one of the conspiracies.
02:35She gave us a motion.
02:36She gave us a motion.
02:38She said, I'm a mother.
02:40I am a wife.
02:41And we never asked about whether she was a mother or a wife.
02:43We want to know if she is a CEO and a chairman.
02:46The back and forth between the pair comes as Erica's team gears up to address
02:49Owens' head-scratching claims.
02:51Blake Neff, producer of The Charlie Kirk Show,
02:53announced that his team will give their public rebuttal to Owens' claims
02:56on Monday, December 15th.
02:58He extended a public invitation to Owens,
03:00who has indicated she won't be able to make it in person or via a video link.
03:04The right-wing podcaster is no stranger to controversy, however.
03:07She is already facing a defamation lawsuit from French President Emmanuel Macron's wife,
03:12Brigitte, for peddling outlandish claims that she's secretly a man.
03:16What I'm saying is that you were born a man and you will die a man.
03:20That's the point I'm making.
03:21So give us a sample.
03:23I'll send my doctors to take your blood.
03:25Figure it out real quick.
03:27However you want to go about this.
03:28Hey, how about just giving us some pictures again of you growing up,
03:31you know, raising your children?
03:32I would be fine.
03:33Owens has also amplified a grab bag of conspiracy theories,
03:37such as questioning the moon landing
03:38and promoting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation.
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