Candace Owens and the gullibility of distrust

Published September 2, 2026 6:00am ET



Candace Owens doesn’t trust the official story of Charlie Kirk’s murder. Fair enough. But does she distrust her own theories nearly as much?

Owens is still challenging the case against Tyler Robinson, who is charged with murdering Kirk. In a recent three-hour debate, she defended her suspicions about foreign involvement and continued raising questions about the evidence. She has questioned whether Robinson was responsible, raised the possibility that Israel and France were involved, and accused a prominent hedge fund manager of threatening Kirk weeks before his death, an allegation he has denied.

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