\nEver since Charlie\u2019s murder, Candace Owens has leveled a flood of allegations against people at Turning Point USA, people at Turning Point Action, and people who work for this show. She has made them against some of Charlie\u2019s closest friends and against some of his most dedicated employees. She has suggested that Michael McCoy, Charlie\u2019s chief of staff, knew Charlie would be murdered, was happy that he died, and stayed silent because he was told he would be the next Charlie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She has suggested Michael is not his real name. It is\u2014I have seen his birth certificate myself. She has called it suspicious that Mikey\u2019s wife, who works at Turning Point, helped plan the campus tour event where Charlie was murdered, which she didn\u2019t, by the way. She doesn\u2019t work on campus events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Candace has suggested the Utah Valley University event was unusual and its details suggested a quote \u201cinside job.\u201d She has claimed that foreign aircraft have followed Erica Kirk around the country and that Turning Point has lied about this happening. She has accused us of lying about Charlie wanting Erica to take over for him if he died. She has suggested Charlie\u2019s security team intentionally denied him first aid after the shooting to ensure that he died. She has raised suspicions about the head of our technical team because he took an SD card out of a camera. She has spread absurd claims that Tyler Boyer, who we just had on the show, sexually abuses male interns. She has suggested that TPUSA Faith-affiliated pastors, like theologian Frank Turek, who we\u2019ll have on in a moment, and Pastor Rob McCoy, are part of a military quote \u201cinfiltration\u201d of Turning Point, either because they are veterans or because they have family members who are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if not everyone has been named specifically, though, Candace has effectively tarred everyone here with complicity in Charlie\u2019s death by repeatedly saying he was, quote, \u201cbetrayed by,\u201d quote, \u201ceveryone.\u201d She has said Charlie\u2019s murder, quote, \u201chad to be approved by Charlie\u2019s friends,\u201d and then suggested those friends might have her murdered too for quote \u201cknowing the truth.\u201d She has made claims of financial impropriety and fraud at Turning Point, adding up into the millions of dollars, which again is not true. Charlie made sure the organization was audited by a third party every year. He personally reviewed and signed off on every expense report and literally every single bill paid by the organization down to a single United States dollar. We have never missed a 990 deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Candace has made other, stranger allegations involving French paratroopers in maroon shirts, Egyptian Air Force planes flying out of Provo, Utah, and potential underground assassins traveling through unseen tunnels. At one point in early November, she started wildly throwing suspicion on members of Utah Valley\u2019s soccer team for wearing hoodies. I could go on. There is always something new coming up, and none of it ever pans out. Because from the start, there has been nothing there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attacks and allegations from Candace are either lies or they are innuendos thrown around with a total, reckless disregard for the truth, so that Candace can manipulate and string along an audience of people who don\u2019t realize they are being played. Instead of being able to grieve properly after one of the most heinous murders in American history, a murder many of us had to witness, my friends have had to endure harassment from people who have gotten whipped up by what Candace is saying. I would say we have suffered more harassment from these people than we have from Antifa supporters who overtly celebrate Charlie\u2019s murder. And just like a lot of those Antifa members, many of these people take delight in how gross and unpleasant they can be. What our friends have had to endure is not funny and it\u2019s not insignificant. It is evil. I have seen it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For months, we have received hundreds, thousands, I suspect, of emails and calls asking us to respond. People have wanted us to invite Candace on the show. But for a long time, our approach was to say nothing. We did that for several reasons. First, we thought that her prevarications were so absurd that nobody would believe them. We shouldn\u2019t have to answer questions about secret tunnels or Egyptian Air Force planes. That sort of thing is just\u2014it\u2019s beneath contempt to respond to. Lastly, we didn\u2019t respond because Charlie always viewed Candace as a friend, and we were holding out hope that she would return that friendship and stop what she was doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But a week from now it\u2019s going to be three months since Charlie\u2019s murder. Candace has not changed her behavior. She has continued to spread falsehoods about Charlie\u2019s friends, and she continues to concoct new ones about new people. She\u2019s using these falsehoods to enrich herself while dividing the conservative movement at an absolutely critical time for this country. And far too often, we here have heard from ordinary people, people who loved Charlie and who Charlie loved so much in return. These people have expressed the worry that we are staying silent out of cowardice or as some sort of tacit admission that some of the attacks are true. Neither is the case. Our silence has never been, and it will never be, equal to complacency or approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, we decided Charlie would not allow this to go on. Charlie was not a coward. Charlie was a fighter. Charlie would not allow someone to spread lies about the people closest to him with impunity. And he would feel ashamed if other people were stepping up to defend his friends while he never did so himself. Candace has mentioned several times that the ball is in our court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So here\u2019s what is going to happen. In the near future, there will be a livestream here in Phoenix where we address in a clear and comprehensive way the claims and accusations, the false accusations that have been made against Charlie\u2019s family, friends, and the people here at Turning Point. We plan to walk through everything carefully and thoroughly. If Candace is available, we would sincerely welcome her participation in that livestream at our studio here in Phoenix. At this point, we believe the ball is back in her court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our motivation for doing this is not out of any obligation to Candace. It is about honoring Charlie. We feel a deep responsibility to protect his legacy, his work, and the truth. I feel that. I owe Charlie everything in my life. I feel it immensely. And that is why we feel compelled to speak clearly and openly now. We\u2019ll have more on this in the near future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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