Candace Owens Admits She Has Become ‘Obsessed’ With Jews

American political commentator Candace Owens, who often uses her podcast to promote conspiracy theories against Israel and the Jewish people, admitted this week that she has become “obsessed” with Jews.

Owens on Monday wrote a post on the X social media platform that accused an unnamed group of people of plotting to “infiltrate” Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, “control” the US president, and “overthrow” Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and pro-Israel advocate who was assassinated in September.

“Why are you so obsessed with Jews?” a user commented on Owens’ post.

“Because they are so obsessed with me. Feeling is mutual now,” Owens replied, seemingly admitting that she has developed a fixation on Jews since parting ways with The Daily Wire media company last year amid controversy over her comments regarding Jews and Israel.

The user responded to Owens, arguing that”to the contrary, Candice, you were loved and respected by almost all the Jews including myself … [but] you went on your own downward spiral and, instead of stopping to rectify it, you blamed everyone around you and here we are today, with no going back.”

Because they are so obsessed with me. Feeling is mutual now.

— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) November 3, 2025

Owens’ initial tweet did not explicitly mention Jews, Israel, or pro-Israel Americans, but she has repeatedly suggested, without any evidence, that Israel was involved in Kirk’s murder. Tyler Robinson, 22, has been charged for murdering Kirk and potentially faces the death penalty. He was romantically involved with his transgender roommate, and prosecutors have reportedly argued that Kirk’s anti-trans rhetoric was a key factor that allegedly led him to shoot the Turning Point USA founder.

However, Owens began to speculate that the official story of the killing was actually just a cover-up for a plot by the US government and Israel. She claimed that Kirk began to turn against Israel in the months leading up to his killing, and that he felt afraid because he was being pressured by Jewish donors.

“About 48 hours before Charlie Kirk died, Charlie informed people at Turning Point, as well as Jewish donors and a rabbi, that he had no choice but to abandon the pro-Israel cause outright,” Owens claimed on her podcast. “He just, 48 hours later, conveniently caught a bullet to the throat, before our on-stage reunion could happen.”

Owens also has alleged that 12 Israeli phones were on the campus the day Kirk got shot and suggested that it is a reason to believe Israel may have been behind it. Users on social media have pointed out that Kirk’s assassination occurred at a university campus with many students from dozens of countries, including Israel, which would likely explain the phones, if her claims were true.

However, there is no proof that Israel or Jews were involved with Kirk’s assassination in any way. In the aftermath of his killing, there was an outpouring of support and mourning from Israeli officials and the Jewish community.

Moreover, Kirk’s producer and a recently published letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Kirk both contradict Owens’ claims and reveal the murdered activist was a strong supporter of the Jewish state right up to his death.

Since starting her own show, Owens has made subjects such as Israel and Jews top priorities.

In June, she suggested that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was an Israeli plant, that Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel was lying about being in the Holocaust, and that Israel is the “master of the universe” that plants characters into stories so that it can control them.

In January, Owens attacked the Babylon Bee — a conservative Christian satire organization — for making a joke about her fixation on Jews.

“It’s just very obvious they are worshipping Israel,” Owens said. “That they base their jokes on people who don’t worship Israel and ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu.” She also referred to the Babylon Bee as the “Zionist Bee” and the “Babylonian Talmudic Bee.”

Last July, Owens claimed that the Star of David originated from an evil, child-sacrificing, pagan deity and has only become associated with Judaism within the past few hundred years.

In a June episode, Owens argued that “it seems like our country [the US] is being held hostage by Israel.” She lamented, “I’m going to get in so much trouble for that. I don’t care.”

In the same episode, Owens claimed US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was “wading into some dangerous waters” when, during an interview with host Tucker Carlson, he spoke about how effective the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is at lobbying members of Congress and suggested the group should have to register as a foreign agent that is acting on behalf of Israel.

The reason it was dangerous, Owens said, was because “we know there was once a president that wanted to make AIPAC register, and he ended up shot … so Thomas Massie better be careful.”

Owens was referencing the fact that former US President John F. Kennedy wanted the American Zionist Council, a lobby group, to register as a foreign agent.

However, there is no evidence the group had anything to do with Kennedy’s assassination.

AIPAC is a lobbying group comprised of American citizens that seeks to foster bipartisan support for the US-Israel alliance.

Weeks later, Owens promoted a series of talking points downplaying the atrocities of the Holocaust and said experiments by Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele performed on Jews during World War II sounded “like bizarre propaganda.”