Candace Owens lost support from a group that helped launch her career bashing Black people after her comments about the Israel-Gaza War received a rebuke from David Horowitz, the founder of the conservative anti-Islam group David Horowitz Freedom Center.
Horowitz wrote a statement published by Front Page Magazine accusing Owens of comparing Israel to the South during segregation and implying that the Israeli government was committing genocide against Palestinians. He also condemned Black Lives Matter for what he calls ignorant “Apartheid State” slander.
Horowitz stated he discovered Owens on YouTube before she became a national figure after meeting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at a DHFC event. The 84-year-old continued by saying he now is “so disappointed in what she has become.”
The conservative went on to condemn Owens for giving a platform to “anti-Israel voices like Andrew Tate” and accuse her of promoting “Hamas’ genocidal lies.”
“For example, she has falsely compared Israel to the ‘segregated South.’ This is the sort of ignorant ‘Apartheid State’ slander that we expect from Black Lives Matter – and the Jew-killers of the Middle East,” he wrote. “When Candace implied that Israel was engaged in ‘genocide’ for defending itself against the atrocities committed by Hamas, that’s the kind of genocidal lie we expect to hear from Hamas.”
Horowitz added that Owens, who remains a commentator for The Daily Wire, a conservative media magazine founded by Ben Shapiro, was “obsessed with her own fame” and playing “the victim” for financial gain and publicity.
“Candace Owens has become obsessed with her own fame, stirring up drama to compensate for a lack of real achievement,” he continued. “Her comments about Israel and her promotion of people like Andrew Tate are part of a pattern. Candace tackles a subject she knows nothing about, never bothers to learn anything about it, and then rides the backlash by playing the victim to generate more fame and money.”
