Political commentator and conspiracy theorist Candace Owens revealed on her show, Wednesday that Turning Point USA had finally hit her with a cease-and-desist letter. The legal action follows her claims that Erika Kirk and TPUSA were behind Charlie’s assassination. Owens blasted Erika, describing her as the “new queen” of TPUSA and dismissing the cease-and-desist as “gay.”
"But this? This Turning Point USA? A cease and desist, is that what we are doing? Is this the chapter that we are on? We're turning the chapter here to lawfare? This is what's left? You want us to believe this is Charlie's legacy?" Owens said in a mocking tone on her show. "In the future, Turning Point USA is going to be thought of as the girl that peaked in high school. You know? Free market capitalism, open debate, prove me wrong! Now it's suddenly shut up, and serve the new queen. That's what they want, right? So just to recap, our cultural, cardinal rule number one, is that it's gay to send a legal letter."
"It's very gay," she added. "You shouldn't do it. Especially if you can just pick up the phone and call someone. The vibe that sending out a legal letter gives the internet, in this day and age, it's changed, the vibes are changing, is 'My daddy is so rich he can buy the world.'"
LONG OVERDUE!!!!
— NΛTLY DΞNISΞ (@NatlyDenise_) January 21, 2026
Candace Owens, freshly served a cease-and-desist, responds by calling legal process “gay” and mocking it as rich-kid vibes. She insinuates that Erika could have just picked up a phone
UM MA’AM?! Erika, whilst grieving, flew. to. you. Told you to stop.
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Let's go through Owens' claims one at a time.
It’s quite rich for Candace Owens to claim that TPUSA issuing a cease-and-desist is some sort of stain on Charlie Kirk’s legacy. A more obvious stain is Owens’ repeated claim that Charlie was somehow controlled by “agents” and killed for speaking his mind. Using a once-good friend, as Owens does, for online clout and to make money is a stain on Charlie’s legacy. And blaming your supposed friend’s wife, as though she were power-hungry, is a stain on Charlie’s legacy.
As for calling a legal letter “gay,” it seems Owens has run out of moves. She pointed to a courtesy phone call while glossing over the fact that she spent four hours on the phone with Erika Kirk, allegedly walking through every conspiracy theory she had raised. That call was meant to calm tensions and curb Owens’ outrageous accusations, but she chose instead to double down.
You do not get to complain, Candace.
On her show, Owens read key sections of the cease-and-desist letter aloud, including a part claiming her statements are “continuing to cause harm” to the organization, and that TPUSA is “currently working to calculate the full extent” of the damages.
The letter also ordered Owens to “cease stating or implying” that TPUSA or any of its employees “played any part in Mr. Kirk’s assassination,” or that they “knew about the assassination beforehand, participated in the assassination day of, or covered up the truth after the fact.”
It remains to be seen whether this is the end of Owens and her theories about Charlie's assassination
