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sh.itjust.works

Whoa, I didn't know her platforms grew 80% this last year:

Then her friend Charlie Kirk was killed on September 10, 2025. Since then, Owens has focused most of her content on questioning official accounts of Kirk’s assassination, often vilifying Charlie’s widow, Erika Kirk, and placing blame on Israel — infuriating some conservatives while also attracting a new following online. Between January 2025 and March 2026, Owens grew her platforms by 80 percent, according to a Media Matters report, gaining about 10.9 million followers across YouTube, Instagram, Spotify, Facebook and TikTok and generating roughly 805 million YouTube views.

Oooohhh there's blood in the water and people are looking for answers outside of the main MAGA influence:

The influencer said she considered herself very conservative and voted for Trump, but in recent months she has started to criticize some of the administration’s decisions. When she did that, she said, she was instantly attacked online by the MAGA community.

“They have literally pushed me out,” the influencer said. “And that’s fine. I don’t want to be affiliated with people who are so hateful. I don’t understand how we got duped so bad, but I did. But with Candace Owens fans, there are people from everywhere who support her and are welcoming because it’s a quest for the truth. It has nothing to do with political affiliation.”

One misconception that people often have about conspiracy theories is that there’s a lack of information, Cotlar said, when actually there’s usually a huge abundance of information.

“Candace Owens will pump out all this information and encourage people to read it all and come to their own conclusions,” Cotlar said. “It creates a magnetic pull of people who are genuinely curious about the world but who have basically entered into this curated world, where they are insulated from alternative voices because they were told not to trust those alternative voices.”

I'm curious where this new movement is going to end up with the 2028 elections. MAGA is fracturing and the Dems are going to continue to have a hard time if those former MAGA supporters are looking to Candace Owen instead.

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Her and Tucker are looking to rebuild what's left of the GOP once this all blows over. It's not going to blow over.

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lemmy.wtf

It's also the lack of Alex jones. I have a friend whose family routinely sat down to watch Infowars and now they watch Candace Owens

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velmareply
sh.itjust.works

That makes sense that there was a vacuum created there. And when Kirk died a bit, too.

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lemmy.wtf

Wait Charlie kirk died!? How!?

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lemmy.today

I'm worried about the GOP gaining more women voters because of influences like hers, as well as the other women Trump has put on a pedestal. If Republicans can appeal to center-right voters again, the Dems will have to find some way to motivate hard leftists and the center-left to win nationally in 2028.

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velmareply
sh.itjust.works

That’s what I’m worried about as well. The Dems are focused on fighting against streamers like Hasan Piker instead of actually working on a platform that appeals to women and the entirety of the working class.

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Yep, they're too busy vilifying the Democratic Socialists who are actually gaining ground on disillusioned voters.

America really needs more than two parties.

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These women don’t trust politicians. They do trust Candace Owens. | Spyke