Conservative commentator Candace Owens has released private text messages she claims were sent by the late Charlie Kirk just two days before his assassination, reigniting the deepening fracture within the American right over Israel. In a post on X, Owens alleged that Kirk was unhappy with the pro-Israel cause in the days leading up to his death. Alongside the texts, she wrote that Kirk 'did not support Ben Shapiro's treatment of people over Israel,' that he 'also did not support Talmudic Judaism in general,' and that he 'was being morally blackmailed for over a year and he had had enough.'
The post also directed criticism at Turning Point USA, the organisation Kirk founded. 'I am done with the silence of Turning Point on this issue,' Owens wrote, making clear she views the organisation's failure to address Kirk's alleged private views as a betrayal of his legacy.
