Candace Owens Responds to Erika Kirk Pulling Out of Event With VP JD Vance
Political commentator Candace Owens has slammed Erika Kirk for pulling out of a Turning Point USA event alongside Vice President JD Vance at the last minute.
Taking to X on Tuesday, April 14, just hours after Erika, 37, confirmed she was cancelling her appearance at the University of Georgia due to alleged security threats, Owens, 36, claimed the circumstances were falsely reported.
"Stop. This is exhausting. You pulled out because of bad ticket sales. For the same reason TPFaith had to "reschedule" the Pastor's Summit and various other events quietly," Owens directed to Erika, referring to Turning Point USA Faith, a division of the organization that is staging the Fast Forward Pastors' Summit in Texas on April 21. (It is unclear when the original scheduling was set.)
Owens' post replied directly to Erika's earlier X post that announced her event withdrawal. "I was so looking forward to tonight's event at the @universityofga with our Vice President @JDVance, but after all our family has been through, I take my security team's recommendations extremely seriously," Erika had written.
Owens continued, "People don't believe you and don't line up for you because you struggle to tell the truth about even the most basic facts. Where is the video of Charlie appointing you as CEO weeks before his death?" (Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA and Erika's late husband, was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025. He was 31 years old.)
A report by Fox 5 Atlanta on Tuesday stated that Vance, 41, said on stage that he had consulted with the Secret Service in light of "threats" that had been directed towards Erika.
Owens' feud with Erika was ignited when she started sharing conspiracy theories about Charlie's murder via social media. The posts led Erika to ask Owens to "stop" during a December 2025 interview with CBS News.
Despite a "very productive conversation" between the duo in the weeks that followed, Owens continued to speak out against Erika at the beginning of 2026, leaking apparent audio of Erika speaking to Turning Point USA team members two weeks after Charlie's death.
Owens claimed at the time that Erika's tone was audibly "upbeat" and "off putting."
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This story was originally published April 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM.