"Just 4 days following Charlie’s murder....": Candace Owens calls out Erika Kirk over Charlie Kirk’s will, faith and Israel claims

Candace Owens has responded to Vanity Fair’s new profile of Erika Kirk, arguing that details in the article support several claims she has made about Charlie Kirk’s widow and Turning Point USA. Her comments focus on the couple’s unfinished will, Erika’s views on Israel, her faith and questions surrounding her role at the conservative organisation. Some details Owens highlighted are directly reported by Vanity Fair, while others remain her own interpretation of the profile.Candace Owens points to Erika Kirk’s will and Israel commentsOwens said the article confirmed that Erika and Charlie Kirk had been preparing to update their will shortly before Charlie was killed. Vanity Fair reports that Turning Point board member Doug DeGroote, who manages the couple’s finances, said they planned to visit his office on the Monday after the shooting to sign the paperwork.Owens wrote:“The Vanity Fair profile piece on Erika that I told you guys about months ago has finally dropped. And I am once again vindicated:1. Erika and Charlie DID have an appointment to update their will, just 4 days following Charlie’s murder.2. Erika was more anti-Israel than Charlie was before his death behind the scenes. Now she’s suddenly not so interested in the topic.3. TPUSA continues to gaslight and attack me for telling the truth. (My read on these vindications)4. The writer clearly thinks Erika is not qualified to run the organization. Just like the rest of the rational world. The underlying snark is apparent throughout the piece.”The Vanity Fair report does confirm the will appointment. It also says Erika described her faith as a “hybrid” of Catholicism and evangelical Christianity.On Israel, however, the article presents a more nuanced account. Erika said she believed people could question Israel’s actions in Gaza but said she did not spend much time thinking about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The article also reports that Tucker Carlson considered Erika more critical of Israel than Charlie was.Erika Kirk’s faith becomes another point of disputeOwens separately criticised Erika’s description of her faith. She wrote:“Also I can’t get over Erika describing her faith as evangelical and Catholic hybrid.Foremost, no. That’s actually not how the Catholic faith works. You either accept the authority of the church or you don’t.Also, the honest answer is —it depends on her audience. It depends on which donor is cutting the check.”Vanity Fair’s profile says Erika herself described her religious background in those terms, explaining that she was raised Catholic before embracing evangelical Christianity as a young adult.The profile also documents the circumstances surrounding her succession. Board members and close associates told Vanity Fair that Charlie had indicated before his death that Erika should succeed him if something happened to him.Owens’ response therefore mixes details directly supported by the profile with conclusions she draws from them, leaving readers to distinguish between what Vanity Fair reported and what Owens believes those details mean.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.