Charlie Kirk’s Pastor Rebukes Candace Owens for Haunting Kirk Family With Conspiracy Theories
Charlie Kirk’s pastor is speaking out about Candace Owens’s peddling of conspiracies in the wake of Kirk’s assassination.
In a statement relayed to the public by a number of people, including The Babylon Bee’s Joel Berry, Rob McCoy said the following:
Charlie Kirk was my friend and I was his pastor. I want to simply say this regarding Candace Owens: Charlie Kirk was a friend to Candace and never publicly spoke poorly of her though he disagreed with her. He never operated nor entertained gossip or innuendo concerning Candace.
My only comment I offer regarding Candace is this: I only wish at this tragic time of mourning she would be the friend to Charlie that he was to her. He would never have treated Candace or her family in such a way had God forbid this tragedy been hers
“A friend loves at all times…” Proverbs 17:17
Owens has suggested that Kirk, a longtime supporter of Israel, was beginning to have “rational thoughts about Israel” in the months before his death, and submitted that billionaire activist Bill Ackman made threats against Kirk as a result.
“Bill Ackman was very upset and threats were made. That is what I am told, and I will tell you that I am very happy for Bill Ackman to dispute this narrative,” said Owens on her show.
Both Ackman and Andrew Kolvet, the executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, have done just that.
“I have been asked about the Bill Ackman event more than a few times now so I asked our staff who were traveling with Charlie to find out what’s true and what’s not. His team was with him ‘100% of the time when he wasn’t in his hotel room,'” wrote Kolvet on X. “Here’s what they told me: ‘Bill never yelled at Charlie, never pressed him on Bibi [Netanyahu], never gave him a list of Charlie’s offenses against Israel.’ There was concern raised about having Tucker [Carlson] at SAS (we don’t believe this came from Bill) and Charlie’s reply was: ‘Honestly, people telling me not to have Tucker makes me want to have Tucker, and I am going to lock him in for AmFest too.’ Charlie personally told me he had a very cordial relationship with Bill, and the event was productive.”
“FWIW, I spoke to all three team members, not counting security, who were with him, because I wanted to make sure one person hadn’t missed the alleged incident, etc.,” he added.
Owens has also quote-tweeted a post about Carlson criticizing Netanyahu, captioning it “All will be revealed,” warned her followers to “Be very wary and suspicious of the people who are already telling us to stop asking questions about the Charlie Kirk assassination,” and speculated that authorities had intentionally allowed Kirk’s killer to evade capture.
