Turning Point USA has issued a response to Candace Owens after she propagated conspiracy theories tying Charlie Kirk’s assassination to top officials within the organization. Blake Neff, who has long produced for Kirk, addressed the issue on Wednesday, denouncing Owens for implicating everyone at TPUSA in Kirk’s death. In a dramatic move, Neff dared Owens to discuss her allegations live on the Charlie Kirk Show, aiming to scrutinize her claims in real-time. Owens has spent weeks promoting outlandish theories, suggesting involvement from those close to Kirk and concocting bizarre stories involving Egyptian jets and French paratroopers.

“Friends of mine have faced harassment spurred by Candace’s remarks,” Neff stated, adding that the harassment from Owens’s followers has been more intense than any received from Antifa supporters who have openly celebrated Kirk’s demise. Neff recounted Owens’s assertions, including her claim that the incident at Utah Valley University on September 10 was orchestrated from within. He refuted Owens’s suspicions about Kirk’s security team withholding aid, her distrust of technical staff managing camera equipment, and her unfounded accusations against TPUSA personnel, pastors, and even members of a college soccer team.

Highlighting the increasing absurdity of Owens’s accusations, Neff mentioned her references to French paratroopers, Egyptian military aircraft, and mythical underground assassins. He noted that these allegations have incited online harassment against his colleagues, pointing out that the hostility from Owens’s followers has surpassed that from anti-Kirk activists. Neff accused Owens of manipulating her audience, suggesting they are unaware they are being misled. In a surprising twist, Neff invited Owens to the Charlie Kirk show to address her claims directly, leaving the decision in her hands.

The dismantling of Owens’s claims also did not stop with her, as Neff additionally called out her zealous supporters as ‘worse than Antifa’. Answering the question of why it took so long for TPUSA to address the accusation, Neff noted that Kirk did consider Owens a close friend, and that he believed in being beyond conservative infighting while he was alive. When approached for comment by the Daily Mail about TPUSA’s refutations and if she would accept Neff’s invite to appear on the show, a spokesman for Owens said that she would answer our inquiries live during her next podcast episode on Wednesday.

Charlie was shot dead while speaking at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University. Tyler Robinson, 22, a left-wing college dropout, has been charged with killing him. Erika joined President Donald Trump at the White House last month to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously on her husband’s behalf. Charlie had built Turning Point USA into one of the most influential conservative youth organizations in America, known for its campus activism and annual conferences that drew thousands of young conservatives . After his death, Erika publicly delivered a statement vowing to carry on his work as the new CEO of the organization.

Trump memorably eulogized Charlie at his memorial service days later and comforted Erika who mourned the loss of her husband. ‘We know the weight of this monumental loss is almost unbearable,’ he said. ‘But even in the midst of heartache and pain too great to even fathom, you have somehow found the strength and deep faith to be a comfort to millions and millions of people.’ More than 60,000 people attended the service, which was held at State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals NFL team.