Erika Kirk and Candace Owens are finally meeting face-to-face after exchanging words over the last few weeks.
Owens, a onetime friend of the late Charlie Kirk ― and former employee of Turning Point USA, which Kirk founded ― has continued to push conspiracy theories about the right-wing podcaster’s death since he was killed in September.
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On Sunday night, Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, tweeted that she was finally sitting down with Owens on Monday.
“Candace Owens and I are meeting for a private, in-person discussion on Monday, December 15,” she shared on X. “@RealCandaceO and I have agreed that public discussions, livestreams, and tweets are on hold until after this meeting. I look forward to a productive conversation.”
Owens quote-tweeted Kirk’s post, writing that she was “very much looking forward to this discussion.”
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Erika Kirk has addressed Owens’ unfounded claims regarding her husband’s death in recent media appearances.
Bari Weiss, editor-in-chief of CBS News, recently asked her during a CBS town hall what she would say to Owens and others who spread misinformation about her husband’s death.
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“Stop. That’s it. That’s all I have to say. Stop,” Kirk answered.
Kirk previously said that she didn’t have time to “address the noise” regarding the theories surrounding her husband’s death.
She said during an appearance on the Fox News show “Outnumbered” that her “silence does not mean that somehow Turning Point USA and all of the handpicked staff that loved my husband and my husband loved them, is somehow in on it.”
Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a speaking event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. He and his wife share two children.
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