Candace Owens facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Candace Owens
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Owens in 2022
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Candace Amber Owens
April 29, 1989 White Plains, New York, U.S.
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| Years active | 2017–present |
| Political party | Republican |
| Movement | Black conservatism |
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George Farmer
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| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Michael Farmer (father-in-law) |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
| Genre | Political criticism |
| Subscribers | 2.66 million |
| Total views | 304 million |
| Subscriber and view counts updated as of October 6, 2024. | |
Candace Amber Owens Farmer (born April 29, 1989) is an American political speaker and writer. She is known for her conservative views.
Owens became well-known for her conservative activism. She was first critical of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Later, she became a supporter. She also often speaks against Black Lives Matter. From 2017 to 2019, Owens worked as the communications director for Turning Point USA. This is a group that supports conservative ideas. In 2018, she helped start Blexit with former police officer Brandon Tatum. After working for PragerU, Owens joined The Daily Wire in 2021. There, she hosted her own political talk show called Candace. She left The Daily Wire in March 2024 after making comments that caused a lot of disagreement. She also had tensions with co-host Ben Shapiro and other staff.
Owens has shared doubts about how much white supremacy affects society. She has also spoken against COVID-19 lockdowns and COVID-19 vaccines. She has promoted several ideas that some people call conspiracy theories.
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Early Life and Education
Candace Owens was born in White Plains, New York. She grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, with her siblings. Her grandparents raised her from about age 11 or 12, after her parents divorced. She is the third of four children. Her paternal grandfather, Robert Owens, was a black American born in North Carolina. Owens also has Caribbean American heritage from her grandmother, who is from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. She graduated from Stamford High School.
Owens then studied journalism at the University of Rhode Island. She left college before finishing her degree because of a problem with her student loan. After that, she worked as an intern for Vogue magazine in New York. In 2012, Owens became an administrative assistant at a company in Manhattan. She later became its vice president of administration.
Shift to Conservative Views
By late 2017, Owens began sharing pro-Trump ideas. She also started to criticize ideas like structural racism and identity politics. These were positions she had written about differently just two years earlier. In August 2017, she started posting videos about politics on YouTube. In September 2017, she launched "Red Pill Black." This was a website and YouTube channel that supports black conservatism in the United States.
On November 21, 2017, Turning Point USA announced that Owens had joined their team. She became the director of urban engagement. This happened after some claims of racism at Turning Point. In May 2019, Owens announced she was leaving her role at the organization. While at Turning Point USA, she gained support from important Republican figures. President Trump called her a "very smart thinker."
In April 2018, Kanye West tweeted that he liked Candace Owens's ideas. In May 2019, Owens hosted The Candace Owens Show on PragerU's YouTube channel. She left PragerU in 2020 to host Candace on The Daily Wire. This show started on March 19, 2021. It was filmed in front of a live audience and aired weekly. Guests included former President Donald Trump and UFC president Dana White. Jeremy Boreing announced Owens would leave The Daily Wire in March 2024. This was believed to be due to a series of comments that caused controversy. Since June 2024, she has produced her podcast on her own.
In April 2020, Owens said she might run for office. She mentioned running for the U.S. Senate or for governor. She said she would only run against a Democrat, not a Republican. In February 2021, Owens tweeted that she was thinking about running for president in 2024.
BLEXIT Foundation
"Blexit" is a word made from "black" and "exit." It sounds like Brexit, which was the UK leaving the European Union. The original Blexit movement aimed for black economic independence.
In late 2018, Owens launched a different BLEXIT foundation. This group used a social media campaign to encourage ethnic minorities, like African Americans and Latinos, to leave the Democratic Party. It encouraged them to register as Republicans. At that time, only 8% of black Americans identified as Republicans. In 2023, the Blexit foundation joined with Turning Point USA.
At the launch in October 2018, Owens said that Kanye West designed merchandise for the movement. The next day, West said he did not design anything and did not want to be linked to Blexit. He said he was "used to spread messages I don't believe in." After an apology, West continued to support Owens as of September 2020.
Post-Daily Wire Career
After leaving The Daily Wire, Owens started a new YouTube channel. She runs it independently. It has over 3.3 million subscribers. She gained attention for a video series where she researched then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris's family history.
Political Views
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Owens is known for supporting Donald Trump. She often criticizes Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Party.
Views on Women's Rights
Owens is critical of feminism. She supports the idea of "trad wife" roles, which means traditional roles for women and men.
Views on Welfare
Owens has spoken critically about welfare programs. She believes they can make people too dependent on government help. She thinks welfare reform is needed to help people become more self-reliant. Owens has said that welfare is used by the Democratic Party to keep black Americans dependent on the government.
Views on Immigration
Owens supports building a wall along the Mexico–United States barrier. She believes that undocumented immigrants in the United States should be sent back to their home countries right away.
Views on Climate Change
In July 2018, Owens said that global warming is not real. She called it a lie used to "extract dollars from Americans." In 2021, she promoted ads on Facebook. She called the U.S. government "modern doomsayers" who have been wrongly predicting climate problems for decades.
Personal Life
Owens met her British husband, George Thomas Stahel Farmer, in 2018. He is the son of Lord Farmer. They met at an event for Turning Point UK, a conservative student group. They got engaged in 2019 and married in August of that year. The wedding took place at the Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia. Many guests attended, including Larry Elder and Charlie Kirk.
After her marriage, Owens is also known as The Hon. Mrs. George Farmer.
Owens had a son in January 2021, a daughter in July 2022, and another son in late 2023. In early 2025, she announced she was expecting her fourth child.
In April 2024, Owens announced that she had become a Catholic. She was baptized in the Brompton Oratory.
Images for kids
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Owens in 2022
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Owens speaking at the White House in 2019
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Owens in 2019
See also
In Spanish: Candace Owens para niños
