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Candace Owens is a conservative commentator. She formerly worked as a host of the Daily Wire and spokeswoman for Turning Point USA. She started Blexit, an effort to get black voters to leave the Democratic Party. She previously co-founded the website Degree180.

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• Candace Owens stated on May 3, 2022 in a tweet: “79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design."
• Candace Owens stated on February 22, 2022 in a tweet: “NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.”
• Candace Owens stated on September 9, 2021 in a tweet: “The Biden administration is attempting to empower the IRS to monitor every single withdrawal, deposit, and transaction you make from your personal banking accounts, PayPal, Venmo, etc."
• Candace Owens stated on August 9, 2021 in in a Twitter post: “The CDC actually put together a document to discuss putting high risk people into camps to ‘shield’ low risk people from them.”
• Candace Owens stated on June 11, 2020 in a tweet: “According to its website Black Lives Matter, Inc is NOT a charity. It is a full-fledged corporation that does NOT have any locations.”

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• Facebook posts stated on November 1, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens sign $700 million deal with CBS for morning show to compete with ‘The View.’”
• Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Candace Owens vows to have Taylor Swift banned from next NFL season.”
• Facebook posts stated on October 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “ABC News has confirmed that attendees to Trump WH Rally were paid. $150. ea and had to sign an NDA.”

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