Candace Owens
Conservative commentator; independent podcaster
Called Mengele’s experiments “bizarre propaganda,” platformed Holocaust deniers, and was condemned by a bipartisan House resolution.
Departure from The Daily Wire
Mar 2024Genuinely contestedWhat happened
After months of conflict over her rhetoric about Jews and Israel — including a “you cannot serve both God and money” post widely read as a dig at Jewish colleagues, and a contested “Christ is King” standoff — Owens and The Daily Wire parted ways.
Under each definition
Example 2 if “God and money” invokes the Jewish-money trope; contested because it was aimed at colleagues, not Jews as such.
Guideline 4 (coded tropes) if intended that way; the JDA is intent-sensitive and the signaling is disputed.
Turns on whether ‘Christ is King’ and ‘God and money’ were dog-whistles or sincere expression.
Not framed as criticism of Israel.
Who called it antisemitic
Ben Shapiro called her conduct “disgraceful”; Daily Wire hosts said her statements about Jews and Hitler were incompatible with the company.
The defense
Owens said “Christ is King” was sincere Christian faith being smeared as antisemitic, and that critics had spent decades “spiking the ball on Christianity.”
Outcome
Her roughly three-year Daily Wire tenure ended in March 2024; her independent podcast then grew into one of the most-listened-to in the world.
In their words
I think she’s been absolutely disgraceful, without a doubt. I think that her faux-sophistication on these particular issues has been ridiculous.
If Candace wants to say those things about the Jews, about Hitler, no matter how much she dodges and weaves, she has to leave The Daily Wire.
The rumors are true – I am finally free.
Mengele “bizarre propaganda”
Jul 2024Broad consensusWhat happened
On a July 2024 podcast episode about Hitler, Owens cast doubt on documented accounts of Josef Mengele’s experiments at Auschwitz, calling them implausible “propaganda,” and relativized the Holocaust against the postwar suffering of Germans.
“The idea that they just cut a human up and then sewed them back together… That just sounds like bizarre propaganda.”
Under each definition
Example 4: distorting the documented facts of the Holocaust (the Nazi medical experiments).
Guideline 5: minimization and distortion of the Holocaust.
Holocaust distortion is core antisemitism even under Nexus’s Israel-aware lens.
Not a criticism of Israel.
Who called it antisemitic
Holocaust scholars and Jewish organizations; the Australian and New Zealand governments cited the remarks when barring her entry.
The defense
Owens called it a “misleading edited clip,” said she had condemned the experiments, and framed the backlash as Zionists trying to ban an episode “detrimental to Zionism.”
Outcome
Australia cancelled her visa (Oct 2024) and New Zealand declined one (Nov 2024), scuttling her speaking tour; the line was later cited in House Resolution 1239.
In their words
From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about Mengele through to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction.
This is a victory for truth, for decency, and for the millions of Jewish souls and millions of others whose memory she so shamelessly desecrated.
They have polluted American minds to believe that we must defend Israel out of morality and the evils of the Holocaust.
Platforming deniers & the Wiesel smear
2025Broad consensusWhat happened
In 2025 Owens hosted Holocaust-denier E. Michael Jones, who claimed Hollywood “created the Holocaust narrative,” and later alleged that Nobel laureate and Holocaust memoirist Elie Wiesel fabricated his account and was tied to the Epstein–Maxwell network.
“Who is this Elie Wiesel, who allegedly steals this identity… the fictionalized stories in his book Night?”
Under each definition
Example 4: hosting outright Holocaust denial and recasting a survivor’s testimony as fabricated.
Guideline 5: denial and gross distortion of the Holocaust.
Denialist content about Jews and the Holocaust; no Israel carve-out applies.
Not a criticism of Israel.
Who called it antisemitic
Fact-checkers and the ADL, which catalogued the episodes as Holocaust distortion.
The defense
Owens presented the claims as “investigation,” resting the Wiesel allegation on a long-disputed fringe identity-theft theory that mainstream historians reject.
Outcome
The E. Michael Jones episode was later cited as evidence in House Resolution 1239.
In their words
There is no evidence that Wiesel fabricated his account of surviving the Holocaust.
“Khazarian” conspiracies & House Resolution 1239
2025–2026Broad consensusWhat happened
Into 2026 Owens escalated to overt conspiracism — calling Israelis “Khazarian Turks,” saying the U.S. is run by “satanic pedophiles who work for Israel,” and promoting blood-libel-adjacent claims. A bipartisan House resolution condemned her by name.
“[The U.S. is controlled by] satanic pedophiles who work for Israel.”
Under each definition
Example 2 (world-Jewish-control conspiracy) plus the Khazar myth denying Jewish peoplehood and blood-libel claims.
Guidelines 1–2: dehumanizing, conspiratorial generalizations about Jews.
Conspiratorial antisemitism dressed as anti-Zionism; ‘Israel controls the US’ is not protected policy criticism.
Demonization: the ‘Israel/Jews secretly control America’ conspiracy is a textbook demonizing trope, not criticism of policy.
Who called it antisemitic
The ADL; Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), who introduced House Resolution 1239.
The defense
Owens casts every accusation of antisemitism as a “Zionist tactic” to silence her; she did not respond to a request for comment on the resolution.
Outcome
House Resolution 1239 (April 2026), a non-binding bipartisan measure, condemned her rhetoric, citing the blood-libel, Mengele, and E. Michael Jones material.
In their words
[Owens] has trafficked in vile conspiracy theories, promoted blood libels, and platformed Holocaust deniers.
Hatred is hatred, period. It doesn’t matter whether it comes from the far right or the far left… We cannot be selective in calling out antisemitism.
Antisemitism on the American far right is now overt and out in the open. The data should serve as a flashing warning light.
The verdicts above are how each framework would most likely treat this case — illustrative guidance, not official rulings. The 3D test applies only to Israel-related cases, so it reads “N/A” elsewhere. See the Definition tab for each framework’s full text. Inclusion is documentation, not a finding.