OAN’s James Meyers
1:57 PM -Friday, March 22, 2024
The Daily Wire has announced that Conservative commentator Candace Owens is out at the company.
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In a post on X (Twitter), The Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing wrote “Daily Wire and Candace Owens have ended their relationship.”
The co-founder did not provide any other details on what led to Owens’ departure.
Owens confirmed the news in a post of her own, “the rumors are true— I am finally free.”
The announcement comes after the relationship between Owens and The Daily Wire came into question in the past months since the attack by Hamas on Israel.
The outspoken Conservative voice has sparked major criticism for months with her commentary on the United States’ role in the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel and statements about Jewish people in politics.
Owens sparked backlash internally at the company, with host Ben Shapiro, who is Jewish, at the end of last year. Shapiro called her comments on Israel and Hamas “disgraceful.”
The comments caused Boreing to issue a statement saying the company would not fire Owens based on “a desire not to regulate the speech of our hosts, even when we disagree with them.”
“Candace is paid to give her opinion, not mine or Ben’s,” he wrote at the time. “Unless those opinions run afoul of the law or she violates the terms of her contract in some way, her job is secure and she is welcome at Daily Wire.”
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