Steve Bannon took to the stage at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest conference on its second day. The late founder of the organisation, Charlie Kirk, was a focal point at the event, with nearly every speech referencing him. At one point, Ben Shapiro took to the stage, when he referenced Steve Bannon in his speech: "So, when Candace Owens says, I don't know know, but I know, that is retarded. And we are all more retarded for having heard it. When Steve Bannon, for example, accuses his foreign policy opponents of loyalty to a foreign country, he is not actually making an argument based on evidence."In response, Steve Bannon said: "Now, Benji Shapiro sat up here last night, and he was all, you know, it's all about the truth. Ben, I've known you a long time, brother. You can't handle the truth. Let's face it, Ben Shapiro is the farthest thing from MAGA. Let's be blunt. He is a hardcore Never Trumper. He's a hardcore Never Trumper." He continued, "Ben Shapiro is like a cancer, and that cancer spreads. It's a cancer, and it metastasizes," he claimed. "He tried to take over Breitbart and I ran him out. He tried to take over David Horowitz’s, his mentor. Mark my word, he will make a move on Turning Point, because he's always been envious of Charlie Kirk." Candace Owens backs Steve Bannon's accusations against Ben Shapiro: Read more In his speech on stage, Steve Bannon doubled down on his sentiments against Ben Shapiro by saying, "In the spring of 16, he tried to upend Breitbart. He walked off the job, made a big deal about some incident in Mar-a-Lago with Corey Lewandowski. He tried to turn it to Ted Cruz from Donald Trump because he hated Donald Trump. In the general election, he barely supported Donald Trump. The first sign that when President Trump gets sent back to Mar-a-Lago, the very first individual that jumped on the Ron DeSantis train, the Israel first train, was Ben Shapiro." He continued, "And those are the darkest days we had. In 21 and 22, you guys were there. He's consistently been against Trump, and now that President Trump doesn't back the greater Israel. What is greater Israel? It's not about Israel itself. It's about an expansionist Israel, an imperial Israel that Netanyahu and that crowd have thought up. And the Israel first crowd is Ben Shapiro, Tel Aviv Mark Levin, and many others that want to put that ahead of America's interests. Charlie Kirk fought that. You know where Charlie Kirk fought it? In the White House." Candace Owens also backed Steve Bannon's claims. She took to X just this week to slam Ben Shapiro, accusing him of jealousy, betrayal, and taking credit for the work of others. "Yes. Ben has a long career of behaving like a parasite. He thinks he has a right to take over what other people build. He HAS always been envious of Charlie Kirk and he is currently attempting to rewrite history, like he did with Andrew Breitbart after he died. He treated Charlie TERRIBLY and his behavior—hanging around TPUSA to pick up his “bloody mic—makes me SICK to my stomach. ON YOUR BELLY, WORM," she penned. As of this writing, Ben Shapiro has yet to respond to both Steve Bannon and Candace Owens. Stay tuned to SoapCentral for more.