"Charlie would be ashamed of you": Internet reacts after Candace Owens condemns TPUSA's Charlie Kirk tent replica

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Candace Owens condemns TPUSA's Charlie Kirk tent replica (Image via Getty)

Candace Owens has condemned Turning Point USA for displaying a replica of the tent under which Charlie Kirk was murdered. Comedian Tim Dillon recently took a jab at TPUSA's AmericaFest 2025. He said,

"This is deeply unsettling to a lot of people. It feels like you are being played. You feel it. It seems off. You feel like this is a coordinated and choreographed spectacle so that you are played. They want your money."

Candace Owens reposted his video, captioning,

"Everyone was thinking it, Tim Dillon said it. It was out of touch and elite. It is not and will never be relatable for blue collar workers to endure lectures from wealthy people telling them who is and is not evil. Recreating the tent Charlie died under for selfies? Seriously?"

Netizens reacted, saying,

"Charlie would be ashamed of you for trying to ruin his legacy and the organization he founded."

Netizens' reactions to Candace Owens condemning TPUSA's Charlie Kirk tent replica

Multiple X users weigh in on the comment section of Candace Owens' X post as they shared their thoughts on her statement. Below are some of their reactions:

"The optics are certainly tough. Dillon cuts to the quick as usual. The disconnect between rhetoric and reality is glaring. The tent imagery just compounds it.", stated an X user.
"Oh please, TPUSA conferences have ALWAYS been gaudy and showboaty. Acting like this is brand new and some sort of edgy revelation is just the sort of pseudo intellectual observation that's on brand for you.", commented another.
"It has been surreal watching how fast TPUSA unraveled and from just the truth showing itself. Charlie Kirk was the only one holding it together. Without him, it is just noise, ego, and grifters pretending there is still a center, while lying to everyone and themselves about what they are running. The last three months exposed it. AmFest confirmed it.", penned a third.

Others also chimed in:

"Can you imagine the planning team beforehand? Someone: hey, we should recreate the murder scene for people to take selfies at. Someone else: that would be so awesome! Let's do it! Weird as hell.", declared a netizen.
"I have seen the selfies all over my feed today. What's next? Gonna set up his table with the chair he sat in and then get to stand on top of it and take videos? Disgusted.", shared another.
"Candace Owens, go back and listen to Erika's interview with Jesse Watters. When he asked her about the day before Charlie was killed. She says we were going to have dinner with some good friends. She did not say that she actually had dinner with friends.", commented a third.

As of now, TPUSA has not officially addressed the tent controversy.


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Edited by Gourab Kundu