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Charlie Kirk and Dinesh D'Souza Face Backlash After Telling Conservatives to Trust Government on Epstein Files
Charlie Kirk and Dinesh D'Souza sparked controversy among conservatives when they suggested moving on from the Epstein files and trusting the government. After phone calls with President Trump, both commentators flipped their positions, urging audiences to stop demanding the client list. Meanwhile, Matt Walsh and Candace Owens refuse to back down, calling the cover-up an insult to intelligence and potential terminal cancer to the MAGA movement. This divide reveals something bigger than Epstein: the freedom-loving base has become more loyal to truth than to any political party or leader.
Conservative Commentators Flip Their Stance on Epstein Files
The conservative movement faced an internal divide when prominent commentators Charlie Kirk and Dinesh D'Souza announced they were done talking about the Epstein files. Kirk shocked his audience by stating he would "trust my friends in the administration" and "trust my friends in the government" to handle the situation without further public scrutiny.
For those who watched mainstream news from 2020 to late 2024, the phrase "trust the government" became synonymous with leftist talking points during the Biden administration. From COVID lockdowns to speech censorship, the message was always the same: trust the government for your protection. Hearing Charlie Kirk, a respected conservative commentator, echo this sentiment left many stunned.
Dinesh D'Souza, filmmaker of 2000 Mules which exposed irregularities in the 2020 election, took a similar position. He argued that "having a sense of maturity" and moving on was "more important even than getting to the bottom of what really happened with Jeffrey Epstein." In essence, both commentators suggested that dropping the issue was preferable to pursuing the truth.
The Trump Connection Behind the Flip
Both Kirk and D'Souza share something significant: direct access to President Trump. Kirk mentioned having a phone call with President Trump over the weekend, after which his position on the Epstein files changed dramatically. He began echoing Trump's talking points about the case being old news and encouraging people to move on.
D'Souza likely had similar conversations with Trump or members of his inner circle. Reports suggest Trump contacted prominent influencers to align them with his administration's narrative on Epstein. The implication is clear: these commentators were influenced to tell their audiences to stop talking about the Epstein files.
This creates a complex situation. On one hand, having a personal conversation with President Trump carries significant influence and might provide information not available to the general public. On the other hand, it raises questions about whether these commentators abandoned their principles or were genuinely convinced that Trump is handling the situation correctly.
The Gaslighting Problem
What makes this situation particularly frustrating is the apparent gaslighting from the Trump administration. Multiple officials, including President Trump himself, Donald Trump Jr., Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, and Pam Bondi, have previously stated that a list exists. Pam Bondi mentioned the list being on her desk. Kash Patel confirmed the FBI has it. Yet now, the message has shifted to suggesting there may be no list at all, without addressing these previous statements.
Even if there is no list, the failure to address the contradiction between past and present statements constitutes gaslighting. Bondi also mentioned tens of thousands of videos recovered from Epstein's properties, raising obvious questions about who appears in those videos. The refusal to address these questions adds to the perception that the public is being deceived.
Conservative Base Responds With Fury
The comments sections on Kirk and D'Souza's videos revealed widespread anger among conservatives. One popular comment mocked the inconsistency: "Climate, don't trust the government. Healthcare, don't trust the government. Taxes, don't trust the government. Wars, don't trust the government. Epstein, trust the government."
Another commenter questioned D'Souza directly: "Does Dinesh have a family? Children? How can these people talk about protecting children and being the party of family values?" when he's suggesting moving on from a predatory ring involving minors.
The backlash highlights a fundamental principle among freedom-loving conservatives: loyalty to truth and freedom supersedes loyalty to any party or leader. The MAGA base was forged through years of fighting for these values, and many are not willing to compromise them, even for President Trump.
Matt Walsh Refuses to Back Down
Matt Walsh took the opposite position, delivering a passionate defense of continuing to demand answers. He acknowledged that the situation with the Department of Justice and Pam Bondi has been so disappointing that even listening to Ghislaine Maxwell's testimony might be worthwhile, despite her being a convicted criminal.
Walsh stated bluntly: "It's been contradictory and insulting to our intelligence every step of the way." He explained that millions of Americans are not satisfied with what they've been told, and rightfully so. When people are deceived and strung along for years only to be told they're not entitled to transparency, they won't simply move on.
He identified the core issue: "What we want is justice. We have a deep desire for justice and we can see how the corrupt and the powerful are never held accountable." Walsh argued that wanting to know who appears in the videos Bondi mentioned, wanting those people exposed and punished, is one of the most basic and honorable human desires.
His message to the administration was clear: "Unseal everything including the search warrants and the financial disclosures. Tell us what exactly was in those truckloads of documents that you recovered in New York. Show us the phase 2 Epstein files that you told us about just a few months ago. Don't give us any more excuses from bureaucrats on Fox News. Don't give us any more stonewalling and double speak."
Candace Owens Calls It Terminal Cancer
Candace Owens went even further, declaring that the Epstein cover-up represents "terminal cancer to Trump's MAGA movement." She pointed out the contradiction between the Trump who campaigned on draining the swamp and the Trump who is now gaslighting the public on this issue.
Owens suggested that even something as significant as repealing income tax wouldn't make people forget about the Epstein scandal. She said Trump would have to repeal income tax to make the MAGA base extremely happy, "and then we'd go, 'Actually, thanks Trump, but we still remember the Epstein scandal and we want the list.'"
Her assessment underscores how seriously a significant portion of the conservative base takes this issue. This isn't about party loyalty or even loyalty to Trump. It's about fundamental principles of justice and truth.
The Bigger Picture: Loyalty to Freedom Over Party
What's at stake goes beyond the Epstein case. Critics of Trump supporters demanding answers accuse them of not being loyal to President Trump or the Republican Party. The response from many conservatives is simple: that's absolutely right, and that's preferable.
The freedom-loving base cares most about freedom and truth. The past several years of fighting against government overreach, censorship, and COVID restrictions forged people who stand unwaveringly for these principles. Many were previously apolitical until they realized the conservative party had become the political home for freedom.
President Trump played a significant role in helping forge these strong values. He did such an effective job of making people loyal to freedom and truth that they are now more loyal to those principles than to him or the Republican Party. This represents something far more powerful than party loyalty: a country-saving loyalty to the founding values of America.
As Mark Twain said, a patriot isn't someone who's loyal to their government. It's someone who's loyal to their country. Being loyal to the country means being loyal to freedom and truth, even when that requires challenging leaders you otherwise support.
A True Patriot Never Fully Trusts Government
A true patriot does not put full trust in the government, no matter who leads it. Even with President Trump, whom many deeply respect and appreciate, the government consists of more people than anyone could list. The Department of Homeland Security alone employs tens or hundreds of thousands of people. Not all of them are necessarily trustworthy.
There's a difference between the Biden administration government and the Trump administration government, but the principle remains: blind trust in government contradicts everything conservatism stands for. Charlie Kirk himself has criticized government positions on numerous issues, from climate to healthcare to minor transition surgeries. The inconsistency of suddenly trusting the government on Epstein while questioning it on everything else struck many as hypocritical.
The Battle Lines Are Drawn
The conservative movement now has clear divisions on this issue. Charlie Kirk and Dinesh D'Souza represent the minority position: trust the administration, demonstrate maturity by moving on, focus on other priorities. Matt Walsh and Candace Owens represent the majority: demand transparency, refuse to be gaslit, insist on justice for victims and accountability for perpetrators.
This case involves minors who were preyed upon. It potentially involves elites being protected by suppression of truth. Those demanding answers believe the American people deserve to know what happened, who was involved, and that justice be served. No amount of influence from the administration, no matter how well-intentioned, will convince them to abandon this pursuit.
The question now is whether the Trump administration will recognize that the MAGA base has evolved beyond simple party loyalty into something more principled and demanding. These are people who will not be satisfied with stonewalling, contradictory statements, or appeals to trust the government. They were trained too well to accept anything less than truth and justice.
Video Transcript
Honestly, I'm done talking about Epstein
for the time being. I'm going to trust
my friends in the administration. I'm
going to trust my friends in the
government. Wow. I'm going to trust my
friends in the government. Is uh Charlie
Kirk a liberal now? What's up my
beautiful freedom loving friend? This is
where we call out lies, hypocrisy,
corruption, and help spread the light of
truth and freedom because truth
conquers. Now, we're day seems like 495
of there's no Epstein files. Uh a little
fallout. Something interesting is
happening. There's some very well-known
conservative commentators saying, "I'm
not going to talk about the Epstein
files." Yes, maybe even I've talked
about them for years. Of course, there's
all this, but all of a sudden, they're
changing their tune. They're saying,
"I'm not going to talk about them
anymore. Let's just trust the
government." We'll take a look at a
couple of them. We'll also take a look
at a couple very well-known conservative
commentators that are basically saying,
"Over my dead body, will I just move on
from there's no Epstein client list."
We'll see what they have to say. I'm
curious what you have to say about all
this in the comments. And we'll also get
to how I think there is something much
bigger involved here than just the
Epstein list. Starting out with Charlie
Kirk shocking the world when he says,
"I'm just going to trust my friends in
the government." Honestly, I'm done
talking about Epstein for the time
being. I'm going to trust my friends in
the administration. I'm going to trust
my friends in the government to do what
needs to be done. Solve it. Balls in
their hands. I've said plenty this last
weekend. So, if you guys want to see my
commentary on it, that's fine.
>> Now, if you watched mainstream news, I
don't know, let's just say from about
2020 to 2024, late 2024, you basically
hear the regurgitated saying over and
over. It's at least implied, trust the
government.
Trust the government. And you know the
old saying, the biggest deception, you
get a knock on your door and it's the
government saying, "We're here to help."
So, this shocked me when I heard Charlie
Kirk say this. I'm just going to trust
the government cuz that has been the
anthem of not even the Liberal Party,
but the leftist party over the past well
Biden administration. Remember the whole
COVID era? Like, we want you to do this.
The government says it's good. Trust the
government. Stay in your homes. You have
to. It's for your It's for your
protection. Trust the government. We are
censoring
speech. Yes. But it's for your
protection. Trust the government. They
have to censor speech to protect our
freedom of speech. That doesn't make
sense to me. Doesn't have to. If you
just trust the government. That has been
libtard speak 101 for the past four
years. And here Charlie Kirk, a very
well-known conservative commentator who
I respect. I still respect. I don't
share this opinion. But here he is
singing the same anthem that libtards
have been singing for the past handful
of years. And he's not the only one.
Let's take a look at Desh Duza. That
name might ring a bell if it doesn't. He
was the filmmaker of 2000 Mules, which
was helping expose some irregularities
in the 2020 election. Now, he and
Charlie Kirk have something in common.
I'll share with you after this clip.
>> I'm going to talk about the Epstein
files and I'm going to make the case
that even though there are unanswered
questions about Epstein, it is in fact
time to move on. Part of being on a
political team is maintaining a certain
amount of maturity. Recognizing you
can't win them all. Recognizing there
are some things that are important to
you that are less important to the guy
that you've put in charge who is trying
to focus on things right in front of
him. And so having a sense of
perspective, having a sense of balance,
having a sense of maturity, I think is
more important even than getting to the
bottom uh of what really happened with
Jeffrey Eps.
>> Wow. That's uh that's pretty big.
Concluding with I think having a sense
of maturity presumably by not talking
about the Epstein case anymore is more
important than getting to the bottom of
it. In other words, having a sense of
maturity. Just moving on is more
important than getting to the truth.
Now, these guys were a little bit lit up
in the comments section. We'll see that
in a second. But first, here's what
Charlie Kirk and Desh Duza both have in
common. They've both got an inside line
to President Trump. Charlie Kirk had
said over the weekend he had a call with
President Trump and after that Charlie
Kirk flipped his script. He went with
Trump's talking point. You've seen Trump
say to the media, "You're still talking
about Epstein. Let's move on. Let's not
talk about this anymore. It's old." So
now Charlie Kirk is singing presumably
not we can definitely know exactly what
Trump's saying but presumably he's
changed his tune because he talked to
President Trump and Desh Douza I'm
pretty confident he's got an inside line
with President Trump. I would bet he had
a conversation with either Trump or some
of Trump's closest people and through
that influence they were compelled to go
with the Trump administration narrative
of let's just move on. Let's stop
talking about Epstein and by the way
maybe tell your audience the same thing.
Let's get that influence out there. Now
I can uh both respect that and
disrespect that at the same time. I
think a person of principle when they're
using their own discernment, you got to
go with what seems right feels right to
you. And what feels right to me is there
is truth that is being suppressed here
in this case. And we the people deserve
to know the truth. This is about minors
who were predatorized on. We deserve to
know the truth. And there's potential
elites being protected by the
suppression of the truth. We the people
won't back down on this. And at the same
time, I could understand, hey, if I
talked to President Trump personally,
now that's a very influential guy. That
might get me to do one of two things. It
might get me to abandon my principles. I
hope it wouldn't, but it's possible. Or
it might convince me Trump is earnestly
doing the right thing here. That's
something I'm not convinced on the
outside looking in through media and all
the sources we can get. But if I had a
personal phone call with him, I
guarantee I'd have a better chance of
being convinced to go with Trump's
perspective on this than the what's
mostly the perspective of we the people
of hey, you're hiding something and
we're pissed. You're gaslighting us. You
know, I hate to say the Trump
administration is gaslighting us on the
Epstein files because so many people in
the Trump administration, including
President Trump himself, Donald Trump
Jr., Cash Patel, Dan Bonino, Pam Bondi
have all said things either the the list
is on my desk or there's definitely a
list and the FBI has it and the fact
that they're not addressing that they
previously said that is gaslighting.
Maybe there is no list. I kind of doubt
it. But even if there isn't, they're
still gaslighting at play because
they're not addressing the opposite
thing that they previously said relative
to the thing they're now saying. So, in
a second, we'll see a couple quick clips
of prominent conservative commentators
who are saying the exact opposite of
what Charlie Kirk and Desh Duza have
said. They're saying, "This is kind of
the hill. We're willing to die on."
Before we do that, let's see what we the
people had to say in the comments
section on these two clips. Just urging
you to move on. I'm not going to talk
about it. Maybe you shouldn't either. On
the Charlie Kirk video, we see
conservatives are the new punk. Uh,
trust the government. Good lord. Yeah,
I've ridiculed him for that. I've got a
newscaster video coming out ridiculing
him. That that's the most libtard thing
you could say. Charlie Kirk, if it came
out of my mouth, it'd be just as
libtard. Dear Lord. And then this meme.
You read that for yourself. This post, I
think this is a great summary. things.
Don't trust the government. Is kind of
from the typical freedom loving
conservative perspective. Climate don't
trust the government. Healthcare, don't
trust the government. Taxes, don't trust
the government. Wars, don't trust the
government. Epstein, trust the
government. Yeah, that is I think that
statement of Charlie Kirk where he made
that from it was just influence of
Trump's call or it's like his genuine
perspective. It's definitely out of
alignment with probably a lot of other
things Charlie Kirk says. Charlie Kirk
also has a lot of criticism over minor
transition surgeries as do I. And uh for
a long time the government was saying no
this is this is a really good thing. You
didn't trust the government on that.
Trust the government on this. Now
granted there is a big difference
between the Biden administration
government and the Trump administration
government. Yet, I would dare say a true
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can have someone like President Trump,
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not one person in the government. There
are more people in the government than
you and I could possibly ever list. DHS
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Duza gets lit up in the comments as
well. Does Dash have a family? Children.
How can these people talk about
protecting children and being the party
of family values? Yeah, when they're
saying like this predatory ring of
Epstein, let's just move on. I agree. I
don't think there's a parent in this
world. Well, there is apparently him,
but I don't think a good parent would
say, "Let's move on from this. It's
fine." Uh, there is Fu Desh Duza. I'm
guessing this person disagrees. military
arms. Wow. The administration is pulling
out these stops to get their influencers
in line. I wonder what they threatened
him with. Yeah, I saw saw an article.
It's a report here say I can't confirm
it that President Trump had calls with
prominent influencers. Uh Charlie Kirk
said he had a call with President Trump.
And if that's true, what the speculation
is is the call President Trump had with
various prominent influencers was to get
them on board with going with his
Epstein talking points. And this person
seems to be calling that out. Now, let's
hear from some prominent conservatives
who say, "No, we are not moving on from
this." And that's not going to change.
Starting with the no BS Matt Walsh. Now,
of course, we have no idea what
information, if any, this sociopath uh
this evil woman will ultimately reveal.
But
>> speaking of Jizlane Maxwell and her
call, let me testify in front of
Congress, Congress quickly voted no on
that. But that's what he's referencing.
>> The fact remains that especially after
the humiliating display by Bondi and the
DOJ we've all just witnessed, it's
probably worth listening to Maxwell's
testimony. If a client list exists at
this point, she's the most likely person
to tell us. Now, yes, it's an indictment
of Pam Bondi and the DOJ that we see any
reason to listen to a ghoul like this,
but that's where we are. Millions of
Americans are not satisfied with what
we've been told, and we shouldn't be
because it's been contradictory and
insulting to our intelligence every step
of the way.
>> Amen to that. That one line sums it up.
It's been contradictory and insulting to
our intelligence.
>> So, now we're looking elsewhere. This is
what happens when people are deceived
and strung along for years only to be
told that they're not entitled to any
kind of transparency whatsoever. People
are not just going to move on with their
lives no matter how badly you want them
to. There's a reason for that. And I
want to make this very clear uh to those
on the right, including the president
himself, who are telling us to just drop
the subject and move on. We can't drop
it. We can't move on because what we
want is justice. We have a deep desire
for justice and we can see how the
corrupt and the powerful are never held
accountable. We can look at our cities
and see violent criminals running
rampant in the streets. Also not held
accountable. We want these evildoers to
be punished. We want the innocent to be
defended. We want justice. It's one of
the most basic and most honorable of all
human desires. We want to see that
justice is done. We want to know who
else was in those awful videos that Pam
Bondi told us about.
>> Tens of thousands of videos, Pam Bondi
said. Yeah. Well, who was in them? That
is just such an obvious question. And
the gaslighting of her never addressing
that question. Like you're saying,
there's videos. Are they all selfie
videos? I don't think they are. Who else
is in them?
>> And we want those people to be dragged
in front of us weeping and begging for
mercy. We want them exposed and
humiliated and shamed and punished in
the harshest and most painful way
because that's justice and we're not
going to drop the subject until we get
it. So unseal everything including the
search warrants and the financial
disclosures. Tell us what exactly was in
those truckloads of documents that you
recovered in New York. Show us the phase
2 Epstein files that you told us about
just a a few months ago. Don't give us
any more excuses from bureaucrats on Fox
News. Don't give us any more
stonewalling and double speak.
>> Now, I would dare say Matt Walsh speaks
for the majority of freedom lovers and I
think Charlie Kirk, Desh Duza speak for
a very small minority when they're
saying, "Let's move on." Now, Candace
Owens says this Epstein cover up with
the Trump administration is terminal
cancer to the MAGA movement. Before we
get to the short clip of what she has to
say on that, here's what's at play
that's bigger than the Epstein case.
There's some critics of Trump supporters
saying like, "You're not being loyal to
President Trump. You're not being loyal
to the Republican party." And I would
say that's absolutely right and that's
preferable. Here's the thing that I've
observed with freedom lovers like you
and I. What we care about most is
freedom and by extension of that truth.
We are loyal to freedom and truth. We've
gone through a really hard previous
handful of years and that's just carved
us out of granite to be these just
stones who stand for freedom and truth.
We don't stand for loyalty to a party.
And by the way, I think President Trump
did an excellent job of helping forge
these strong values in people like you
and I. He did such a great job of making
us helping us become loyal to freedom
and truth that we are now way more loyal
to freedom and truth than we are to him
than we are to the Republican party. I
think many of us, including myself,
would have been pretty a-olitical until
we realized, oh, the the political party
home for freedom, what we care most
about, that's become the conservative
party. I started seeing that in 2020.
Like, all right, like I like
conservativism much better than
communism, but I never pledge loyalty to
the party, and I never will. What I will
pledge loyalty to is freedom and truth.
So the mega base, yes, we're fans of
President Trump. Yet the mega movement
is created something far more powerful
than loyalty to, I think, for all
intents and purposes, a really great
leader, President Trump. It's helped
forge this loyalty, potentially country
saving loyalty to freedom and truth. And
that's what's bigger than this Epstein
case. That's why many of us won't be
taking the advice of Charlie Kirk and
Desh Duza. Ah, it's be mature. Just move
on. Yeah, we're actually something more
than mature. We're patriots. And as Mark
Twain once said, a patriot isn't someone
who's loyal to their government. It's
someone who's loyal to their country.
And with the values of America, being
loyal to our country means we are loyal
to freedom and truth. Now, let's hear
what Candace Owens has to say who
believes the subpstein cover up. If it
doesn't change, it's terminal cancer to
the MAGA movement.
>> Reconcile this Donald Trump with the
Trump that we're seeing right now. The
Trump that is gaslighting the public
right now. The Trump that I voted for
across multiple elections. The Epstein
scandal is definitely terminal cancer to
Trump's MAGA movement. There's no
question about that. I actually said to
my husband this weekend, we were talking
about it that in order for Trump to get
out of this, this is how bad it is. In
order for him to actually make the MAGA
base forget this, like essentially move
on from Jeffrey Epstein, he would
essentially have to come right out and
repeal income tax in the United States.
And then we would be extremely happy.
Everyone would be very happy. And then
we'd go, "Actually, thanks Trump, but we
still remember the Epstein scandal and
we want the list." That's how bad it is.
There's just no making anybody forget
about this Epstein scandal.
>> Yeah, I would agree. Even if Trump
repeals income tax, which I would
personally like. Uh yeah, that won't I
I'll appreciate that, but that won't
make me forget about this little this
little list that we were told exists and
then the same people are telling us it
doesn't. Move on. Why? Cuz trust the
government. Listen to Charlie Kirk. My
beautiful freedom loving friends. That's
what some prominent conservative
commentators are saying on each side of
this. You've heard what I think. Let me
know what you think. Are you more of a
Charlie Kirk? let's just move on, trust
our friends in the government, or are
you more of a Matt Walsh that says, "No,
I will never move on from this. It's too
important." Let me know in the comments.
I'd love to know where you stand on it.
And I look forward to seeing you on our
next video. But until then, stay
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