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Zach Costello Exposes Coordinated Campaign Against Candace Owens Over Charlie Kirk Investigation
Zach Costello breaks down what he calls an unprecedented social media coordinated attack against Candace Owens following her investigation into Charlie Kirk's assassination. He examines leaked emails (possibly AI-generated) outlining talking points, analyzes emotional responses from Dan Bongino and Ben Shapiro invoking biblical scripture, and discusses Tyler Bowyer's claims about "international funding." Costello argues that the real issue isn't conservatism but Zionist ideology infiltrating American politics and institutions. He defends Candace's right to investigate, criticizes Erika Kirk's public role contradicting her previous statements about motherhood, and questions why no one at Turning Point USA has been held accountable for security failures. Costello positions this as a David versus Goliath moment, warning that rhetoric suggesting Candace will "get Erika killed" appears designed to justify future deplatforming.
The Coordinated Attack Unfolds
An alleged leaked email circulated on X with the subject line "Urgent: Shut down Candace's latest smear. Action needed tonight." The email outlined specific talking points, instructed users to call Candace Owens "evil" and "demonic," and directed a coordinated social media campaign complete with hashtags and account tags. While Zach Costello doesn't believe the email itself is authentic—several people claimed to have created it via AI—he argues the coordination it describes is absolutely real and happening across social media.
Candace Owens herself acknowledged this, thanking "Zionists" for promoting her upcoming investigative series about Charlie Kirk. Costello describes the social media environment as unlike anything he's seen before, with accounts he's never encountered suddenly flooding his feed with identical anti-Candace messaging. The language is remarkably uniform: she's demonic, vile, evil. He notes this mirrors exactly what the alleged fake email outlined, suggesting that while the specific document may be fabricated, it accurately represents what's actually occurring.
Accusations of Inciting Violence
A particularly concerning development involves multiple prominent figures suggesting that Candace Owens is trying to get Erika Kirk killed. Dan Bongino, Frank McCormack, and others have posted that Candace's rhetoric is "radicalizing unstable people" and that "it only takes one of them to pop off and create another tragedy." Costello views this as a dangerous rhetorical chess move—setting up a narrative so that if anything happens to anyone at Turning Point USA, it can be blamed on Candace and used to deplatform her completely.
He emphasizes that nobody criticizing Erika Kirk or following Candace's investigation is calling for violence whatsoever. The tone and rhetoric being deployed concerns him deeply, especially coming from people who position themselves as defenders of free speech and investigation. This appears to be preemptive groundwork for shutting down legitimate questions about what happened to Charlie Kirk and who bears responsibility.
Dan Bongino's Emotional Response
Costello played a clip from Dan Bongino that required muting multiple profanities. In it, Bongino tearfully defended Erika Kirk, arguing that she "didn't choose this" public life and describing her as a victim who discovered her husband was shot "for the entire world to see on social media." He condemned those sending critical messages to Erika in extremely harsh terms, saying they "deserve to feel the little licks of the flames of hell on every inch of your body" and that they're "not in" the afterlife he believes in.
Costello pushed back strongly on this narrative, pointing out that Erika Kirk absolutely did choose public life—not just after Charlie's death, but throughout her entire adult life as she attempted to become an influencer. He argues that Bongino's emotional display and inflammatory language about hell and damnation is itself more "demonic" than the legitimate questions people are raising. Nobody has seen Candace's investigative series yet, so the extreme reactions seem premature and coordinated rather than organic responses to actual content.
Ben Shapiro Invokes Scripture
Ben Shapiro also weighed in, calling Candace Owens "a true vampire when it comes to conservatism" who "grifts" off prominent people. He invoked Exodus 22, which instructs believers not to oppress widows or orphans, and stated that Erika Kirk should "sue the living hell out of Candace Owens." Shapiro criticized prominent conservatives who spoke at TPUSA's AmericaFest for their "wide and vast silence" in not condemning Candace, referencing his own December speech where he called out Megyn Kelly and others.
Costello appreciated Shapiro raising biblical text because it allowed him to present a more complete picture. He read from 1 Timothy 5:3-6, which discusses how Christian widows should conduct themselves—specifically that they should "set their hope on God and continue in supplications and prayers night and day," while warning that a widow "who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives." He noted that people always cite verses 3-5 but conveniently leave out verse 6. Christians are called to care for widows, but widows are also called to a specific vocation focused on their families and spiritual life, trusting that God will provide.
Erika Kirk's Contradictory Messages
A central concern involves Erika Kirk's own past statements about women, work, and motherhood. Costello played a clip where Erika, speaking alongside Charlie Kirk when he was alive, strongly advocated that women with children should not pursue careers simultaneously. She stated: "There is no such thing as balance. I can't spend half of the day doing one thing. I missed out half of that time with being with the kids. Your heart has to be fully with the home. You can always go back to work after your kids are in school or in high school, but if you miss those precious first few years, that is so hard to make up because memories are so much more important than an added paycheck."
This stands in stark contrast to Erika's current position as CEO of Turning Point USA, a role that presumably requires full-time work and travel. Costello argues that based Christian men and women have legitimate concerns because Erika preached traditional Christian values when married to Charlie but "threw those out the window" after his death. Many believe her primary vocation should be to her children, particularly given that she and Charlie were wealthy, and she has ownership stakes in multiple companies—she doesn't need to trade time for money. The criticism isn't about her being a widow; it's about the inconsistency between her stated values and her current choices.
Questions About Accountability at Turning Point USA
Costello raised serious questions about accountability within Turning Point USA following Charlie Kirk's assassination. As CEO, Erika Kirk has not held anyone accountable for how Charlie was treated in his final months—the Zionist donors who morally blackmailed him are all still donors. No one has been fired for security failures that contributed to the tragedy. He contrasted this with the response to the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the Secret Service director lost her job.
Specific failures included: event planners and security not double-checking roofs, relying on local police without following up (which Brian Harpole admitted), and ignoring warnings from UVU that an outdoor event couldn't be properly secured. Costello calls this incompetence and negligence, yet no one has faced consequences. He finds it particularly troubling that Erika seems more concerned about a Jezebel article from "weirdass witches" than about the Zionist donors who threatened that God's wrath would be taken out on Charlie.
The Zionist Influence Angle
Tyler Bowyer from Turning Point USA posted that attacks on the organization, Charlie, Erika, and his children are "supported by those with an agenda and in many cases funded by international sources." Costello found this ironic given TPUSA's own funding sources and noted the organization's recent shift toward endorsing "Zionist neocon candidates that aren't too popular amongst the American people."
He positioned one of America's greatest threats as "Zionist ideology that has infiltrated our politics, media, government, churches, and institutions." This is a core issue for him, and he argues that "you cannot be a Zionist and put America first. You cannot be a Christian and be a Zionist either. You're either putting Israel ahead of America or you're putting a Jewish ideology above Christianity." This perspective drives much of his support for Candace's investigation and his criticism of how TPUSA has evolved under Erika's leadership.
Who Has the "It Factor"?
A recurring theme in Costello's analysis is that Erika Kirk simply doesn't have what Charlie had. She doesn't have her finger on the pulse of the American people. She lacks the political influence and instincts that made Charlie invaluable. He provided a specific example: in June, Charlie went into President Trump's office and successfully argued against a military strike on Iran that Benjamin Netanyahu and others were pushing for. Charlie knew it would enrage Trump's base and young Americans, and he had the credibility with Trump to prevent what could have become World War III.
When Netanyahu visited America more recently, Erika wasn't in that position to provide similar counsel—she doesn't have Trump's ear in that way, and she doesn't have the organizational infrastructure that gave Charlie his unique influence. Tucker Carlson filled that role this time, advocating against military action, but Tucker doesn't have the structural backing of a nationwide youth organization. Costello argues that while Erika has "made it" as an influencer and will be Trump's preferred guest at the State of the Union, she achieved this by inheriting Charlie's platform rather than building influence through her own competence, as Candace Owens did (something even her critics like Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing acknowledge).
Costello's Personal Journey on These Issues
Costello shared how his own perspective evolved, particularly regarding Ben Shapiro. He described growing up listening to Shapiro and The DailyWire+, but after October 7th, he had to stop. He found Shapiro "emotionally unhinged" in his response, something his gut and pattern recognition told him was problematic. When Candace was still at The DailyWire+ and the conflict between her and Shapiro erupted, Candace told Ben he had been "emotionally unhinged for weeks." Costello completely agreed with that assessment and appreciated that she said it directly.
That moment marked a turning point where he shifted away from Shapiro and The DailyWire+ and began paying much closer attention to Candace. The crisis over her comments about Israel, her eventual firing, and her willingness to speak uncomfortable truths resonated with him. He now sees the Charlie Kirk assassination investigation and Zionist influence in American institutions as the two issues he cares most about, and Candace is leading the charge on the former while taking considerable heat for it.
The State of the Union and What's at Stake
The timing of all this is significant—Erika Kirk is attending the State of the Union as President Trump's special guest. For Costello, this represents the culmination of her trajectory: she's become "America's boss babe," the influencer she always wanted to be, but through inheritance rather than merit. He doesn't question her intelligence—she clearly made strategic choices—but questions whether those choices align with what Charlie advocated for or with the traditional Christian values she once espoused.
He frames the current moment as David versus Goliath, with Candace willing to face lawsuits and lawfare to find the truth about what happened to Charlie Kirk. The coordinated campaign against her, involving powerful media figures, major organizations, and what he sees as Zionist interests, represents the Goliath. The stakes are whether legitimate questions can be asked about security failures, donor influence, and organizational accountability, or whether the narrative will be controlled by those who benefit from shutting down such investigations.
Video Transcript
There I am. [laughter] What's going on, guys? I forgot to present myself here on the live. Let me make sure I'm centered here before we get started. Um, I see some I see some of you guys in the chat here. Let me bring this comment up. Have you seen the leaked email with the subject urgent? Shut down Candace's latest smear. Action needed tonight. So, I saw this email on X and then I reposted it asking if this email was authentic. Um, actually, you know what? Give me a second. Let me let me I have this here on my desktop. Let me let me pull this up. Uh, bear with me for one second. I'll show you guys this email and what it says here. Um, all right. I'm bringing this up now. Let me bring it up here on my computer so I can read it. All right. All right. So, this is this is that email. It says, uh, "Urrent, shut down Candace's latest smear. Action needed tonight. This isn't journalism. It's pure evil. Demonic slander against a widow still in mourning, dragging Charlie's name and legacy throughout the mud for clicks and clout." Uh, it it basically gives instructions on the talking points. Use these verbatim or close variations. Candace Owens is evil. Pure evil. This is demonic. Candace is a demon obsessed. How can any real Christian stay silent while she attacks Erica Kirk like this? And it's basically outlining all of the things that are being said right now. Action items do this. And it's it says, quote a reply to uh Graham Allen uh in his post. His he's taking a strong stand. He's leading the charge. Uh post your own version if you have the reach. Tag big big accounts like Cat Turd, Gunther Eagleman, Wells Jordan, Joel Barry. Use these hashtags. flood the replies. Basically, it's instructing on this coordinated campaign against Candace Owen. So, this email uh has been circulating. Uh so, I don't and I don't think it's real. And the reason that I don't think it is is because uh when I reposted it on X, I had a couple people respond saying that they're the ones that they basically it was created uh via AI and then a couple larger accounts started sharing it. Now, that being said, this whole thing is definitely coordinated and that's pretty much what this entire episode is going to be about. Um, the title says the internet conspires, but in reality it's Zionists conspire. Yeah, I don't know, maybe I'll change the subject, but uh Candace said as much. Uh, she actually thanked all of them for the promotion, saying, "Zionists are putting in real work hours promoting our upcoming series. I would like to extend to them my deepest gratitude. We are a small team. Couldn't do it without your steadfast commitment and uh hysterics. I'll see you guys tomorrow. Yeah. I mean, we are guys, I'm going to say this. I have never seen social media, particularly X, like I've seen it today. Everything is anti-Candice. People that I've never seen, never heard of, never even cared to follow or engage with, people that I haven't even like never even seen their accounts. all of a sudden all over my for you page and the messaging is all the same. Like you would think that email is real and I would say like maybe the email itself is not real. Maybe the email itself is not authentic. But like that's exactly what's happening. So I mean the the point of it actually is. I mean the the language is all the same. Candace Owens is a demon. She's vile. She's evil. There is however a talking point that's emerging led by Dan Bonino as you're about to see who put out like seriously what might be the most unhinged pieces that I've ever seen not just on this this issue but like on the internet at large and part of what he said is being repeated by others like this. This is taking what's being said to the next level. We've got uh a Yakobe and I'm covering one of his posts again. Candace Owens is going to get Erica Kirk killed. The fact that most influencers who happily spoke at Amfest are not defending Erica is absolutely pathetic. Complete cowards. That's one. Frank McCormack. Candace Owens rhetoric is radicalizing unstable people against Erica Kirk. Her fans now believe that Erica is an evil child groomer. All it takes is one of them to pop off and create another tragedy. Influencer refusing to forcefully call out Candace's name are cowards. Um, and then this last one here that I want to share. Feeling really worried for Erica Kirk. It feels like real Candace O is trying to get her killed. Like it's this type of stuff, guys. Like I am very concerned about the tone and the rhetoric that's being used here. Not one, nobody, no person who has been critical of Erica Kirk or following what Candace has been covering is calling for any violence whatsoever. This I believe this is this is a rhetorical chess move setting themselves up so that if anything does happen, not necessarily to Erica, but to anybody at Turning Point USA, for example, nobody wants that to happen. But they can then use this against Candace Owens and say, "Hey, look everybody. Look at her inciting violence with this investigation." And then they're going to use it to shut her down, deplatform her, the whole gig. I'm going to show you how Dan Bonino is doing this. He um he Excuse me. He also gets biblical. I want to say this too before I before I get into this. He gets biblical here. And so does Ben Shapiro after he issued a statement on all of this. And you know what? I'm glad they did because I have some scripture that I want to share with you on this matter and how it relates to how a widow should be treated and how a widow should behave. That's important to say. You might also find what Tyler Boyer from Turning Point USA had to say on this attack and where it's coming from. All right, but we are going to start with Dan Bonino and we'll work from there. I had to mute out like 12 fbombs from this, by the way. But here we go. I'm Zach. Even an an old 51 years old. I don't walk around all day terrified about my security situation. Maybe I should, but I don't. I'm nobody's victim. I chose a public life, and sadly, this is a part of it. Erica didn't choose this man. She didn't choose this. Imagine sitting there in your house and you find out from Twitter or I don't know a text or a phone call or that your husband was just shot in the neck for the entire world to see on social media at a public uh public event. I can't imagine that. I know you can't either. Then you got to go through this. Then you got a bunch of >> I want to jump in right here. Erica did choose this. She did choose the public life. Dan Bonino is talking about how he's in the public life. Erica chose the public life. Also these tears. I mean, shoot. Dan Bonino is a better act actor actress than Erica Kirk. But let's continue. Absolute lunatics sending her emails. You did it. Comments, tweets. you. you. you. Go yourself. You demonicing scum. >> For as much as I hate what just happened, I wish ill on no one. And everyone should restrain their emotions from the other side because they are not on our side. Everyone. Once you go down the road of violence, there's no turning back. There's always someone stronger than you, man. Always. There's a whole lot of people stronger than me. But I'm sorry if the language distracts from you, but I can think of no other New York way to say it. You mother, you deserve to feel the little licks of the flames of hell. on every inch of your body. You if there's an afterlife. Oh, and I believe there is. I believe in the second creation. I don't pretend to be the judge and jury, but I know you're not in it. I don't know, guys. I mean, you you tell me. I mean, [laughter] what's demonic language? Seriously. Seriously. And the side that chooses violence, again, nobody is choosing violence here. Nobody is choosing violence. This is suspicion and criticism over somebody who chose the public life themselves. My gosh. Like Erica did choose the public life. Not only did she choose it after Charlie was killed, but she has been trying very hard to make it in public life for her entire adult life. None of us have seen Candace's investigative series yet. It hasn't come out. You'd think with all of their talk about what what it is, you'd think they've all seen it. We don't know what's in it, but I'm willing to bet that an important portion of it covers Erica's attempts to make it as an influencer throughout her entire life. But there it is. There you go. If you have any suspicion, any critical feelings about Erica Kirk, according to Jan Dan Bonino, you deserve a spot in hell. And here is where we can get into the sin. This is sinful because it violates how we as God-fearing people should be supporting and caring for widows. Here is Ben Shapiro levying his attacks on Candace Owens and preaching scripture to us all. >> The stuff that Candace Owens has been doing because Candace Owens is a is a true vampire when it comes to conservatism and the conservative movement. She finds prominent people and then she grifts off of them and then she does more grifting off of them and then she grifts them until she's done grifting them. Then she moves on to the next thing she can grift off of. Truly sick, truly evil. You You lack for words. There is a biblical injunction for those of us who actually care about the Bible. There's a biblical injunction in Exodus 22 that you ought not to oppress any widow or orphan. Now, the reason that I focus in on this is because aside from the fact that Candace drives huge numbers through slandering people, truly slandering them, and yes, Erica Kirk absolutely should sue the living hell out of Candace Owens for this sort of stuff. The reason I bring this up is because there's been a wide and vast silence by people who should have spoken out about this months and months and months ago. In fact, some of us were calling this out from the stage of TPUSA in December. >> All right. Then the rest of this clip is him going on and talking about what he said. He brings up his speech from Turning Point USA. We've all heard it. He called out Megan Kelly and the whole group who were claiming to be Charlie's friends, but they don't have the courage to say anything against Candace Owens. And this is a part of the whole scheme that you see right here. Part of the coordinated attack is to attack those people who claim to be Charlie's friends. Megan Kelly, Tucker Carlson, uh Jack P, I don't know how to pronounce his name. Pobic, Pobic, whatever, however you pronounce it. But they're calling all these people out to condemn and stand against and you know the whole thing that the left does, the woke [snorts] left. That's what they're doing. But I've already said this about being a conservative because that's one of the things that Ben brings up here and that's something that Tyler Boyer is going to bring up here in a second. Being a conservative, being a Republican, being on the right. Like I don't care. And I don't think Candace does either. I'm a Christian. And Candace has said the same along those lines. She's talks about how she's on team God. She's after getting to the truth, especially about what happened to Charlie Kirk. And that's the thing. Did you guys think this was going to be easy? Like, did you think this wasn't going to get ugly? Candace is really the only person with the fortitude to take this on because she's on the front. She's she's the front man for this. I'm sorry, but that's just true. This is David verse Goliath. And like I said at the outset, I have never seen this type of coordinated social media campaign like this before. But you know, because Ben says, for those of you who care about the Bible, and then he reads that passage, I'm glad he did. I'm glad he did. 1 Timothy 5:es 3-6 says about Christian widows. They always like to leave out the very end of this. They always cut out the last one. It's always 3 through five. They never include six. Honoring widows who are truly widows or I'm excuse me, honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household. That's their priority. And to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. She who is truly a widow left all alone has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. But she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. Christians are certainly called to care for widows. Widows are called to stick to their vocation and trust that God will provide for them and that they will be taken care of. Many people are concerned to say the least that Erica Kirk has made this about herself since Charlie was killed. And then you see her past and you see how she has always been trying to make this about herself. We believe a lot of us do that her primary vocation is to her children as a mother. Many believe based on what Charlie advocated for that this is what he would have wanted for her too. And that isn't based on what we think. It's based on what Charlie Kirk actually said himself. And it's also how Erica represented herself while Charlie was alive and they spoke together. Watch this. >> Shows that married women women with kids are the happiest. Why do you think that is? I mean it's just nature. I mean, just becoming a CEO of a shoe company is not going to give you happiness. >> Women have it so mixed up. You can have a career after children, but if you try to have a career while you have your kids, you there is no such thing as balance. That is such a myth. I can't spend half of the day doing one thing. I missed out half of that time with being with the kids. So like you have to choose where your heart has to be fully with the home. You have to make that decision on your own. But you can always after your kids are in school or after they're in high school, you can always go back to work. You can always find a way to get back into the workforce. But if you miss those precious first few years, that is so hard to make up because memories are so much more important than an added paycheck. Uh, you're evil for noticing you demons. You deserve a spot in hell if you thought that maybe she meant what she said while Charlie was alive. See, based Christian men and women have an issue with Erica Kirk because she preached these types of traditional Christian values when she and Charlie were married and they spoke together. She threw those out the window, left those behind after Charlie died to take over as the CEO of Turning Point USA. I would assume that as the CEO of Turning Point USA, national organization, she's expected to work full-time, travel, etc. She herself said that her primary vocation is to her kids, as she just said right there. And no, she doesn't have to earn money as a widow. She and Charlie were very wealthy, and Charlie had ownership stake in multiple companies that made plenty of money. Erica does not need to trade her time for money. She chose to, and this goes back to the point being made to Dan Bonino, she chose to put herself in the public eye. She chose to be the face and the head and the frontman of a powerful political organization. She also as CEO has held no one accountable for how they treated Charlie in the last months of his life. Those Zionist donors, they're all still donors. Or has she held anybody accountable who failed to do their jobs? the event planners, the security who acted incompetently enough and contributed because of their incompetence. Call it incompetence, negligence, whatever you want to do. They didn't double check the roofs. They didn't look at they they didn't do this. We saw it with Brian Harpole. They relied on the local police to check the roofs and they didn't follow up on it. That's incompetence. UVU warned Turning Point USA, you shouldn't do this outside. We can't secure it. They said they were going to do it anyways. That's incompetence. That's negligence. So, yeah, it played a role. And have we gotten any accountability for that? Have we gotten any answers to that? No. No. Erica tells us to stop questioning my family. Your family. Your family is your freaking husband, the father of your children, freaking employees of your nonprofit. Like, what are you talking about? We called for heads to roll after Trump almost got killed in Butler, Pennsylvania. The Secret Service director lost her job. Good. Goodbye. who at Turning Point USA has been fired for failing to protect the founder. What Zionist donors have been cut ties with for the moral blackmail and the threats and calling Charlie an anti-semite or for saying that God was going to leave his side. Erica's concerned about a Jezebel article from weirdass witches who may or may not have cast a spell on him, but she's not concerned about the Zionist donors that are talking about how God's wrath is going to be taken out on Charlie. They were going to kill me. the the witches. [laughter] The witches who may or may not have have existed on Etsy. I see it right there in the chat. Dan Flood got promoted instead. And finally, I'll say this. She doesn't have the influence that Charlie had. She doesn't have her finger on the pulse of the American people. She's not it. She's been trying to be it for her whole life and she couldn't do it. People keep saying, "Well, Candace Owens has been trying to be a media figure and be influential for her entire life. I don't see you criticizing her." Candace Owens built herself and made it on her own competence. Even the people that hate her. Ben Shapiro, go watch the full clip. Even he acknowledges that Candace has talent and skill. Jeremy Boring, who despises Candace Owens, says that she has talent and skill. Candace, whether you like her or not, built herself up and made it on her own competence. Erica could not. She tried and she couldn't. Erica inherited Charlie's platform. People are allowed to have these thoughts without being called evil. These Zionists, there's [snorts] no quotes there. I don't know why I did that. [laughter] These Zionists are so out of touch with all of this. Tyler Boyer, who is a lead decision maker at Turning Point USA. Let me remove that. Let me get Tyler Boyer up here. Where is it? Here we go. This is what he This is where he thinks the attacks are coming from. The attacks on Turning Point USA, Charlie, Charlie's wife, his children, his legacy are supported by those with an agenda and in many cases funded by international sources. It is so funny to see Tyler Ber, one of the heads at Turning Point USA, say that the people who are critical of Turning Point USA and Erica Kirk and him are funded by international sources. That is some irony right there. That loath Americans, President Trump, conservative ideology percolating amongst young people and by extension activists who defend them. We are at a critical time in this country where the left has failed so miser miserably at convincing Americans to get on board for their radical woke stances and are now equipped with low IQ performance media to destroy the country. This is [snorts] their hailmary attempt to destroy candidates for president, win midterms, and apply their vision for hijacking elections in red states through rank choice voting. Blah blah blah blah blah. Let's just go to the bottom here. There's no greater evil than what America is up against right now. Patriots will need to band together, prioritize winning, reject mentally challenged attacks on conservatives, busy themselves with positive things to defeat Democrats at the ballot box in order to recognize the threat at our doorstep or else we will live in despatism for a generation. No, Tyler. No, we're going to prioritize Christ, the truth, and our values over winning. I've noticed that you in particular and Turning Point USA are keen now in endorsing Zionist neocon candidates that aren't too popular amongst the American people. That seems to be what you guys are doing now. And finally, one of the very real evils that America is up against, one of the very real threats that I've been talking about here a lot lately is Zionist ideology that has infiltrated our politics, media, government, churches, and institutions. Our problem with this Erica Kirk led Turning Point USA 2.0 I know with guys like Tyler Boyer leading the charge is their contribution to this ideology that is very anti-American and anti-Christian literally. You cannot be a Zionist and put America first. You cannot be a Christian and be a Zionist either. You're either putting Israel ahead of America or you're putting a Jewish ideology above Christianity. Let's get to some comments. Intuition Jen, thank you for gifting five memberships. I've said it before, you are a membership gifting machine. I appreciate you. Holistic Ben knows all about grifting. Yeah, I you know, it's very frustrating to listen to guys like Ben Shapiro give his takes, site scripture to us all, be picky choosy about which scripture they're they're using. They always do. They always do. It's crazy, you know. I and to think that to think that I used to really really like and appreciate Ben Shapiro is is crazy. I kind of grew up on Ben Shapiro. Honestly, I was, you know, I listened a lot to the to Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro and his, you know, when I stopped. You know, when I stopped, and this is where I first saw the the signs of of beginning to agree, not just beginning to agree, but where Candace really caught my attention. Um, you know, I had I had, you know, paid attention to Candace and had followed her stuff, but not with everything. like she had a lot of good viral moments that I liked. Um, but she she wasn't like my go-to. I think I've said that before. After October 7th, listening to Ben Shapiro, I had to turn him off. I had to turn him off because it was so incredibly emotionally charged. I had to stop listening to him. In my in my gut, my observation, my pattern recognition was that he he was emotionally unhinged after October 7th. I took it personally. It's fine. I mean, I took the the death and the assassination of Charlie Kirk personally as a as a Christian. But I had to stop listening to him. I had to stop listening to him. And Candace Owens was still at the Daily Wire at the time. And I'll never forget her response to him when they because that's it was around that time when Candace was fired. It was a little after it was a little after that that Candace got fired by Daily Wire. And if you remember, Ben Shapiro went viral for talking at that dinner and saying that and basically uh saying that Candace Owens was completely out of line for the things that she was saying about Israel's response in Gaza. Said it was despicable. And he said that at a dinner about his employee that worked at his company. And that created the whole feud on X. And Candace said to Ben Shapiro, "You have been emotionally unhinged for weeks now." And because of what I had been paying attention to, and I I'd watched a lot of Ben Shapiro, I completely agreed with that assessment. And I was like, "Check, that's right. That's the truth." And she just said it to Ben Shapiro and just went right at him. And I was like, "Good stuff. Good stuff." And uh then the whole crisis king thing happened and you know that whole fallout and and all that good stuff. And I mean yeah, but that's when I really started to that's when I started to shift away from Ben Shapiro and just the Daily Wire at large. Um anyway, Casey Blevens, thank you. God gave us two eyes, two ears, and only one mouth for a reason. DB, Dan Bonino, Ben Shapiro, and the likes have lost their minds. Where are Erica Kirk's children? Where is her ill mother? Erikica Kirk is everywhere but at home. Yeah. God gave us two eyes, two ears, and only one mouth for a reason. I mean, God gave us our senses. God gave us the things that we have to see things with our own eyes, hear things with our own ears, and then say what we believe to be true. Um, we're all seeing this stuff with our own eyes. And I mean, that pretty much that whole episode that I just that I just did right there is about seeing these things with our own eyes. What I just laid out for you are, I think, very fair and reasonable criticisms and suspicions to have about Erica Kirk. Doesn't mean we're crazy. Doesn't mean you're demonic. Doesn't mean you like deserve a spot in hell. It's like, what? Like, what are you guys looking at if you don't see this stuff? Like why would you just like automatically just like jump on board with this? Unless you want Turning Point USA to be taken in this direction. I mean, unless they're you'd be happy with it, I guess if they're doing what you want them to do. And I understand there are people that that think that they're Zionist. Like the the you know, I said that at the very beginning. I should I should really name it the Zionist conspire and unleash on Candace Owens. Um, where are Erica Kirk children? Where's her ill mother? Erikica Kirk is everywhere but at home. I mean, I guess what I would kind of good questions. I would say this though. if she is at home with them with her children and if she's not working full-time as the CEO of Turning Point USA. Um, if she is at home with her mom, um, like if she's not there working full-time as the CEO, then that's not a good use of their donor's money. I understand you need personal time off and and all. I mean, I I am the one who has said from the very beginning that if Erica Kirk was going to take over the CEO role, she should have hired an interim CEO or had like a longer grieving period. It seems like she has a lot going on right now. Like her family, her kids definitely need her. Seems like her mom definitely needs her. I I I just don't think that she is the right person to be the CEO of Turning Point USA. I've said that time and time again. My criticism of her is there like I don't like how she's been trying to make it as the social media influencer and then she ends up marrying Charlie Kirk. She takes on she like morphs into this different type of traditional Christian social media influencer while her and Charlie are married and then Charlie dies and now it's like this now it's back to like America's boss babe. I'm going to be the center of attention. I'm going to be this influencer. I'm going to go sit as President Trump's preferred guest at the State of the Union, which is happening tonight. That is what she's doing tonight. She's made it. She has legitimately made it. She is the girl. She's the American Boss, babe. [laughter] She did it. I mean, that's She's not stupid. Like, let's let's say that she is not stupid. That is for sure. She inherited Charlie's platform though. She inherited Charlie's platform. It's not something that she built herself. And I just don't think she has the it factor. She doesn't have the influence. She doesn't have the political sway that someone like Charlie did. And I understand maybe it's unfair to compare someone to Charlie, but if you're looking at that organization, you got to find someone. You got to put someone in there who is going to take on that responsibility that Charlie took on. Use an example. Charlie was the one back in June who went into President Trump's office and prevented President Trump and the BB Netanyahu in the state of Israel in America from starting World War II with Iran because he knew what the public backlash would have been. He had his finger on the pulse of the American people, which I've said a hundred times. and he went and he advocated on behalf of the American people to President Trump and said, "You cannot do this. You will piss off your base. You'll piss off young people in America. You can't do it." And President Trump then executed Operation Midnight Hammer instead, which was a strategic attack that didn't involve ground forces or a large-scale military operation in Iran. This time around, BB Netanyahu comes to America. Do you think Erica Kirk is not there doing that? And she's not doing that. She doesn't have the ability to do it. First of all, she's not going to have the year of President Trump. Second of all, she doesn't have her finger on the pulse of the American people because she doesn't do what Charlie did. You know who was there this past week telling the President Trump not to do it? You know who was there? Tucker Carlson. And the Zionists are losing their effing minds. But the difference between Tucker Carlson and Charlie Kirk is Tucker is obviously he's influential, but he doesn't have the organizational backing that Charlie Kirk had. Charlie Kirk had like the infrastructure of like universities and young people throughout America. Tucker doesn't have that. It's different. Charlie was influential. Guapa grounded gifting five memberships. I appreciate you. That's awesome. Good stuff, guys. And then we got new members here. Uh, thank you all for joining. I love it. I'm really trying to get to a thousand members, guys. That's my goal. That'd be awesome. Um, and again, we're going to do membersonly shows once a month. We're going to have the first one coming up here probably in the next week or so at the end of the month. So, if you want to be a part of that, then um, go ahead and and become a member. Uh, thank you guys. Uh, and thank you for for that donation. I really appreciate you. Thanks. Thank you for the super chat support. All right, last one. Here we go. Uh, Metal Roofing, thank you. Uh, love that donation. Appreciate you. Uh, thanks for speaking out for Candace and for the crazy that is Zionism. See if you can uh get Tucker to let you interview him and maybe that Egyptian comedian that Candace had on. Um, yeah, I'll look into that. I mean, if I could have Tucker on, that'd be amazing. [laughter] Um, but you know, I again, thanks for speaking out for Candace. Yeah. You know, it's not that I necessarily set out to be a defender of any specific individual. Like I mean you guys know that my faith and allegiance lies to Christ and the church and the truth and um the attacks that Candace Owens has received for what she has been putting out there and her valuable contributions like the exposing of the Zionist influence and what they did to Charlie Kirk in his last days which then created a domino no effect of Megan Kelly and Tucker Carlson speaking out against them and just the coordinated attack that occurred to her at the time and the lies that were told about them like Eric Bowling going on Patrick BD David Dave Rubin Seth Dylan Josh Hammer like all of these all of these accounts Ben Shapiro all of these accounts just coordinating against her to silence her and shut her up and just prevent her from putting anything out there. They said that the text message thread of Charlie saying that he had lost a Jewish donor and that he was left with no choice but to leave the pro-Israel cause. Charlie Kirk just lost another huge Jewish donor, 2 million a year because we won't cancel Tucker. I'm thinking of inviting Candace. The next response, Charlie Kirk, Jewish donors play into all the stereotypes. I cannot and will not be bullied like this, leaving me no choice but to leave the pro-Israel cause. The response to that, please don't invite Candace. That might feel good short term, but it's not good long term in my opinion. Like all groups, you're going to get a wide variety of opinions. That nasty free will thing that God bestowed on us makes life frustrating at times. Yeah, they said they made that up. They said that she made that up. And then Andrew Kovette confirmed it that he was the one that released it. And uh yeah, and that's pretty much where we've been ever since. Candace has been going hard trying to find the truth about what happened to Charlie Kirk. And I've covered a number of different people who have been looking into these things. And you can go back and go look go and look back at my profile from September 10th on. I've covered a wide variety of different people who are looking at this. Candace is the prime mover in this space and I consider this to be one of the most important issues that we're looking at right now. It's one of the ones that I care about the most. I mean, I can truly say the two issues that I care about the most right now are uh the Charlie Kirk assassination and the influence of Zionism on American politics, government, and media. Those are the two issues that I care most about. Thanks for speaking out for Candace and for the crazy that is Zionism. There you go. Candace is leading the charge in the in the Charlie Kirk investigation. She's taken some arrows and some and some blows for it. And I don't think that that's fair. I really don't think that that's fair. I This was going to be ugly. As I as I said in the in the video, Candace is one of the Candace is the one that is willing to put her neck on the line, face the lawsuits, face the lawfare, and really go about finding the truth about what happened to Charlie. And uh you know, Zionism I see as one of the biggest threats and and dangers to us, especially those of us of Orthodox Christian traditions. I've said that time and time again. Um you know, interviewing Tucker, that'd be great. I'm not connected with Tucker. Like, as I've said to you guys, like I don't know anybody in the media space. I've started this from scratch. It's just me here. So, um I I look at it as though I have to earn the right to get the attention of uh the bigger fish. And you all can help me do that. Like, you know, I'd ask that if you get value from the stuff that I talk about here, if you like following me, then share it and and poke other people around. Like, I'm not looking for handouts. I'm not looking for someone to boost me. I'm I'm I don't ask anybody for that. I want to be good enough to where I make it off my own merit and I get people's attention by delivering actual value. So, um yeah, that'd be cool. That'd be cool. But as far as I'm concerned, I'm working my way up to to earning that right uh to be that type of of uh of mover, I guess you can say, to where Tucker and I can have a conversation. So anyway, um, all right. Thought that was the last one, but here we go. We got a couple more here. Uh, me queen, thank you. Donald Trump is inviting Erica Kirk as a special guest. That trader lied when giving Erica Kirk the Freedom Medal speech by claiming he had just met her through Charlie when he had known her for long before. Both are traders. Yeah, I I saw that President Trump had invited Erica Kirk as the special guest to the State of the Union and uh I put on X. Well, the plot thickens, [laughter] [gasps] you know, it's just another just another thing added into this whole entire thing. It's like, man, yeah, this is uh it's crazy. It is crazy. As far as uh President Trump knowing Erica Kirk prior to prior to Charlie, I don't know. I don't know. I mean, you I I I don't know that. But that's interesting if that is the case. I'll have to look into that. Thank you for the comment. And then one last here. Member shout out. Thank you Jordan for becoming a member. All right guys, that's it for today. I hope you all have a great rest of the day. And uh let me know in the comments what you guys thought. Blow it up. Blow up the comments. Like the video. Uh send it out. Share it. and uh let the YouTube algorithm do its work. I appreciate all of you. Uh visit zcastello.com if you want to get some merch and I will see you guys tomorrow. Enjoy the State of the Union tonight with uh Erica Kirk as the special guest. I'm Zach Costello.