Thursday, November 1, 2018

Pro-Trump Activists Blame Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens for Losing Kanye West

West’s exit from politics set off a flurry of despairing messages in internal group chats used by young conservatives, who were watching their party lose one of its last prominent voices over a dispute about T-shirts.
 

(The Daily Beast) -- Pro-Trump activists are fuming after Kanye West’s announcement that he’s “distancing” himself from politics, with the blame falling on two right-wing personalities—Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens—who fellow conservatives say used West to push their personal brands at the expense of the conservative movement.

“They really over-grifted that situation,” said Lucian Wintrich, a former White House correspondent for Gateway Pundit.

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