Turning Point USA Broke Its Own Word — and Then Insulted the Audience

I don’t know what Turning Point USA and the Charlie Kirk Show thought they were doing yesterday, but they stepped on a rake—and then blamed the audience for noticing.

Erica Kirk publicly stated that she and Candace Owens mutually agreed there would be no public discussion, no livestreams, and no posts while their meeting was taking place.

Clear. Explicit. Plural. No wiggle room.

And Turning Point USA ignored it.

While that meeting was happening, TPUSA went live anyway—platforming Gary Melton from Paramount Tactical, a man who spent the first month after Charlie Kirk was killed pushing a false narrative, and who is now aggressively attacking Candace Owens across social media.

Apparently, that’s the new prerequisite for appearing on the Charlie Kirk Show:
You must publicly disavow Candace Owens.

Andrew Kovette and Blake Neff are now taking heat for this decision, and wait until you see their response—because it’s not just bad. It’s insulting.

Meanwhile, What Is the FBI Director Doing?

Let’s zoom out for a moment.

Candace Owens says she received an assassination threat from the French government.
Serious people believe Tyler Robinson may not have acted alone.
We were promised answers on the Epstein files—and got nothing.

And the FBI director?

Kash Patel is doing celebrity gossip interviews with his girlfriend about their love story.

This isn’t satire.

He’s already been scrutinized for using FBI aircraft to travel to her concerts on the taxpayer dime, and his defense is, “Well, my predecessors did it too.”

Guess what, Kash:
We didn’t approve of them either.

This isn’t flying home to see your kid’s baseball game.
This is flying to your girlfriend’s country music show.

No one is saying you can’t have a personal life.
We’re saying spare us the People Magazine nonsense while major national cases go unanswered.

If you’re going to use public resources for a podcast appearance, maybe go on Candace Owens and talk about something that actually matters—like who killed Charlie Kirk and why.

Candace Owens Speaks — and Something Matters Here

Candace Owens released a short video after her meeting with Erica Kirk. Pay attention to her words.

She says the meeting lasted four and a half hours.
She asked every question.
She was surprised by some of the answers.
And they were surprised by some of the information she brought.

Notice the word “they.”

That tells you this wasn’t just Candace and Erica. Other parties were present.

This is how free speech is supposed to work:
Questions. Pushback. Information exchange.

Which makes Turning Point USA’s behavior even worse.

Why TPUSA Acted in Bad Faith

While that private meeting was underway, Turning Point USA hosted a livestream discussing the very topics Erica explicitly said were off-limits.

Not only that—they platformed Gary Melton, who has become one of Candace Owens’ loudest critics.

Gary has publicly accused Candace of:

Monetizing conspiracy theories

Being dangerous

Acting out of spite

Trying to destroy Charlie Kirk’s legacy

That’s rich—because Gary himself pushed a flawed narrative for weeks after the assassination.

He insisted a .30-06 rifle could not have been used unless Charlie was wearing body armor. That claim was debunked. Even Gary later admitted anomalies exist.

By his own logic, does that make him a slanderous conspiracy theorist?
Does he now deserve a psychiatric diagnosis too?

Of course not.

Turning over stones is not slander.
Being wrong is not evil.
Questioning official narratives—after we’ve been lied to repeatedly—is not a moral failing.

That’s free speech.

Andrew Kovette’s Response — and the Insult

When confronted, Andrew Kovette responded by saying:

“No, it wasn’t the stream we discussed. It wasn’t even the time we discussed. We can’t just not show up for work.”

This is either breathtaking incompetence—or arrogance.

The issue was never which stream.
It was the topic.

Erica Kirk said all public discussion, all livestreams, all tweets were on hold.

Plural. Explicit. Clear.

Pretending otherwise isn’t an explanation.
It’s gaslighting.

Final Point

Turning Point USA broke its word.
Then tried to spin it.
Then insulted the audience’s intelligence.

Free speech doesn’t mean protecting only the “right” questions.
It means allowing uncomfortable ones—even when you don’t like who’s asking.

I’m Zach Costello.