Infowars host Alex Jones launched a blistering attack this week on fellow conservative media personality Candace Owens, accusing her of pushing baseless conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and branding her the “Empress of Dark Q.”
Jones delivered the tirade during his InfoWars broadcast, where he mocked Owens and her followers as a new offshoot of conspiracy culture. Comparing her movement to other fringe belief systems, Jones said Owens had effectively created her own ecosystem of speculation and paranoia.
“I dub her the Queen of Dark Q, the Empress of Dark Q,” Jones said on air. “You got the Q-Anon, you got the Blue-Anon, you now have Candace-Anon.”
Jones specifically rejected Owens’s claims involving alleged secret plots tied to Fort Huachuca and other shadowy actors. He said he personally looked into the allegations and found them to be completely unfounded.
“I’m just like, ‘Wow, Egyptian planes,’” Jones said sarcastically, describing his reaction to one claim before investigating it. “Let me go look into it. Bunch of bull, okay.” He went on to describe other allegations, including supposed mass assassination planning operations, as “easily verifiable horseshit.”
Jones bristled at the idea that he should support Owens simply because her claims are popular with a segment of the audience. He criticized what he described as her loyal inner circle, mocking her supporters and dismissing their online attacks against him.
According to Jones, Owens’s fans accused him of being out of touch and claimed he was covering things up or working for foreign interests. Jones brushed off those accusations, saying misinformation may spread quickly, but the truth ultimately prevails.
“A lie goes halfway around the world while the truth puts its pants on,” Jones said, adding that he believes he will ultimately be proven right. He described himself as a trendsetter rather than a follower and vowed to aggressively challenge Owens’s narratives moving forward.
“I’m pointing the way,” Jones said. “Everything she says and does, I’m gonna rip it to pieces.”
The takedown quickly triggered backlash from Owens’s supporters, who flooded social media with attacks on Jones. Jones responded to several of them directly, including Owens herself. In one post, he mocked what he described as panic among her camp following scrutiny of the Fort Huachuca claims.
Jones went further in a direct response to Owens, saying he had been unsure whether she was “evil or just misguided.” He accused her of doubling down even after what he claimed was the exposure of her source as fraudulent.
“This isn’t about whether or not ‘Snow’ was at Fort Huachuca and you know that,” Jones wrote. He accused Owens of demanding proof to disprove accusations she had made, then attempting to evade the facts once evidence was presented.
Jones also hinted that additional information would soon be released that, in his view, would further undermine Owens’s claims. He closed his remarks with a harsh personal condemnation, saying he did not know what had changed about Owens or whether she had always been this way.
Owens’s conspiracy theories surrounding Kirk’s assassination have cast blame on a wide range of targets, including Israel, the U.S. military, and Turning Point USA itself. The controversy has fueled an intense internal battle within the MAGA-aligned media world, dividing critics and defenders.
Despite the backlash, Owens remains a major media force. Her podcast continues to rank among the most listened-to shows in the country, and her YouTube channel boasts roughly 5.7 million subscribers, underscoring her significant influence even as the dispute escalates.
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