Yesterday I wrote about the argument on X that erupted after a fan of Candace Owens with 1.1 million followers claimed a bunch of high-profile conservative accounts had been paid to call her "evil" or "demonic" as part of a coordinated attack. Several of those people he accused caught wind of it and denied their comments had been coordinated with anyone else or that they'd received any money from anyone. In fact, people had been calling Owens evil for months and the most recent outpouring was promoted by her announcement of a new series attacking Erika Kirk.
At first, the account making the claim refused to back down but as several of the people he'd accused (Dana Loesch, Catturd, Graham Allen, Laura Loomer, Gunther Eagleman) started to discuss suing him, he changed his tune and admitted he had no proof anyone was paid and might be wrong about that. His defense for all of this was this screenshot:
Addendum: Context. pic.twitter.com/ZdpLs97PNA
— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddek) February 25, 2026
As you can see, the screenshot appears to be an email in which someone is organizing people to attack Candace Owens using specific language such as "demon" and "demonic."
Where did this come from? He didn't say and didn't seem to know. But it was "context."
Actually, we know where that screenshot came from because the guy who generated it took credit for it. He's another Candace Owens fan who'd seen the claims circulating on X that the attacks on Candace were being coordinated. Stuff like this:
The coordinated talking points are out in full force now…
— AustraliaFirstOnly (@gigabasedd) February 24, 2026
• Candace is ‘evil’
• Candace is a ‘demon’
• Candace is ‘demonic’
It’s like watching NPCs read from the exact same script, word-for-word.
Now know exactly where the 7k shekels are being funneled. pic.twitter.com/PDT62RGXSG
Of course there was no evidence this was coordinated but the idea was so appealing to Owens' fans that one of them asked AI to generate a sample letter, i.e. what would these conspirators have been secretly told to do. He then posted this in response, admitting it was AI generated.
Well if they all received the same email with marching orders, it would look something like this, per AI: pic.twitter.com/HYWi51fDHw
— Cognitive.eth (@bi_ggame) February 24, 2026
Again, this wasn't a leaked document, it was what Candace herself might call AI slop. But other Candace fans quickly got the wrong idea and were presenting it as proof directly to Candace.
New leaked documents are floating around this morning. pic.twitter.com/yDkqq4RMG7
— Melissa (@Rosiesmomma21) February 24, 2026
The guy who generated it tried to warn people it wasn't real and shouldn't be shared.
Do not share this. I created it using AI just to test what I think might have been sent out as marching orders. I posted it on a page with something like “this is probably happening"—they decided to leak it out as a real email.
— Cognitive.eth (@bi_ggame) February 24, 2026
Melissa doesn't know she's arguing with the person who generated this fake email using AI. She's convinced she's uncovered the truth and is showing off the proof which is that Grok (X's version of AI) has verified it's real.
— Melissa (@Rosiesmomma21) February 24, 2026
This isn't Melissa's fault. She was just one of many people who were sharing the AI generated screenshot as proof that dark Zionist forces were ganging up on Candace Owens. And it wasn't entirely the cognitive guy's fault either. He owned up to it being AI created and tried to warn people though it seems few if any cared.
To sum up:
JUST IN: A 500-follower account posted an AI-generated fake email yesterday claiming TPUSA is running a smear campaign against Candace Owens.
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 26, 2026
Since then, dozens of her supporters have shared it as fact, alleging there’s a paid TPUSA operation targeting her.
There isn’t.
People… pic.twitter.com/ux7xpyFIyD
A 500-follower account posted an AI-generated fake email yesterday claiming TPUSA is running a smear campaign against Candace Owens.
Since then, dozens of her supporters have shared it as fact, alleging there’s a paid TPUSA operation targeting her.
There isn’t.
People are criticizing her for free because her claims are wrong and she repeatedly makes baseless accusations.
P.S. What happened to the “Egyptian planes,” Candace?
You promised an updated interactive timeline over two months ago!
Are we ever going to see it?
Candace has an army of fans and followers who really believe she's a brilliant investigator and that anyone opposed to her is a paid shill trying to prevent her from asking questions. Even when you show these people the truth, most of them refuse to believe it. It becomes just one more layer to the ever-expanding conspiracy. Even if the proof of coordination is shown to be fake, they believe the real proof is still out there.
The whole thing reminds me of Alex Jones who also had quite a conspiracy theory media empire going until he got sued. And now even Alex Jones thinks Owens is taking it too far.
Alex Jones says he’s worried about Candace Owens and that she’s playing it fast and loose with the facts.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 21, 2025
He says he’s coming out with a report to debunk Candace’s latest conspiracy theory around the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which involves — without evidence — a… pic.twitter.com/OrahNEfcck
There's a reason people are calling Candace Owens evil and it's not because they are being paid.
What Erika Kirk is experiencing now is likely the worst cyberbullying, or the equivalent, that has ever been seen in the history of man. It is absolutely abhorrent, especially given its circumstances.
— James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) February 24, 2026
Update: "If I'm siding with Laura Loomer over you, you're probably a demon."
For the record, no one has paid me to call the Satanic slanderer @RealCandaceO what she is one time, and I’ve been doing it since last fall. I’m doing it free, and will continue to until she repents. And I’m as confident in that as anything I’ve ever said on this platform.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) February 25, 2026
As… https://t.co/lXXhcB8L3Q
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