What primary-source videos or transcripts contain Candace Owens’ quoted remarks about Jewish people?

Checked on January 26, 2026
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Executive summary

A set of primary-source transcripts and videos have been cited by multiple outlets as containing Candace Owens’ quoted remarks about Jewish people: a YouTube broadcast (often referenced by its episode/transcript), a podcast interview transcript (with Norman Finkelstein), and an Aug. 14 interview with Tristan Tate — each documented in the reporting reviewed here [1] [2] [3]. Reporting ties specific quotations — e.g., “Jewish people were the ones who were trading us” and references to a “billionaire class of Jewish supremacists” — to those primary-source transcripts [1] [4] [2].

1. Which specific primary-source transcripts reporters point to

News reports and specialty sites cite a YouTube broadcast of Owens’ show (widely reproduced in media transcripts) where she told Black Americans “wake up … Jewish people were the ones who were trading us,” language flagged by the Jerusalem Post, History Can't Hide, and others as appearing on that YouTube episode transcript [1] [4]. A separate, published transcript of a November podcast conversation between Owens and Norman Finkelstein contains passages in which Owens accuses a “billionaire class of Jewish supremacists” of using money “as a blackmail weapon” — language reproduced in the HappyScribe transcript referenced by reporting [2].

2. The Tristan Tate interview and other named episodes

The ADL backgrounder identifies an Aug. 14 interview Owens posted with Tristan Tate as a primary source for multiple antisemitic claims — including imputations that Marxists were Jewish and assertions about Lenin, Stalin and a “Jewish cabal” — and notes that those claims appear in that interview’s recording/transcript [3]. Media coverage and podcast aggregators also point to an “Ep 245” transcript (cited by Dandelion Report and others) as the source for remarks about Turning Point USA and Jewish donor influence in changing political stances [5].

3. Which verbatim lines have been traced to those sources

Reporters quote two recurring formulations from those primary-source transcripts: the claim that “Jewish people were the ones who were trading us” about the slave trade (reported verbatim in the Jerusalem Post and in archival transcripts of Owens’ YouTube broadcast) and longer passages from the Finkelstein interview accusing a “billionaire class of Jewish supremacists” of silencing critics via money [1] [4] [2]. The ADL and other watchdogs reproduce additional lines from the Tate interview and other clips where Owens links Jews with Marxism, pedophilia conspiracies, and “blood libel”–style allegations [3].

4. How reporting links back to primary sources — and its limits

The coverage reviewed relies heavily on published transcripts of Owens’ own videos and interviews (YouTube episode transcripts, podcast transcripts, and platform-hosted episode pages) rather than court filings or third-party archival videos; outlets like The Jerusalem Post, History Can't Hide, ADL backgrounders, and transcript-hosting pages are explicit about which episode or interview contains the language [1] [4] [3] [2]. However, the dataset provided does not include direct URLs to the original YouTube video files or embedded media players for each cited episode, so verification should proceed by locating the specific episode pages or archived videos referenced by those transcripts [1] [5] [2].

5. Competing interpretations and reporting agendas

Coverage of the quotations frames them two ways: critics and watchdogs classify the remarks as recycling long-standing antisemitic tropes and warn of real-world harm (ADL, Aish, Times of India coverage) while some of Owens’ defenders or her platform portray the statements as critiques of elite influence, historical revisionism, or provocation aimed at a Black audience [3] [5]. Readers should note that advocacy organizations and opinion outlets may emphasize different excerpts or context; the transcripts themselves — cited across the sources above — are the primary artefacts repeated in reportage [2] [1] [3].

6. Bottom line for researchers

Primary-source material containing the quoted remarks exists in published episode transcripts and interview recordings referenced by multiple outlets: the YouTube broadcast transcript where Owens said “Jewish people were the ones who were trading us” (cited by Jerusalem Post and transcript repositories) and the podcast/interview transcripts (Norman Finkelstein, Tristan Tate, and Ep. 245) where she makes broader claims about Jewish influence and elites [1] [4] [2] [3]. The reporting reviewed documents those transcripts, but does not itself host every original video file — anyone seeking absolute verification should consult the episode pages or archival video players that correspond to the cited transcripts [2] [5] [3].

Want to dive deeper?
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