Candice Owen Tim Pool
Executive summary
Tim Pool launched an expletive-filled on-air attack against Candace Owens on Timcast/TImCast, calling her a “f**king evil scumbag” and accusing her of “burning down” parts of the conservative movement over her public investigations and conspiracy claims about Charlie Kirk’s death [1] [2]. Owens reshared Pool’s clip and answered with concern about Pool’s wellbeing while also accusing him of fabricating or misrepresenting incidents — an exchange that escalated after Owens claimed Pool’s 2022 shooting was “committed by his brother,” which Pool vehemently denied as “an absolute lie” [3] [4].
1. The public fight: profanity, accusations and viral clips
Tim Pool’s broadcast rant at Candace Owens used extreme language and repeated accusations that Owens is “burning everything down” and harming the conservative movement; Mediaite, Yahoo and other outlets captured his tirade and the viral spread of the clip [1] [2] [5]. Coverage across outlets reproduces Pool’s strongest language and frames the moment as part of a broader intra-right civil war, with Pool saying he’s “f---ing done” and confronting conservative figures who haven’t publicly challenged Owens [1] [5].
2. Owens’s response: empathy, deflection, and a counterclaim
Candace Owens reposted Pool’s clip to X and publicly suggested Pool was “genuinely not well,” urging observers not to weaponize the moment; several outlets quoted her restrained reply and her later comments characterizing Pool as under financial or professional stress [3] [1] [6]. That measured posture coexists with a sharper thrust: Owens tweeted an allegation that the December 2022 shooting Pool said he “survived” was actually “committed by his brother,” a claim multiple outlets report she made and that directly provoked Pool’s furious rebuttal [4] [7].
3. New allegation and sharp denial: Owens vs. Pool on the 2022 shooting
Sportskeeda, Hindustan Times and others say Owens asserted Pool’s 2022 shooting was carried out by his brother, insisting “He cannot deny this fact”; Pool responded within hours calling the allegation “an absolute lie” and insulting Owens in turn, intensifying the feud [4] [7]. Reporting shows both the allegation and the denial circulated widely on X and in press extracts, but available sources do not mention independent confirmation from law-enforcement records within these reports [4] [7].
4. Context: why Charlie Kirk’s death matters to this feud
Several outlets place this clash in the shadow of intense debate around the September assassination of Charlie Kirk: Owens has been publicly investigating and suggesting internal betrayal or broader conspiracies, and Pool accuses her of exploiting that tragedy and harming Turning Point USA’s legacy [1] [8]. Pool frames Owens’s activity as not only reckless but materially damaging to conservative organizing and to people connected to Kirk, which is a recurring theme in his criticism [1] [8].
5. Media ecosystem and partisan dynamics shaping coverage
Reporting on the exchange is concentrated in politically oriented outlets and aggregator sites that amplify heated language and viral clips; headlines emphasize spectacle and mutual invective [9] [10] [5]. Some outlets emphasize Owens’s concern for Pool’s wellbeing [3] [6], while others replay Pool’s claim that Owens is profiting from controversy — demonstrating divergent frames depending on editorial stance [1] [8].
6. What the available reporting does and does not show
Contemporary pieces document the on-air tirade, Owens’s repost and her subsequent allegation about the 2022 shooting, plus Pool’s swift, profane rebuttal [4] [1] [2]. Available sources do not include official law-enforcement confirmation about the 2022 incident or independent corroboration of Owens’s claim that Pool’s brother was responsible; they also do not provide a full transcript or context for every claim Pool made about “security costs” and ending his show beyond quoted excerpts [1] [2].
7. Why readers should care: credibility, intra-movement fractures, and real-world consequences
This dispute illustrates a broader fracture within the conservative media ecosystem where punditry, competing narratives about a high-profile killing, and accusations of profiteering collide on social platforms — with personal attacks and unverified assertions amplified as news [1] [8]. The reporting shows reputational stakes for organizations tied to Charlie Kirk and highlights how viral back-and-forths can shift public attention away from evidence-based inquiry toward spectacle [1] [5].
If you want, I can compile a timeline of quoted posts and clips referenced in the coverage, or extract and compare exact wording from Pool’s livestream and Owens’s X posts as cited in these sources [4] [1].