Which social media influencers attended tucker carlson's 2025 holiday gathering and posted about it?
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Executive summary
A small set of right-wing social-media figures publicly linked themselves to Tucker Carlson’s December 2025 “Cowboy Christmas” gathering: Laura Loomer tweeted that Candace Owens attended, and extremist commentator Nick Fuentes discussed Owens’s presence on a livestream; both posts were the source of public attention about influencer attendance [1]. Independent coverage also shows photos from the event and attendees beyond U.S. influencers — for example, Irish political figure Gareth Sheridan was photographed with Carlson and later characterized the occasion as non‑political [2].
1. Who publicly said influencers were at the party — and how they said it
Laura Loomer and Nick Fuentes were the most visible social‑media figures who publicly asserted that Candace Owens attended Tucker Carlson’s holiday event: Loomer made repeated tweets stating Owens had been at Carlson’s “Alp Pouch ‘Cowboy Christmas’” party and named Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as being present alongside her claim [1], while Fuentes amplified the same claim on a livestream, framing Owens’s attendance as evidence to question her public statements [1]. Those are direct public posts by influencers asserting attendance, and the Hindustan Times summarized these social posts and livestream comments as the origin of wider social discussion [1].
2. What was actually documented in independent reporting
Independent reporting that the available records capture is more limited: The Irish Times published a photograph showing former Irish presidential hopeful Gareth Sheridan next to Tucker Carlson at a Christmas party tied to Carlson’s Alp Pouch brand and quoted Sheridan saying the gathering “was not a political event” [2]. That piece confirms at least the event’s occurrence and at least one photographed attendee who is a public figure, but it does not catalog the full guest list or verify every social‑media claim about specific U.S. influencers [2].
3. Distinguishing claims, posts, and verified evidence
There is a clear gap between influencer claims on social platforms and independent verification in the sources provided: Loomer’s tweet and Fuentes’s livestream are documented as public accusations that Owens attended [1], but the sources here do not include Owens’s own confirmation or a comprehensive, independently vetted guest list. The Irish Times photograph verifies Sheridan’s presence and Carlson’s hosting of an Alp Pouch event [2], but it does not corroborate Loomer’s or Fuentes’s specific allegations about Owens or other named U.S. influencers [2]. Thus, the only verifiable poster-attendance linkage in these sources is that Loomer and Fuentes publicly posted about the party; verification of Owens or other influencers attending is asserted by those posters, not independently proven in the available reporting [1] [2].
4. Alternative readings and implicit agendas in the social posts
The social posts must be read with context: Laura Loomer and Nick Fuentes are partisan figures with incentives to publicize and inflame intra‑right disputes, and Hindustan Times frames their posts as part of a feud between Candace Owens and Turning Point USA allies [1]. Their claims served a political purpose — to challenge Owens’s credibility or positioning — which suggests those posts may be as much political messaging as straightforward reporting of who showed up [1]. The Irish Times piece, by contrast, carries the implicit agenda of clarifying a photograph’s context when a public figure (Sheridan) is involved; Sheridan’s insistence the party was “not a political event” pushes back against any politicized reading of the snapshot [2].
5. Bottom line — who posted about it, and what remains unverified
The clearest answer supported by the supplied reporting: Laura Loomer tweeted about Tucker Carlson’s 2025 holiday party and claimed Candace Owens attended, and Nick Fuentes amplified that claim on a livestream [1]. Independent reporting confirms Tucker Carlson hosted an Alp Pouch Christmas event at which Gareth Sheridan was photographed and who later called it non‑political [2]. The sources do not provide an independently verified list of every social‑media influencer who attended, nor do they include direct confirmation from Owens or a full guest roster; those gaps should temper any definitive assertion beyond the documented posts and the photographed attendees reported [1] [2].