Which Turning Point USA events featured Candace Owens after 2019?
Executive summary
Candace Owens was Turning Point USA’s communications director until her 2019 resignation; available reporting since 2019 documents a contentious public break and, in late 2025, a high‑profile dispute about whether she would appear at a TPUSA livestream set for Dec. 15 to rebut her allegations about the organization after Charlie Kirk’s death (see Owens’ resignation in 2019 and the 2025 livestream dispute) [1] [2]. Sources show multiple recent invitations, offers and refusals around TPUSA events in December 2025 but do not provide a comprehensive list of every TPUSA event she attended after 2019 (p1_s3; [14]–p2_s8).
1. A professional rupture that matters for every later appearance
Candace Owens served as TPUSA communications director until May 2019, when she resigned amid controversy over comments she made earlier that year; that formal split frames all later interactions between her and TPUSA because she shifted from insider to outspoken critic and independent commentator [1].
2. Post‑2019 public appearances: reporting gaps and known high‑profile flashpoints
Available sources do not list every TPUSA event Owens participated in after 2019. What reporting does document are episodic, high‑visibility clashes rather than a long series of collaborative appearances — most notably the December 2025 public fight over a TPUSA livestream where TPUSA planned to rebut Owens’ allegations about Charlie Kirk’s death and invited her to appear [2] [3].
3. December 2025: an invitation, an acceptance, then a backing‑out narrative
In early December 2025 TPUSA producers (The Charlie Kirk Show staff) announced a Dec. 15 livestream in Phoenix to answer allegations Owens had been making; TPUSA invited Owens to participate in person, Owens initially accepted or signaled willingness, then objected to the timing and logistics and offered to join virtually — TPUSA insisted on in‑person attendance and moved forward without her when she rejected their arrangement [2] [3] [4].
4. Multiple outlets reporting the same episode with different emphases
Conservative and mainstream outlets covered the dispute with varying slants: Daily Caller, IJR and WND reported Owens “backed out” of the TPUSA event and emphasized TPUSA’s categorical rejection of her remote offer [2] [5] [6]. International papers and wire‑style aggregators focused on the scheduling spat and public reactions on X (now X/Twitter), noting critics accused Owens of reneging on an “anytime, any place” challenge [7] [8] [9].
5. What the sources say about the content of the dispute
TPUSA framed its livestream as an effort to rebut what it described as unproven accusations Owens had leveled about Kirk’s death and TPUSA leadership; TPUSA’s producers and spokespeople said Owens’ theories ranged from betrayal to wide conspiratorial claims, which TPUSA denied and insisted should be answered in person [2] [10]. Owens said she was not consulted about the livestream date, that it conflicted with her podcast, and she offered a virtual alternative before deciding to host a competing livestream [2] [11].
6. The wider context: why post‑2019 events are contentious
Owens’ transition from TPUSA insider to independent conservative media figure — and subsequent controversies, including public disputes with other conservative figures and organizations — means later interactions are treated as disputes rather than routine speaking engagements; multiple sources highlight a pattern of escalating public accusations and counter‑responses rather than collaborative TPUSA appearances [1] [12] [13].
7. Limits of available reporting and what is not found
Available sources do not enumerate every TPUSA event featuring Owens after 2019, nor do they show a simple list of speaking dates; rather, reporting concentrates on flashpoints such as her 2019 departure and the December 2025 livestream dispute. If you want a full chronology of every TPUSA event she attended post‑2019, that compilation is not present in the provided reporting (not found in current reporting).
8. Competing perspectives and the reader’s takeaway
TPUSA and its producers present the December 2025 livestream as a fact‑based rebuttal and insist on in‑person accountability; Owens and her defenders portray the organization as picking a time without consultation and frame TPUSA’s insistence on in‑person attendance as exclusionary or a PR move [3] [14]. Readers should view single‑day media standoffs like this as symptom of a longer estrangement that began with her 2019 resignation [1].
If you’d like, I can compile a timeline of every TPUSA‑branded event mentioned in these sources and annotate which explicitly name Owens (based on the same reporting), or search for additional primary event listings and appearances.