Conservative US political commentator Candace Owens has defended her recent trip to Moscow, sharing photos and praising the city’s beauty while rejecting accusations of “Russian collusion.” The visit, which she described to her 6 million YouTube subscribers as a “family vacation,” sparked criticism from some of her peers.
Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro, with whom Owens had a public falling out in 2024, labeled her trip an act of “ideological subversion.” On Sunday, Owens addressed the criticism on the platform X, writing, “I’m starting to understand why the talking heads panic and shout and lie about ‘Russian collusion’ when they learn an American with a platform is traveling here.”
She accompanied her post with a photo of herself on Red Square, adding, “It is genuinely shocking how clean, beautiful and orderly this city is. It is so far removed from media depictions.” Owens also shared images from a theater and a church in Moscow, stating, “I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I wasn’t expecting this.”
Her experience echoes that of journalist Tucker Carlson, who faced bipartisan and media criticism for traveling to Moscow twice in 2024 to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Carlson had similarly praised Moscow as “so much nicer” than many US cities and accused American media of biased coverage.
Owens rose to prominence in the late 2010s by urging Black voters to abandon the Democratic Party. She joined Shapiro’s Daily Wire in 2020 but was fired in 2024 following their dispute over Israel’s war in Gaza. She has since broken with former President Donald Trump over his support for Israel.
Launching her own popular YouTube show, Owens has continued to court controversy. Her statements have included suggestions of Israeli involvement in the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Last year, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filed a defamation lawsuit against Owens after she alleged that France’s first lady was born a man.
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