"In duelling speeches Shapiro accused Carlson of recklessness in mainstreaming extremist and controversial figures, singling out Nazi-loving Fuentes and Andrew Tate, and for refusing to publicly condemn conspiracy theories pushed by Candace Owens about the killing of late TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk. Carlson fired back later in a speech of his own, mocking Shapiro's remarks and framing them as a betrayal of free debate. He dismissed calls to denounce or distance from controversial figures as right-wing cancel culture."
"Here's the deal: If you're a Jew at Turning Point, right, watch out! If you're Ben Shapiro, a guy who got pummeled with more anti-semitic trash during the 2016 campaign and beyond, if you're Ben Shapiro or Mark Levin, man, you have just been totally savaged by this so-called nothing conservative about him at all, they're radicals. But you're getting absolutely trashed there at Turning Point."
At Turning Point USA's AmericaFest conference Ben Shapiro publicly accused Tucker Carlson of recklessly mainstreaming extremist figures, naming Nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate, and criticized Carlson's refusal to condemn Candace Owens's conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's killing. Carlson responded by mocking Shapiro and framing calls to denounce controversial figures as right-wing cancel culture, defending a refusal to deplatform as central to Kirk's legacy. The exchange emerged alongside speeches including Vice President JD Vance's, and generated commentary that the confrontation signaled an emergent schism within conservative ranks over platforming, antisemitism concerns, and boundaries of acceptable discourse.
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