"Ben Shapiro, co-founder of the Daily Wire, and one of MAGA's most powerful podcasters, said Thursday at the convention's opening session that Megyn Kelly is "guilty of cowardice" for failing to condemn Candace Owens for spreading conspiracy theories about Kirk's death. Shapiro said the conservative movement is in "serious danger" from "charlatans," "frauds" and "grifters." He called Tucker Carlson's hosting of antisemite Nick Fuentes on his podcast "an act of moral imbecility." (The episode is now at 7 million YouTube views.)"
"Steve Bannon, an official in the first Trump administration who now heads the influential "WarRoom" podcast, said onstage: "Ben Shapiro is like a cancer, and that cancer spreads. [Lowers mike for dramatic effect.] It's a cancer, and it metastasizes." Megyn Kelly responded onstage by belittling Shapiro: "It reminded me a little of when the girl who was the head of our middle-school chorus told me she was going to take all my friends away ... I helped make him a star.""
Thousands of attendees queued early for AmFest’s main program featuring Vice President JD Vance, Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump Jr. Attendance was capped at 31,000 after last year’s 21,000 turnout. Festival signage and displays framed Charlie Kirk as a central figure, with slogans like "MAKE AMERICA CHARLIE KIRK" and "WE ARE ALL CHARLIE KIRK." High-profile conservatives exchanged sharp criticisms onstage over conspiracy theories, grifters and antisemitism, with Ben Shapiro condemning charlatans, Tucker Carlson denouncing antisemitism as immoral, Steve Bannon likening Shapiro to a spreading cancer, and Megyn Kelly mocking Shapiro’s rise.
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