David Kaufman: Candace Owens' attack on Ben Shapiro undeniably racist

Her tirade was full of anti-Jewish conspiracy theories

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Right wing provocateur Candace Owens has managed to achieve the impossible. Along with reaching a new low in antisemitic incitement, Owens has upended decades of racial orthodoxy with just a single video on YouTube.

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That video, posted this weekend, was a takedown of podcaster Ben Shapiro — founder of the conservative media site The Wire who is publicly (and proudly) Jewish. Like most of the right’s top leadership, Shapiro — who formerly employed Owens at The Daily Wire — appeared last week at the annual conference for Turning Point USA, the political action group established by the late Charlie Kirk.

This was the first major Turning Point gathering since Kirk was murdered in September. But rather than focus on honouring Kirk’s legacy, the event turned into an internecine war field with Israel and antisemitism as its most potent flashpoints.

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No speaker was more provocative or confrontational than Shapiro, who took deep swipes at former Fox News host Tucker Carlson for providing the self-described white nationalist Nick Fuentes with air time on his massively popular podcast in late October.

Not only did Shapiro

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