'I will wash my mouth': MAGA civil war erupts into bizarre exchange about animal sex

The ongoing battle between several notable MAGA figures over Charlie Kirk’s killing devolved Wednesday into a bizarre exchange between two right-wing influencers over animal sex, a squabble that played out on social media and showed no signs of slowing down.

Far-right influencer Candace Owens ignited a firestorm this week after she revealed supposed text messages of Kirk’s that showed, just two days before he was killed, that he vowed to “leave the pro Israel cause,” a claim supporting her previous assertions that Kirk had become disillusioned with the United States’ strong support of Israel in his final weeks.

While the text messages remain unverified, Andrew Kolvet, the spokesperson for Kirk’s conservative advocacy organization, confirmed that the messages were “authentic” on Tuesday.

However, Owens has gone far beyond sharing text messages, and has implied, without evidence, that Israel may have played a role in Kirk’s killing, a suggestion that even received the attention of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natenyahu, who called the allegation “insane.”

These implications have drawn the ire of other MAGA figures, including right-wing influencer Laura Loomer and conspiracy theorist and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, have engaged with Owens on social media several public spats.

The latest spat, however, quickly got off the rails after D’Souza made reference to animal sex in trying to characterize Owens’ behavior.

“I can’t comment on Candace because it’s quite obviously a freak show,” D’Souza wrote in a social media post on X Wednesday. “It’s like driving on the highway and seeing a farmer having sex with a sheep. You don’t want to look, but you can’t look away either. The problems begin when you try to analyze it. It is what it is.”

A few hours later, Owens fired back at D’Souza for his reference to animal sex, and accused the filmmaker of being “sexually perverse.”

“Who openly admits that they wouldn’t look away if they watched a person having sex with a farm animal?” Owens quipped in a social media post on X.

“I am being humorous, or at least attempting to be,” D’Souza admitted in a response.

Refusing to let D’Souza’s comment go unaddressed, Owens slammed his response as being a misunderstanding of humor.

“Humor is typically landed upon with relatability,” Owens wrote. “I don’t know what’s on your laptop but most people cannot relate to feeling fascinated by farmers having sex with their sheep. Hope this helps.”

A seemingly defeated D’Souza tepidly fired back by arguing that “surprise is a key element of humor,” but admitted “I get the point and will ‘wash my mouth.’”