There's a storm brewing over an upcoming debate between MAGA heavyweights, according to a new report.
On Friday, MAGA personalities Candace Owens and Andrew Wilson will face off in a debate about Charlie Kirk's assassination, The Bulwark reported. Owens plans to present a case that there is a broader conspiracy at play, while Wilson plans to argue that Tyler Robinson, Kirk's accused killer, acted out of his own volition.
“This debate will be the Super Bowl of Charlie murder content,” Michael Knowles, a MAGA media personality on The Daily Wire network, told The Bulwark. “Millions of people will watch it, lots of money will be made, lots of opinions will be put forward.”
There's just one catch. The debate isn't about exposing the truth about Kirk's killing. Instead, it seems to be a ploy for Wilson to boost his name recognition within the MAGA-sphere.
"Wilson is effectively paying Owens to collaborate with him and boost his profile in the MAGA movement, like an unknown rapper paying a star for a guest verse on his track," Will Sommer, a reporter for The Bulwark, noted in the article.
"Wilson’s wild spending in pursuit of debate clout has raised the prospect that he’s a stalking horse for TPUSA’s own efforts to undermine Owens. The thought has certainly occurred to Owens herself," Sommer added. "At one point, she said she would only debate Wilson if a TPUSA higher-up like Erika Kirk acknowledged that he represented them. That condition actually doesn’t appear to have been met, but the debate is still on."