Candace Owens: The “trans movement ... is actually satanic”
Written by Alex Paterson
Research contributions from Jason Campbell
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Right-wing pundit Candace Owens said that the “trans movement ... is actually satanic” during a segment that fearmongered about schools affirming trans youth and encouraged parents to homeschool their kids.
During the September 6 segment of PragerU’s The Candace Owens Show, Owens and her guest, BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey, encouraged parents to take their kids out of public school so that they wouldn’t be confused by the “trans agenda,” such as being referred to by their appropriate gender identity and pronouns. There is a vast body of research that shows that affirming children’s gender identity is a lifesaving practice that reduces depression and suicide.
Owens has a history of making extreme anti-trans comments, including saying that the movement for trans equality “is one of the most dangerous” and “evil” things that is happening. She has said, “I cannot think of anybody’s emotional capabilities that are more unstable than somebody that is transitioning from a male to a female.” She also called trans women competing in sports and Miss Universe pageants “a complete and utter mockery of modern feminism.”
Stuckey has similarly used her platform to attack trans youth. In an interview with right-wing outlet One America News Network about a Texas custody battle regarding a trans child, she claimed, “We are seeing children sacrificed on the altar of a twisted ideology.”
Citation From the September 6, 2020, edition of PragerU's The Candace Owens Show
ALLIE BETH STUCKEY (BLAZETV HOST): Then get your kids out of government school. You’re not doing them any favors by sending them on the frontlines when they are 5 and 6 years old to try to defend the worldview that you are teaching them. Keep them at home, and keep them under your care and authority for as long as you can to prepare them for the craziness that’s out there.
CANDACE OWENS (HOST): And what if you can’t? … How do you combat your child going into a kindergarten class -- and this is actually the circumstance in some schools -- where they are allowed to call your child by a different gender all day, and they're not required to tell the parent. I can't wrap my -- to me that is Satan, right? Satan is the author of lies and deception, and when I look at the face of this trans movement, and this trans agenda, and confusing kids -- kids are already confused about everything, you know what I mean? And our job is to tell them what the truth is. And when I see that, I think this is actually satanic, and I just don't know what we say to those parents who can't afford to take their kids out.