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#175 - Candace Owens Sued by French President Macron Over Shocking Claims · Brandon Fogal Evolution

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  So we've got quite a wild story happening. French President sues Candace Owens
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  over claiming his wife is a man.
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  I don't know if you've heard this. I actually just heard that she'd been saying
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  this for a little while now.
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  And I mean, I hear a lot of people say this kind of stuff. A lot of people that
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  are out in the outspoken in the media, and they just say these wild claims.
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  But Candace Owens is specifically being targeted. All right,
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  let's just this is absolutely bananas.
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  French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Bridget, filed a 22-count defamation
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  lawsuit in the United States against right-wing podcaster Candace Owens Wednesday
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  over the claim that Bridget could be a man.
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  The lawsuit filed in Delaware Superior Court alleges Candace Owens has broadcast
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  a relentless year-long campaign of defamation against the Macrons,
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  according to a statement from Tom Clare, the Macrons' lawyer.
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  In march conservative commentator candace owens revived
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  an absurd conspiracy theory with a youtube video titled
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  is france's the first lady a man according to the complaint promoted widely
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  on x owens said the conspiracy theory was likely the biggest scandal in political
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  history since then owens has produced numerous videos about bridget mccone for
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  her nearly 4.5 million YouTube subscribers,
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  including a multi-part series called Becoming Bridget.
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  The lawsuit further claims she has also sold merchandise promoting the claim.
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  This is crazy. I just actually heard about this yesterday and that she was saying this.
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  And then I even heard that she was saying that it's not only a man that is his
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  wife, but it is her father, which even takes it a step further.
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  I mean, people are going to say crazy things. And I guess you got to be careful
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  what you say because, but I mean, Emmanuel Macron is a public figure.
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  He's not even a United States citizen.
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  So how this crosses international lines is, I mean, I know people can do this,
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  but I don't see this actually going anywhere.
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  All this I could say is that Candace has the freedom of speech to say what she
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  wants, to say what she believes.
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  If she actually believes this, if she actually believes this,
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  she could be completely dead set wrong,
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  but she's saying what she thinks so i
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  don't see this actually going anywhere but we'll find out separately bridget
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  mccone sued two french women for spreading similar claims
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  in 2022 after winning the initial case this
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  year the women won an appeal and the lawsuit will
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  go to a higher court according to cnn affiliate bfm
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  tv according to the statement these retractions demand
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  demands to owens were accompanied by incontrovertible evidence
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  disproving her allegations and proving among other things that mrs macron was
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  born a man named bridget tron trug no i don't even know how you say that that
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  she is not a blood relative of president macron and that the macrons are not
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  being controlled or blackmailed by unknown forces.
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  By a CIA-linked program. Either way, this is absolutely wild that it has so many different lines.
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  I think Candace Owens can say what she believes if she in her heart of hearts
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  believes this and there's evidence for it.
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  But taking a step back, it seems like why she picked this to go after and just,
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  because if you start spreading something about someone, even if they're a public
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  figure or not, it is still not a smart thing to do.
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  You gotta like, but this could maybe set precedent for people just to be aware
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  of your words have consequences.
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  I don't see this going anywhere, but it's certainly a storyline.
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  And I think I think Candace should be open and honest what she if she really
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  believes this or if she's being told to say this, she should be up front and center about it.
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  Either way, I'm very intrigued to see more stuff come out.
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  I'm glad CNN reported about this. I know a number of other news outlets have
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  as well, but I'm interested to see where this goes.
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  Candace, still speak, continue speaking your mind, but this goes for everyone. Be careful what you say.
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  Follow me on X and Instagram at Brandon Fogle, and I'll see you on the next one. Peace.