Exclusive | Candace Owens named Antisemite of the Year by StopAntisemitism: Poisonous hater

Firebrand pundit Candace Owens has been named “Antisemite of the Year” by watchdog StopAntisemitism, which says she “blew the competition away” with more votes than anyone in previous years.“Candace Owens’ witch’s brew of antisemitism drew from vile medieval blood libels, including claims that Jews drink Christian blood, conspiracies that Jews are pedophiles who control the media and are ‘taking over America,’ and modern toxic anti-Israel hysteria,” StopAntisemitism’s founder, Liora Rez, told The Post.“There is no psychotic rabbit hole too extreme for this poisonous hater.”StopAntisemitism bestowed the title last year on Rep.Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).

Other recipients have included Ye, the Hitler-loving rapper formerly known as Kanye West, in 2022, and Tlaib’s fellow “Squad” member Rep.Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in 2019.The watchdog shared a video of comments from Owens — who split from The Daily Wire over her views — including her defending Ye’s antisemitic tirades and also her attacking Israel, which she claimed had “occupied” the US, in the wake of the Oct.

7, 2023, massacre.“Jew-hatred is a symptom of a decaying society just as it is a rotting mind,” Rez stated.“This dishonor is awarded to the individual who has done the most to endanger the Jewish community, and in 2024, Candace Owens has tragically and decisively earned the title.“Out of dozens of contenders, she blew the competition away with her relentless campaign of dangerous rhetoric targeting the Jewish community, earning more votes than any Antisemite of the Year we’ve ever named.” The outspoken conservative pundit had previously scoffed at being in the running for the title.

“I feel like maybe [Israeli] prime minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu should’ve made the list because he’s killed more semites than anybody — did we forget Palestinians are semites,” she said on her show last month.Owens’ team did not immediately respond to requests for comme...