12-5-25 Afternoon Rush - Candace Owens v TPUSA - It's Getting UGLY & I've Got The Full SUMMARY
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 5 December 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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The Rush – Afternoon Episode
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In today's fiery afternoon episode, we break down the escalating feud between Candace Owens and Turning Point USA, as their battle over what really happened to Charlie Kirk reaches full-blown fever-pitch. The tension has officially spilled onto Twitter, with both sides lobbing accusations, questions, and not-so-subtle shots that have the political world glued to their screens. We break down the timeline, the receipts, and what this public implosion means moving forward.
Plus, in a moment of unintentional honesty, a Republican lawmaker accidentally made a full-throated argument for universal health care—and Twitter had thoughts. We dive into the comment, the backlash, and why this slip might be more revealing than anyone expected.
All that and more on today's episode of The Rush—your afternoon rundown packed with news, nuance, and a little necessary chaos.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. |
| 0:07.7 | Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:13.8 | Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Friday to you on this December 5th, 2025 T-G-I-F, indeed. |
| 0:20.5 | I've got all of your stories for your rush hour ride home. Hey, it's the holiday season. I hope you mailed it in at work. Put a little peppermint schnapps in your hot chocolate. I'm not telling, just, you know, be careful out there. Don't do anything I wouldn't do in debt and then some. You guys know the rule for Friday. Well, here it is. We have Candice Owens versus Turning Point USA. This is a real cornucopia of chaos. |
| 0:40.8 | It features all of the aspects of |
| 0:43.4 | internet drama that I love, conspiracies, the right wing imploding, and it's in its podcaster |
| 0:51.7 | wars. We love podcaster wars. So Candice Owens says, any place, |
| 0:55.4 | any time, I will debate you guys. And they say, bet, let's do it Monday. And she's like, I can't do it that day. But, you know, I will come to Candace's defense. I will come to her defense. There are some shady things going on by Turning Point USA. Turning Point USA, the company that Charlie Kirk was the center of, did he find, |
| 1:11.7 | he found it, right? And of course, the Charlie Kirk show has been run by his leadership |
| 1:17.1 | after the absolutely tragic death. Now, this is probably the worst case scenario you could |
| 1:24.2 | hope for if you're a Charlie Kirk fan because, you know, you, you know, |
| 1:28.9 | everyone, you know, talked about his legacy living on and then you have, you know, Candace Owens asking |
| 1:34.0 | a lot of questions. But to be fair, more than just asking questions, essentially saying |
| 1:40.5 | the leadership of Turning Point USA turned on him. They're responsible for his tragic death. |
| 1:45.4 | Now, could she be onto something? Maybe, but it's a very delicate accusation to make, |
| 1:51.2 | especially considering the loss of life and all of that, right? So we have to give grace and |
| 1:57.1 | respect for her pursuit of the truth and also all of the people that lost a friend. |
| 2:03.0 | Now, I wasn't Charlie Kirk's friend. Like I've said before, I don't know how much I had in common |
| 2:07.6 | with him, but the one thing I would agree on him with is the strength of our country is built on |
| 2:14.1 | disagreement, the ability to have tough conversations, and whether you think it was fair |
| 2:19.5 | the way he was doing it or not, it's like, if you don't like it, do something better. It's like a |
| 2:23.4 | giant buffet. If you don't like the cranberry sauce, go make something else. Literally, that's what the |
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