Social media lit up this morning over Kanye West’s move to buy the social media outlet Parler but not just because of the merger between the conservative-leaning site and the former Trump pal.
It was the latest evidence of a teaming of West, who now goes by “Ye,” and social media influencer Candace Owens.
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She is married to Parler owner George Farmer, and the possible sale comes just days after Owens denied that she is influencing West, despite having planned their unusual display together of T-shirts reading “White Lives Matter” at the Yeezy Paris Fashion Week show.
Key context here is that Candace Owens’ husband George Farmer is the CEO of Parler. https://t.co/guF9ByFyLQ
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) October 17, 2022
“Key context here is that Candace Owens’ husband George Farmer is the CEO of Parler,” tweeted podcaster Jared Holt.
You aren’t passing over a t-shirt I wore, you are passing because I would annihilate you in a debate about minimum wage laws.
Stop hiding your low IQ behind a t-shirt. https://t.co/XFyDvmAYfm
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) October 11, 2022
Liberal critics of the duo suggested that she talked him into buying Parler.
Parler CEO George Farmer (Candace Owens husband) says Kanye was motivated to buy Parler after he was banned from other platforms. pic.twitter.com/VUF3cZNUNW
— Ron Filipkowski ?? (@RonFilipkowski) October 17, 2022
Candace Owens suckered Kanye West into buying Parler https://t.co/1FGENNXnlp
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) October 17, 2022
TMZ recently quoted Owens denying that she is influencing or advising West. But the same report said that she was “acting as his chief advisor in his day-to-day life,” according to some of Kanye’s former friends.
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In addition to showing a business link between Owens and West, the announcement was the latest turn in the expansion of conservative influence in social media, including Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and the development of former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social.
