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@RealCandaceO

“His Excellency, Bishop Strickland enters a strong defense of the Catholic faith and Carrie Prejean Boller against smears from Zionists and those who cower before them. ✝️ @CarriePrejean1 https://t.co/5UFb3ogWVf”

False Attribution

How They Deceive You

Propaganda

The tweet fabricates Bishop Strickland's defense by falsely claiming he opposed 'smears from Zionists,' omitting his actual procedural complaint and Boller's disruptive conduct while embedding antisemitic tropes.

Main Device

False Attribution

Misattributes antisemitic claims of 'Zionist smears' and 'cowering' to Bishop Strickland, who mentioned neither, to launder the narrative through his authority.

Archetype

Antisemitic Catholic populist

Candace Owens promotes conspiratorial antisemitic tropes by hijacking Catholic clerical authority to frame criticism of Boller's removal as a Zionist attack.

Candace Owens is straight-up fabricating a defense from Bishop Strickland to smear critics as "Zionists and those who cower before them," turning a mild procedural complaint into an antisemitic conspiracy. Strickland's actual March 20 post? He said Boller was "treated unjustly" for "raising legitimate questions about Zionism" with "no clear, substantiated reason provided." Zero mention of "Zionists," "smears," or anyone cowering—just a narrow gripe about vague accusations in a Church hearing. Owens invents all that to launder her tropes through his authority, like she's got shadowy Jewish forces pulling strings. She also buries why Boller got booted from the USCCB Religious Liberty Commission on Feb 11: at the Feb 9 antisemitism hearing, Boller aggressively grilled Jewish witnesses on Gaza ("condemn what Israel has done"), declared "Catholics do not embrace Zionism," and got called out for "browbeating" and "hijacking" the event by chair Dan Patrick. Even Catholic bishops on the commission—Robert Barron and Cardinal Timothy Dolan—said it was her disruptive behavior, not her beliefs, with Barron calling her faith-retaliation spin "absurd." This is classic Owens: amid her own scandals like praising Ulysses S. Grant's Jewish expulsions and "Christ is King" dogwhistles, she twists an intra-Catholic spat (no Zionists even on the commission) into ethnic persecution. Don't get played—it's propaganda hijacking a bishop to peddle hate.

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“Anti-Zionist Christian defender”

Antisemitic Catholic populist

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Narrative Analysis

Candace Owens' tweet hijacks a Catholic bishop's mild critique of a hearing procedure into a fabricated antisemitic conspiracy.

His Excellency, Bishop Strickland enters a strong defense of the Catholic faith and Carrie Prejean Boller against smears from Zionists and those who cower before them. ✝️ @CarriePrejean1 https://t.co/5UFb3ogWVf

Owens falsely attributes "Zionist smears" to Bishop Joseph Strickland. His actual post (March 20, 2026) says Boller was "treated unjustly" for "raising legitimate questions about Zionism" with "no clear, substantiated reason provided." No mention of "Zionists," "smears," or anyone "cowering"—just a procedural complaint about vague accusations.

This is propaganda: Owens launders her antisemitic tropes through a bishop's authority, escalating an intra-Church spat into ethnic persecution.

Key Deceptions

Factual invention: Strickland never names "Zionists" as attackers. Owens inserts them to imply shadowy Jewish control. Evidence: Full Strickland text via X archive (status/2037687575024894082); Catholic World Report summary confirms no such language.
Victim framing hides Boller's conduct: Tweet portrays Boller as smeared for faith. Omitted: On Feb 9, 2026, at a USCCB Religious Liberty Commission antisemitism hearing, Boller aggressively questioned Jewish witnesses on Gaza ("condemn what Israel has done"), declared "Catholics do not embrace Zionism," and was accused of "browbeating" and "hijacking" by chair Dan Patrick. Removed Feb 11 for behavior, not views.
Evidence: C-SPAN footage; Catholic World Report (Mar 21, 2026).
Catholic critics erased: Bishops Robert Barron and Cardinal Timothy Dolan—fellow commissioners—said removal was for "browbeating witnesses, hijacking meeting," not beliefs. Barron called Boller's faith-retaliation claim "absurd."
Evidence: Barron X post (Mar 20, 2026); Christian Post (Mar 24, 2026); The Dialog (Mar 26, 2026).

Distorted Picture

Owens' "Zionists and those who cower" invokes dual-loyalty tropes without evidence of Zionist involvement. Removal stemmed from Boller's disruption at a pro-Jewish event, criticized by Catholic leaders upholding hearing norms. No Zionists on the commission; conflict was behavioral and intra-Catholic.

Strickland's defense is narrow—procedural fairness on Zionism questions—fitting his traditionalist skepticism of Church leadership (removed as bishop by Pope Francis in 2023). Owens twists it to fit her narrative.

Who's Pushing This?

Candace Owens, amid her antisemitism scandals: praised Ulysses S. Grant's 1862 Jewish expulsions (Reason.com, Feb 2026); used "Christ is King" dogwhistles; spoke at Catholics for Catholics gala with Boller. Her pattern: provocative anti-Zionism, now borrowing a bishop's credibility.

Real Story

Feb 9 hearing: Boller derails antisemitism discussion with Israel critiques.
Feb 11: Commission (Catholics like Barron/Dolan) removes her for conduct.
Mar 20: Boller claims faith persecution; Strickland questions lack of reasons; Barron rebuts.
Owens (Mar 25): Injects "Zionist smears" to conspiracy-ify.

Coverage split: Traditionalist outlets (Sign of the Cross Media) echo Boller victimhood, omitting hearing chaos. Institutional Catholic sources (The Dialog, Christian Post) stress behavior. Owens picks the narrow defense, poisons it with ethnic animus.

This isn't analysis—it's manipulation. Strickland defended process; Owens sells persecution. Word count: 512

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