Her political positions are mostly described as conservative or far-right. Owens has gained recognition for her conservative activism—despite being initially critical of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party —as well as her criticism of Black Lives Matter. She has promoted numerous conspiracy theories including antisemitic conspiracy theories.
She was raised mostly by her mother [ 13 ] and grandparents from around the age of 11 or 12, after her parents divorced. She is the third of four children. Virgin Islands. She is a graduate of Stamford High School in Connecticut. Owens pursued an undergraduate degree in journalism at the University of Rhode Island. In , Owens was CEO of Degree, a marketing agency that offered consultation, production, and planning services that included a blog on a variety of topics [ 15 ] [ 4 ] written by Owens and other commentators.
Owens launched SocialAutopsy. The proposal was immediately controversial, drawing criticism that Owens was de-anonymizing doxing Internet users and violating their privacy. In response, people began posting Owens's private details online.
I realized that liberals were actually the racists. Liberals were actually the trolls Social Autopsy is why I'm conservative. By late , Owens had started producing pro-Trump commentary and criticizing notions of structural racism , systemic inequality , and identity politics — all positions she herself had been publishing two years earlier.
In April , Owens announced her intention to either run for office in the U. Senate or to be a governor , and that she would only run against an incumbent Democrat, not a Republican. Representative Jim Jordan. Jeremy Boreing announced Owens would be leaving The Daily Wire in March , [ 45 ] [ 46 ] a move believed to be related to a string of comments considered to be antisemitic culminating in Owens liking a tweet referencing blood libel.
