Candace Owens told trans students to get on with their lives and wear a "helmet" in a recent appearance on TPUSA's Live Free Tour.The broadcaster, who is eight months pregnant, attended the University at Albany with Turning Point USA on October 4, where her views received mixed reactions from students.Turning Point USA is a nonprofit organization that promotes conservative politics at high schools, colleges and university campuses.
During an audience question portion of her address, one student asked: "What do you have to say to the trans students on this campus who feel actively victimized by your presence here?"The Daily Wire host Owens quickly replied: "Life's tough, get a helmet, man, I'm too pregnant for this."Her response was met with an audible cheer from some students, while others appeared to remain silent and looked on in disbelief.Owens reshared the video clip covered by The Daily Wire on X, formerly Twitter, with the caption: "I am over 8 months pregnant with two toddlers at home.
If you are a 20 year old adult who feels "actively victimized" by my standing on stage to speak about social and economic conservatism, it is because your parents failed you, entirely.
It is not my job to coddle adults."At the time of writing this article, the video clip had been viewed 3 million times by users of the social media platform.Comments from her supporters praised the TV personality with messages such as: "You are brave, Candace!" and "Well said, Candace!"Another viewer said: "Hoping to see you more often on here, in the future, we need that kind of straight talk"I am over 8 months pregnant with two toddlers at home.