Among the crowd were protesters who seemed to take displeasure in the fact that Owens is a black conservative.
Youre not black! Shouted one agitator while Owens explained why she left the Democratic Party.
[The Left] believes that someone loses their blackness as soon as they become a conservative, reacted Kirk, They did this to Clarence Thomas, they did this to Dr. Ben Carson, and now theyre doing this to Candace Owens.
Make no mistake, the Left believes that they own black people, added Owens, So when a black person has the audacity to stand on stage and sayI no longer agree with these policies, and I would like to think with my brain as opposed to my skin tone, they lose their minds.
The events atmosphere, however, exuded upbeat patriotism and was followed by an engaging Q&A session, with questions coming from both supporters and dissenters who chose to stay and seek dialogue with the four panelists.
One particularly unifying question came from a student who asked Trump Jr. if she could record him saying hello to her brother, who is currently deployed aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.
"Only an alert & knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial & military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods & goals, so that security & liberty may prosper together". Dwight D.Eisenhower.