Ca dace
Owe s
has
offe ed
a
deeply
pe so al
accou t
of
how
he
feeli gs
su ou di g
Cha lie
Ki k’s
assassi atio
have
cha ged,
sayi g
she
o
lo ge
feels
co sumed
by
the
i itial
t auma.
I
a
video
sha ed
o
social
media,
Owe s
desc ibed
feeli g
that
Ki k
is
spi itually
“with
us”
as
she
co ti ues
he
wo k.
He
ema ks
quickly
d ew
atte tio
because
of
the
st iki g
image
accompa yi g
the
discussio
a d
the
way
she
co ected
g ief,
faith
a d
he
public
missio .
Ca dace
Owe s
eflects
o
Cha lie
Ki k’s
assassi atio
Speaki g
f om
behi d
a
mic opho e,
Owe s
explai ed
that
he
eactio
to
Ki k’s
death
has
shifted
ove
time.
Rathe
tha
desc ibi g
he self
as
hau ted
by
the
i itial
shock,
she
said
she
ow
feels
a
se se
of
spi itual
co ectio
to
the
late
co se vative
activist.Owe s
f amed
that
feeli g
as
pa t
of
a
b oade
belief
that
people
a e
becomi g
mo e
spi itually
awa e.
She
also
co ected
he
optimism
to
he
co victio
that
t uth
ultimately
p evails.
“A d
I
do
thi k
that
spi itually,
like
people
a e,
we’ e
just
ki d
of
mo e
i
tu e
ight
ow.
A d
like
I
said,
the
easo
why
I’m
positive
eve y
day
a d
happy
eve y
day
is
because
the
t uth
is
i evitable.
It
always
wi s.A d
I
k ow
that
I
am
o
the
side
of
t uth.
A d
like
I
said,
I
do
also
just,
I’m
i
a
diffe e t
place
ight
ow
with
the
assassi atio
of
the
Cha lie
bei g
go e,
whe e
I
have
moved
f om
that
i itial
t auma
a d
feeli g
hau ted
by
it
to
feeli g
like
he’s
just
like
fighti g
alo gside.
A d
I
do ‘t
k ow
if
that
makes
se se
to
you
guys,
but
I,
that’s
just
how
I
feel,
ma .Call
it
added
to
my
a
pile
of
d eams
o
somethi g.
I
feel
like
Cha lie’s
eally
with
us
a d
we’ e
goi g
to
see
this
thi g
to
the
e d.
Like
he
tweeted
back
i
2018,
I
wo ‘t
be
he e,
but
you
see
this
thi g
to
the
e d.That’s
what
we’ e
doi g.
We’ e
seei g
it
to
the
e d.
Uh,
I
wa t
to
emi d
you
guys,
if
you
would
like
to
suppo t
the
show,
you
ca
get
me ch
available
at
Ca dice
Owe s.com.”The
comme ts
a e
otable
because
Owe s
did
ot
p ese t
he
desc iptio
of
Ki k
bei g
“with
us”
as
a
lite al
claim
that
ca
be
i depe de tly
established.
I stead,
she
desc ibed
it
as
a
pe so al
spi itual
feeli g
followi g
a
t aumatic
eve t.That
disti ctio
is
impo ta t
whe
discussi g
claims
i volvi g
g ief,
faith
a d
the
afte life.
He
comme ts
eflect
he
ow
i te p etatio
athe
tha
somethi g
that
ca
be
ve ified
as
fact.
Ca dace
Owe s
li ks
g ief,
co victio
a d
he
audie ce
The
setti g
of
the
video
also
became
pa t
of
the
discussio .
Owe s
appea ed
seated
at
he
podcast
setup,
speaki g
di ectly
i to
the
mic opho e
while
add essi g
viewe s.
The
p ese tatio
gave
the
ema ks
a
mo e
i timate
to e
tha
a
co ve tio al
political
stateme t.He
la guage
also
showed
how
closely
she
co ects
pe so al
belief
with
he
b oade
public
message.
Owe s
said
she
believes
she
is
o
the
“side
of
t uth”
a d
po t ayed
he
co ti ued
wo k
as
pa t
of
a
la ge
effo t
she
i te ds
to
pu sue.The
fi al
pa t
of
he
ema ks
shifted
towa d
suppo t
fo
he
p og amme,
with
Owe s
e cou agi g
viewe s
to
pu chase
me cha dise
f om
he
website.
That
t a sitio
has
att acted
atte tio
because
it
followed
a
emotio al
discussio
about
Ki k,
g ief
a d
spi ituality.Fo
audie ces,
the
mome t
illust ates
how
political
media
ca
ble d
pe so al
expe ie ces,
belief
a d
audie ce
e gageme t
i
the
same
co ve satio .Owe s’
ema ks
a e
likely
to
co ti ue
ge e ati g
debate,
pa ticula ly
amo g
viewe s
who
i te p et
spi itual
la guage
diffe e tly.
Some
may
see
he
wo ds
as
a
exp essio
of
g ief
a d
faith,
while
othe s
may
questio
the
way
such
la guage
is
used
withi
political
media.What
emai s
clea
is
that
Owe s
says
he
ow
emotio al
espo se
has
cha ged.
She
desc ibed
movi g
f om
feeli g
hau ted
by
Ki k’s
death
to
feeli g
motivated
by
what
she
believes
his
legacy
ep ese ts.Fo
Owe s,
that
shift
appea s
to
have
become
pa t
of
how
she
u de sta ds
the
ext
chapte
of
he
public
wo k.