(September 16, 2025)

What’s true:
1. Yes, dozens of influencers including myself were invited to an event by Charlie and his team, not by Bill Ackman. Charlie wanted to get to know rising conservative voices and where we stood on various issues.

2. The subject matters were primarily about the following topics: Islam’s growing presence in the West, marriage/dating, Mamdani, right wing in-fighting, the economy, and various narratives regarding Israel

3. Charlie wanted to see us respectfully debate him and each other. There was a RANGE of views there on every topic. He wanted to learn our perspectives and analyzed our debating skills from an objective POV.

He started each topic with a provocative statement to encourage the creators to debate. EXAMPLE: One of the topics he started by saying (rough quote) “If I were to post right now ‘Bibi Netanyahu needs to resign,’ what would be the reaction?” This of course led to a number of responses. Someone said the post would indirectly empower Hamas and Charlie responded that her statement was “moral blackmail” and that if she wants to debate the topic of Israel, she needs to work on using more facts and less emotion.