India, Dec. 10 -- Candace Owens has escalated her feud with podcast host Tim Pool, unleashing a blistering response to his recent on-air rant. In her latest comments, she accused Pool of lacking "intellect," acting out of "weakness," and being "less than a man."

Responding to Pool's rant, Owens argued his behavior had nothing to do with toughness. "First and foremost, what you're seeing right there is not a display of testosterone," she said. "Men that speak to women like this are not tough guys. What you're seeing is actually a display of estrogen. He's not a man, he's not tough. And he would never dare speak to a man like that."

She accused Pool of attacking her without justification: "You are a coward. You are less than a man. You're...