Tag Archives: Turning Point USA

Sacramento’s NBC affiliate reports: UC Davis said it canceled a conservative student-run event Tuesday evening because of a fight outside the venue, including some who might have worn Proud Boys apparel. However, the university said it canceled the event ahead of his speech because of a brawl between about 100 protesters and counter protesters led to pepper spray being used, …

TYT reports: A former Commerce Department official in the Trump administration was sentenced to a five-and-a-half year prison term after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, federal prosecutors announced last week in a court filing. Under the terms of his plea deal, Adam Hageman was also sentenced to five years of parole after release and a mandatory requirement to …

Media Matters has the transcript: CHARLIE KIRK (TURNING POINT USA FOUNDER): I was told by everybody — it’s not the President Trump — but it is going to make you guys, wait till you see this, alright? In fact, this man is more hated by the media than Donald Trump, and that says something. OK? Which is, so, if you’re …

San Antonio’s ABC affiliate reports: A 19-year-old San Antonio man was arrested after threatening a mass killing at the Student Action Summit in Florida, the FBI said. According to a federal complaint, Alejandro Richard Velasquez Gomez made social media posts that the FBI determined were similar to another one posted before an actual mass killing and investigators allege he was …

“On Monday we talked about the fact there were openly neo-Nazi demonstrators outside the student action summit of the Turning Point USA. “We want to make clear these demonstrators were gathered outside the event and that they were not invited or endorsed by Turning Point USA. “A Turning Point USA spokesman said the group, ‘100 percent condemns those ideologies’ and …

Fox News reports: Turning Point USA issued a scathing cease and desist letter to ABC News on Tuesday, calling for the Disney-owned company to “retract the defamatory statements” made earlier this week on “The View” or face legal action. Fox News Digital has obtained the letter, addressed to ABC News New York bureau chief Joshua Hoyos and ABC assistant chief …

Media Matters has the transcript: Everyone in the Biden cabinet, none of them, I should say, were actually appointed because of merit. They were all appointed because they’re firsts. So we have the first Hispanic DHS secretary in Mayorkas, he’s doing a bang-up job. We have the first African American Defense Secretary in Lloyd Austin. We have the first female …

Patch Tampa reports: While thousands of conservative student activists cheered the words shared by some of the country’s top conservative leaders, including former President Donald Trump, at Turning Point USA’s 2022 Student Action Summit in the Tampa Convention Center, angry words were exchanged between young adults outside. Hundreds of activists came out for a “Don’t Facist Our Florida” protest organized …

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: Florida congressman Matt Gaetz told a crowd of young people at a conference here Saturday that women protesting abortion access are less likely to get pregnant because they aren’t attractive. “Why is it that the women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having abortions?” Gaetz said. “Nobody wants to …

The Daily Beast reports: Charlie Kirk was suspended by Twitter on Tuesday for an attack on U.S. assistant secretary for health Rachel Levine, in which he repeatedly misgendered and deadnamed her. The Turning Point USA founder tweeted on March 15 that Levine, a trans woman who transitioned in 2011, spent “54 years as a man” while deadnaming her. “He ‘transitioned’ …

“One of the reasons why Vladimir Putin is able to do this in the first place – one of the reasons why he feels emboldened is because of a set of energy policies that Joe Biden put forward. “Cheap oil is a deterrent from tyrannical Third World dictators from invading other countries. Could it be that Greta Thunberg and Leonardo …

The New York Post reports: The Miami Police Department reported that the 27-year-old Miss Alabama 2021, Zoe Sozo Bethel jumped from a seven-story condo which left her in a coma for over a week before she succumbed to traumatic brain injuries. While she was in the coma, family members reported that Bethel had been involved in an unspecified “accident.” However, …

“I kid you not, there is a moment that can happen where people have an existential crisis, and it’s happening right now in America. This is not a joke. It’s a serious psychological problem. It is where millions of people right now who have been three times boosted, double mask-wearing, done everything they said they’re going to do, they still …

The Verge reports: For nearly a decade, Turning Point USA has served as a new kind of College Republican club, setting up a network of campus organizations through its chapter program. But in recent years, the organization has moved beyond on-campus organizing to something more ambitious, launching podcasts and online shows with an eye towards fostering young Republican influencers online. …

“I see a lot of good news. I see a lot of people waking up. For example, we brought Kyle Rittenhouse to front stage. “That’s a win. It’s a win for due process. It’s a win for constitutional order. It’s a win for presumption of innocence, all biblical values, by the way. “Plenty of people were wrongfully accused all throughout …

Mediaite reports: Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted in charges related to deadly shootings during violent protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is confirmed as a speaker at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest conference. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Pete Hegseth, Greg Gutfeld, Kayleigh McEnany, Jesse Watters, and Judge Jeanine Pirro will join the likes of Donald Trump Jr., Sarah Palin, Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) …

The Guardian reports: The powerful conservative youth group Turning Point USA, which has forged strong ties to Donald Trump and his son Don Trump Jr, has raised tens of millions of dollars from super rich donors and secret backers while pushing disinformation about Joe Biden’s win in 2020, Covid-19 vaccines and other extremist and right wing issues. The group is …

NBC Sports reports: The Tokyo Olympics crossed over with a Donald Trump rally Saturday night, as the former president encouraged a hyped-up Phoenix crowd to boo the U.S. Women’s soccer team. “Wokeism makes you lose,” Trump said, according to a video of the speech posted to Twitter by Turning Point officials. “The U.S. Women’s soccer team is a very good …

Salon reports: Conservative firebrand and youth right-wing organizer Charlie Kirk has encouraged his young followers to play a “game” based on deliberately making life difficult for TSA employees at airports around the country. Kirk’s remarks came at Turning Point USA’s annual summer gathering in Tampa, where conservative college and high school students congregated to hear from a star lineup of …

The Tampa Bay Times reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis took the stage Sunday to the sounds of fireworks and a bumping bass as he was introduced to thousands of screaming young conservatives at the Tampa Convention Center. The event, called the Student Action Summit, featured prominent national figures like Donald Trump Jr. and former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. It …