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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"i hate black people. Like fuck them all . . . I hate blacks. End of story . " -Pro Trump Non Profit
On Tuesday, in a convention center in West Palm Beach, Florida, amid chants of USA! and The wall is going to be built!, Donald Trump, Jr., kicked off a three-day annual summit for Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit. Based outside of Chicago, Turning Points aim is to foment a political revolution on Americas college campuses, in part by funnelling money into student government elections across the country to elect right-leaning candidates. But it is secretive about
its funding and its donors, raising the prospect that dark money may now be shaping not just state and federal races but ones on campus.
Turning Point touts its close relationship with the Presidents family. The groups Web site promoted Don, Jr.,s appearance for weeks, featuring a photo of him raising a clenched fist. Its promotional materials include a quote from the younger Trump praising Turning Point: What you guys have done is just amazing. Lara Trump, the wife of Don, Jr.,s brother Eric, is also involved with the group. In West Palm Beach on Wednesday, she hosted a luncheon promoting Turning Points coming Young Womens Leadership Summit. The groups twenty-four-year-old executive director and founder, Charlie Kirk, told me that he counts Don, Jr., as a personal friend.
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Perhaps most troubling for an organization that holds up conservatives as the real victims of discrimination in America, Turning Point USA is also alleged to have fostered an atmosphere that is hostile to minorities. Screenshots provided to me by a source show that Crystal Clanton, who served until last summer as the groups national field director, sent a text message to another Turning Point employee saying, i hate black people. Like fuck them all . . . I hate blacks. End of story.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-conservative-nonprofit-that-seeks-to-transform-college-campuses-faces-allegations-of-racial-bias-and-illegal-campaign-activity
its funding and its donors, raising the prospect that dark money may now be shaping not just state and federal races but ones on campus.
Turning Point touts its close relationship with the Presidents family. The groups Web site promoted Don, Jr.,s appearance for weeks, featuring a photo of him raising a clenched fist. Its promotional materials include a quote from the younger Trump praising Turning Point: What you guys have done is just amazing. Lara Trump, the wife of Don, Jr.,s brother Eric, is also involved with the group. In West Palm Beach on Wednesday, she hosted a luncheon promoting Turning Points coming Young Womens Leadership Summit. The groups twenty-four-year-old executive director and founder, Charlie Kirk, told me that he counts Don, Jr., as a personal friend.
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Perhaps most troubling for an organization that holds up conservatives as the real victims of discrimination in America, Turning Point USA is also alleged to have fostered an atmosphere that is hostile to minorities. Screenshots provided to me by a source show that Crystal Clanton, who served until last summer as the groups national field director, sent a text message to another Turning Point employee saying, i hate black people. Like fuck them all . . . I hate blacks. End of story.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-conservative-nonprofit-that-seeks-to-transform-college-campuses-faces-allegations-of-racial-bias-and-illegal-campaign-activity
Economic anxiety, my ass...
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"i hate black people. Like fuck them all . . . I hate blacks. End of story . " -Pro Trump Non Profit (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
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Roland99
(53,342 posts)1. Just like Der Twitlers KKK father.
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)2. This trash needs to be exposed