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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsArkansas TPUSA Chapter Ends Affiliation Following Visit by Erika Kirk
https://www.inquisitr.com/arkansas-tpusa-chapter-ends-affiliation-following-visit-by-erika-kirkIn a public statement, he mentioned that the chapter voted unanimously to leave Turning Point USA and continue as an independent student organization with a new name. The group plans to keep promoting Christian conservative values and, free from the limitations of a 501(c)(3) structure, support grassroots conservative candidates.
Fantegrossi expressed that the chapters main concern was how the national organization has referenced the legacy of Charlie Kirk, the groups founder, since his death last year. We are generally put off by how Charlie Kirk has been used by TPUSA since his assassination, he said.
He added that phrases like Charlie would have said and Charlie would have wanted felt disingenuous and manipulative. He noted that Charlie Kirk cannot speak for himself anymore and emphasized that the Arkansas chapter did not agree with how others tried to represent him.
The chapter also indicated it did not want its next phase to start with public conflict with the national group. In its statement, it said it would not make additional public comments about Turning Point USA and would focus on building its new organization on campus.
Fantegrossi expressed that the chapters main concern was how the national organization has referenced the legacy of Charlie Kirk, the groups founder, since his death last year. We are generally put off by how Charlie Kirk has been used by TPUSA since his assassination, he said.
He added that phrases like Charlie would have said and Charlie would have wanted felt disingenuous and manipulative. He noted that Charlie Kirk cannot speak for himself anymore and emphasized that the Arkansas chapter did not agree with how others tried to represent him.
The chapter also indicated it did not want its next phase to start with public conflict with the national group. In its statement, it said it would not make additional public comments about Turning Point USA and would focus on building its new organization on campus.
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Arkansas TPUSA Chapter Ends Affiliation Following Visit by Erika Kirk (Original Post)
pstokely
19 hrs ago
OP
This is how different religious sects form; "the 'word' of the sacred messenger
LeftinOH
15 hrs ago
#3
I wonder though, also what is the cost of being directly affiliated. Is there overreach by Mrs Grifter?
themaguffin
14 hrs ago
#6
mwmisses4289
(4,001 posts)1. Is one group saying to the other group
we don't like your version of how you are trying to deify charlie?
hatrack
(64,798 posts)2. Maybe its a reflection of the repellent nature of Erika Kirk?
To quote Oscar Wilde about a young widow, "Her hair turned quite gold with grief".
displacedvermoter
(4,344 posts)5. Maybe she could go to a nice restaurant with
Governor Sanders .....
LeftinOH
(5,645 posts)3. This is how different religious sects form; "the 'word' of the sacred messenger
is being misrepresented, so we're going to go our own way."
617Blue
(2,431 posts)4. Very astute. These people are all nauseating freaks.
Thing is, so many young men in the MAGA or Manosphere movement fancy themselves to be these edgy nonconformists - but they're the biggest sheep of all.
themaguffin
(5,185 posts)6. I wonder though, also what is the cost of being directly affiliated. Is there overreach by Mrs Grifter?