Turning Point USA college president resigns after racist text chat leaks

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Source: The Independent

Tuesday 10 March 2026 07:37 EDT


The president of Florida International University’s Turning Point USA chapter has resigned after a series of racist, antisemitic and homophobic group chat messages were leaked.

According to The Miami Herald, which obtained and published two and a half weeks’ worth of WhatsApp logs dating from September and October 2025, participants in the TPUSA group used the N-word more than 400 times and issued a string of slurs against Black, Jewish, gay, and disabled people, also referring to women as “whores” and invoking Nazi lore.

The group has since posted a statement on Instagram, announcing that chapter president Ian Valdes has resigned.

“The Turning Point USA chapter at Florida International University has been made aware of the recent incident involving chapter leadership,” the organization said.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/turning-point-usa-racist-group-chat-florida-b2935408.html

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That is who they are.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Valdes....the irony....

[swong19104]

6. Yeah

As if he wouldn’t be first on the cattle cars to the concentration camps.

[FakeNoose]

2. So this is Charlie Kirk's group?

The one we had to tiptoe around because his crystal clear reputation couldn't be sullied?

[William Seger]

11. Charlie would have been on that chat (nt)

[Wiz Imp]

12. Um, No. The chat was from after Kirk died.

[lastlib]

13. ...if he was alive, he'd've been all over it.

I have little doubt those were his sentiments.

[William Seger]

14. That's what I meant, yes -- I'll try to be more careful (nt)

[Wiz Imp]

17. They were certainly his sentiments, but he was not stupid enough to actively

participate in such a chat himself. he carefully curated his image and would have been smart enough to know putting things like that in writing would eventually come back to destroy him.

[snot]

3. just, wow.

.

[Norrrm]

4. It was OK within the group until it became public.

[riversedge]

7. and then they magically turn into holy people!!

[William Seger]

8. I'd bet at very short odds that the new president was also on that chat (nt)

[BaronChocula]

5. Wash, rinse, repeat

I'm shocked, SHOCKED to find the we're-not-racist party is harboring racists once again.
This is the sort of thing that gets you a job with this regime. It's a career booster.

[Skittles]

9. odd

I would have thought such attitudes were requirements

[BidenRocks]

10. Still want Charlie on your license plates?

Racist ID.

[Martin68]

15. I am pleasantly surprised that a MAGA Republican can still be forced to resign after that kind of abhorrent behavior.

[Martin Eden]

16. I just saw a commercial on TV with Kirk's widow peddling a book glorifying his worship of God and Jesus

Made me want to

[Gore1FL]

18. TPUSA involved with racism?

I am shocked. I am totally shocked.

[The Grand Illuminist]

19. The demise of Charlie Kirk.....

Made leadership directionless and in total chaos.