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Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law CenterTPUSA has been called an alt-lite organization by the Anti-Defamation League[125] (ADL) and has been criticized by both the ADL and the Southern Poverty Law Center for affiliating with activists from the alt-right and the far-right.[126]Conflicts with other conservative organizationsIn May 2018, an internal memo written by Young America's Foundation (YAF) was leaked, in which YAF leadership "warned" its members to not associate with Turning Point. The memo accused the organization of various improprieties such as exaggerating the number of Turning Point chapters and activities around the country, taking credit for other organizations' events, increasing attendance at its own events by "boosting numbers with racists & Nazi sympathizers," and sponsoring "humiliating" campus activism events, in reference to the Kent State diaper incident.[127] In addition,
the YAF memo included another memo on the subject circulated internally by Young Americans for Liberty, which accused Turning Point of illegally obtaining YAL's email list and soliciting its students without their permission, which Turning Point only stopped doing after being issued a cease-and-desist order.[128]
After the memo was leaked in June 2018, a representative for Turning Point criticized Young America's Foundation in a statement to The Chronicle of Higher Education, accusing the group of "abandoning the 'Reagan Rule'" that "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican." Although Charlie Kirk did not directly respond to the memo, he posted on Twitter that he wished "some conservatives fought the left as hard as they fight people who support President Trump". Turning Point's Communications Director Candace Owens directly responded to the memo, saying she was "truly speechless" over the memo supposedly attacking Kirk for his lack of college experience. A former employee stated on Twitter that "TPUSA activists do some incredible work. It's a shame the face for their work has become constant, EXTREME inflation of numbers to mislead donors. They have an opportunity to turn this around, and they should."[129]
In the Hillsdale College Collegian, opinions editor Kaylee McGhee wrote an article titled "Charlie Kirk and TPUSA aren't conservative, as real conservatives already knew". In the article, McGhee referred to TPUSA as a "reactionary cancer" rather than a group supporting real conservatism that is "supposed to preserve the timeless principles of liberty and equality for all".[130]
In late October 2018, The Daily Beast reported that Lucian Wintrich and other conservatives blamed Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens for losing Kanye West as an ally of President Trump.[131] Since then, West has re-affirmed his support for President Trump.[132]
During October and November 2019, Kirk launched the 'Culture War' college tour of speaking events with appearances from many conservatives such as Donald Trump Jr., Lara Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle. These events were frequently targeted by homophobic and antisemitic members of the alt-right and far right who consider TPUSA to be too mainstream and not sufficiently conservative. Concerted efforts were made by this group to ask leading questions during the Q&A sections on controversial topics such as Israel and LGBTQ issues in order to challenge the extent of the speakers' views.[133]
In November 2019, the Dartmouth Review called TPUSA an organization that promoted Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump first, rather than conservative values. The article added "True conservatives must eventually outgrow TPUSA and devote their efforts elsewhere. We must challenge ourselves by pursuing an environment of rigorous inquiry, instead of being coddled by the intellectually devoid echo chamber of TPUSA, compromising our values for recognition." [134]
Internal dissensionAfter TPUSA's annual "Student Action Summit" in late December 2018, dissidents within the organization, headed by conservative activist Kevin Martin, formed "Heal Our Voice", a group critical of Kirk's leadership of Turning Point USA. One member of the group told The Daily Beast that "Charlie Kirk can be a little bit of a snowflake — or a lot a bit of a snowflake." Other complaints concerned sexual harassment and assault at TPUSA events.[135]
Alleged tax code violationsIn 2017, Jane Mayer of the New Yorker described two separate actions by Turning Point staff in the 2016 election that appear to have violated campaign finance regulations.[22] Charlie Kirk "denied any wrongdoing and said it was “completely ludicrous and ridiculous that there’s some sort of secret plan."[22] TPUSA attorney, Sally Wagenmaker, refuted allegations of campaign finance irregularities in an article published by Pro Public in July 2020, stating that "payments to businesses belonging to organization officials 'provided a compelling operational benefit in Turning Point’s best and other interests,' and that they were 'in full compliance with TPUSA’s IRS-compliant conflict of interest policy.'[136]
Turning Point ActionMain article: Turning Point Action
Turning Point Action is a 501(c)(4) organization representing right-wing and conservative perspectives. While the group claims to be a "completely separate organization" from Turning Point USA, Forbes noted that both were founded by Kirk and use common marketing and branding styles.[137] Donors to Turning Point Action received a bumper sticker prominently featuring the URL of Turning Point USA’s website; the bumper sticker was also available for purchase from Turning Point USA’s web store.[138]
In September 2020, Turning Point Action was reported by The Washington Post to have paid teenagers in Arizona, some of them minors, to produce thousands of posts with Turning Point USA content on their own social media accounts without disclosing their relationship with the organization.[46] According to an examination by the newspaper and an independent data science specialist, the campaign was highly coordinated and included similar messaging under the instruction of Turning Point to prevent detection. Some of the messages were false and some were partisan.[46] One message posted on Twitter "claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated" and that "it’s hard to know what to believe." Another tweet warned to not trust Anthony Fauci.[46] The Washington Post reported that Twitter responded to their questions by suspending at least 20 accounts for their involvement in "platform manipulation and spam."[139]
On Facebook, a comment cast doubts on mail-in ballots because of the potential of mail fraud.[46] An Instagram comment claimed that 28 million ballots went missing in the past four elections, implying voter fraud.[46] In actuality, the missing ballots were neither returned as undeliverable nor returned by voters.[140] Also targeted in the messaging was Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate at the time, along with other Democratic politicians, and news organizations on social media. One message claimed that Biden "is being controlled by behind the scenes individuals who want to take America down the dangerous path towards socialism."[46] Facebook removed a number of accounts during their ongoing investigation.[46] Austin Smith, a field director for Turning Point told The Washington Post: "This is sincere political activism conducted by real people who passionately hold the beliefs they describe online, not an anonymous troll farm in Russia." Jake Hoffman, CEO of a Phoenix-based digital marketing firm that joined Turning Point for this project explained that "dozens of young people have been excited to share their beliefs on social media." He also added that participants are "using their own personal profiles and sharing their content that reflects their values and beliefs."[139][46]
Turning Point UKTurning Point UK (TPUK) is a British offshoot of Turning Point USA,[141][142][143] set up to challenge left-wing political ideology which the organization perceives to be dominant in UK schools, colleges and universities.[144][145][146][147]
Turning Point UK's chairman was George Farmer[142][143] (fiancé of Candace Owens)[148] until April 2019, and its CEO is Oliver (Ollie) Anisfeld (the son of Lance Forman, Brexit Party MEP for London since 2019).[149][150][151] The group employs several staff.[145]The organization claims it has chapters at the universities of Sussex, Oxford, St Andrews, York, Warwick, Nottingham, King's College London, University College London, the London School of Economics and the University of the Arts London.[145] Like Turning Point USA, it does not disclose the identities of its donors.[145]
The group was launched in December 2018[145] by Kirk and Owens[148][152] at the Royal Automobile Club in London.[145] Among those attending the event were Andy Wigmore, Paul Joseph Watson, and James Delingpole.[145][143] On the day of its social media launch in February 2019, MPs including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel tweeted supportive messages for the organization, as did Nigel Farage[148][142][143] while it was marked for criticism by others.[143][148] and the launch of its Twitter account was accompanied by multiple parody accounts, along with a parody of the organization's website created by a ‘left-leaning student’ calling himself ‘Skeptical Seventh’.[152][153][154] There was also a protest from the charity Turning Point over potential confusion caused by similarities between the two names.[155]
Labour MP David Lammy has described Turning Point UK as evidence that “sinister forces are taking hold of our country” and that the Conservative Party “openly promotes hard-right, xenophobic bile”.[156]Dominique Samuels, one of the group's "Young Influencers", told the BBC during a radio interview that the UK branch would not set up the same controversial Professor Watchlist for which its US counterpart is known.[157] The group hosts the TPUK Education Watch website, where students can submit examples of political bias in the education system. The site has been described by the University and College Union as having "the acrid whiff of McCarthyism about it" after it called for videos and photos of lecturers to be sent into it for publication. Turning Point rejected the accusation and said that any academic they featured would be given the right to reply and that unlike the US group the default would not be to name people although they reserved the right to do so.[158][159]
Falkirk Center for Faith and LibertyThe Falkirk Center is a right-wing think tank housed at Liberty University and co-founded by Kirk and Jerry Falwell, Jr.[160] Fellows include Antonio Okafor, director of outreach for Gun Owners of America and Jenna Ellis, a senior legal counselor for President Donald Trump.[161][160]
Jenna Ellis (born 1983 or 1984) is an American lawyer for Donald Trump. She is a former deputy district attorney in Weld County, Colorado and a former assistant professor of legal studies at Colorado Christian University. As a private lawyer, she has litigated cases in state courts.
In 2015, she self-published The Legal Basis for a Moral Constitution, a book arguing that the Constitution of the United States can only be interpreted in accordance with the Bible. Since 2018, Ellis has presented herself as a "constitutional law attorney" during cable news appearances, though The New York Times reported her background did not reflect such expertise and The Wall Street Journal reported she had no history in any federal cases.
Ellis was a stern critic of Donald Trump and his supporters in 2015 and early 2016 until he became the 2016 Republican nominee for president, at which point Ellis began voicing support, including in media appearances. Ellis was hired by Trump in November 2019 as a senior legal adviser.
In November 2020, Trump announced that Ellis was part of the legal team conducting efforts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election. However, Ellis has yet to join any such lawsuit on paper or in court. Ellis has baselessly claimed that Trump was the actual winner of the election. She has met state lawmakers in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Michigan, urging the state legislatures to avoid appointing pro-Biden presidential electors even though Biden won the popular vote in those states.-- Jenna Ellis, by Wikipedia
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