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Turning Point USA chapter leader resigns, says group strayed from vision
News Nation ^ | Apr 23, 2026 | Steph Whiteside

Posted on 04/27/2026 8:47:05 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

The president of Turning Point USA’s University of Georgia chapter says the organization has strayed from the mission it had under the leadership of Charlie Kirk.

Caroline Mattox wrote on Instagram that she could not in good conscience stay with an organization that has “strayed so far from its original purpose and principles.”

Mattox is not the first TPUSA chapter president to express dissatisfaction with the organization’s current direction.

The University of Arkansas chapter cut ties with TPUSA last month. Former President Dino Fantegrossi also expressed the sentiment that TPUSA had strayed from its original mission.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsnationnow.com ...


TOPICS: Issues
KEYWORDS: charliekirk; college; genz; kirk; maga; tpusa; youthvote
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Other than the loss of Charlie, this predicament is made complicated by the “Trump won, now what?” conundrum and the fault lines emerging within the base.

Young people nowadays are not party loyalists, who will just ‘get with the program’ and fall in line against Democrats just because. The woke Left was easy to unite against, but now the GOP and President have two years to show for. So how they perceive the record will determine how they vote. (Or in some cases not vote at all.)

1 posted on 04/27/2026 8:47:05 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

They need to get back to its core mission.
Many of these organizations tend to stray once the founder has left.


2 posted on 04/27/2026 8:50:57 AM PDT by Jonty30 (I would have been an awesome merchant marine. I can sell convenient store items very well.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

There are about 800 TPUSA chapters. And the presstitutes want to make a big deal about one leader resigning?


3 posted on 04/27/2026 8:51:47 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The article doesn’t say anything about exactly how these people believe the organization has ‘strayed’


4 posted on 04/27/2026 8:53:36 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

So what was the vision that TPUSA presumably strayed from? The article doesn’t say.


5 posted on 04/27/2026 8:54:06 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: Responsibility2nd

Two, but your point remains the same. Not sure why 2 out of 800 is news


6 posted on 04/27/2026 8:54:27 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Does she say what the original mission was and why it is different now? Or is TPUSA just no longer the IN thing to be associated with on campus?


7 posted on 04/27/2026 8:56:18 AM PDT by Freee-dame (The left never dreamed that Trump would be back in the White House in 2025. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

This article is useless.
HOW has the organization strayed?
WHAT are the “blatant lies”?


8 posted on 04/27/2026 8:56:39 AM PDT by axxmann (If McCain is conservative then I'm a freakin' anarchist.)
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To: Jonty30

What is the core mission and how have they strayed? The article doesn’t say.
Also, what are the “blatant lies”? Again, the article doesn’t say.

STOP BELIEVING PROPAGANDA!


9 posted on 04/27/2026 8:59:04 AM PDT by axxmann (If McCain is conservative then I'm a freakin' anarchist.)
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To: JesusIsLord; Freee-dame; axxmann; Jamestown1630; Jonty30; j.havenfarm; Responsibility2nd

Univ Arkansas Chair:

“We are generally put off by how Charlie Kirk has been used by TPUSA since his assassination,” Fantegrossi wrote in the statement, published a week after Erika spoke in Little Rock. “Statements like ‘Charlie would have said…’ and ‘Charlie would have wanted…’ have felt in many instances disingenuous and manipulative.”
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2026/03/18/ua-republican-makes-name-for-himself-after-cutting-ties-with-turning-point-usa

Univ Georgia Chair

“His mission was never about numbers, appearances, or relevance. He showed people the beauty of just having a conversation and inspired an entire generation to make a change,” she wrote. “His mission was never about performing, but about encouraging my generation and future generations to stand up for what is right and fight to save America.”

https://www.newsweek.com/turning-point-usa-new-direction-criticized-resignation-letter-11867002


10 posted on 04/27/2026 8:59:45 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege (🦋🌷🩰)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

NO ONE can replace Charlie and his presence at the Universities taking questions....NO ONE! It will take 3 people to get his message out!


11 posted on 04/27/2026 9:00:48 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: axxmann

Yep, just a hit piece with no substance.

“Where’s the beef?”


12 posted on 04/27/2026 9:00:57 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Meanwhile,

In other news,

In a FLIP, New Hampshire Rep. Dale Girard (D) SWITCHES to the Republican Party

He says he’s maintained the same beliefs his whole life.

It’s the Democrat Party who left HIM 💯


13 posted on 04/27/2026 9:01:45 AM PDT by CFW
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To: TheDon

See post 10. 👆


14 posted on 04/27/2026 9:01:56 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege (🦋🌷🩰)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I find it ironic that this anti TPUSA article was posted by CondoleezzaProtege which was likely approved by Condoleezza Rice.


15 posted on 04/27/2026 9:03:23 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: Jamestown1630
Jamestown1630 @4: "The article doesn’t say anything about exactly how these people believe the organization has ‘strayed’"

You were expecting what... journalism?!?

16 posted on 04/27/2026 9:04:37 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I dont care if Erika advocates that Charlie Kirk supporters stay armed and vigilant towards the extreme (evil) liberal left and she references Deuteronomy 19:11-12 for clarification. Also: Romans 13:4: On government: “[The ruler] is God’s servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.”


17 posted on 04/27/2026 9:06:48 AM PDT by know.your.why
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Bowing before the sodomite lobby and culture. My prediction is most TP USA University chapters will follow this path.


18 posted on 04/27/2026 9:09:21 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Newsnation did no true reporting for this. Had they actually done reporting they would have investigated “why” certain TPUSA persons resigned and “because the organization has strayed” is neither a cause nor an answer because it leaves out 100% just what is meant be “the organization has strayed”. Certain persons are trying to undermine TPUSA and Newsnation is holding a megaphone for them.


19 posted on 04/27/2026 9:10:07 AM PDT by Wuli ( )
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To: Jonty30

… has left???


20 posted on 04/27/2026 9:10:31 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump )
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