Creation Of Local TPUSA Chapter Escalates Leftists' Efforts To Intimidate Students And Families
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Drawing Given to TPUSA Members at Northern Arizona University. Credit: @Proverbswellnes
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, a groundswell of high school and college students across the country sought to create new chapters in schools. High school chapters are called Club America and college chapters are Turning Point USA. New chapter inquiries have increased to over 130,000 since September 10th. The network itself grew form approximately 500,000 members to over 800,000 members. This is in less than a month.
Locally, a group of students at a high school in Maryland applied to start a chapter:
A local county commissioner posted a picture of the members of the chapter as they were honored at the commissioner's meeting.
While the response of many was extremely positive, there were a couple of people who thought this was a great opportunity to threaten and intimidate these young people:
Notice how the post at the top references Tyler Robinson, the man who murdered Charlie Kirk. The implication and incitement to violence is clear. Then, another commenter says that their were people "teaching this hate" an inference that the group of young people were promoting hatred.
Another poster says that the guy who made the post shouldn't be allowed near a school, to which the guy said he is not the correct demographic to murder someone but that the young men in the picture, who were white, were.
Thankfully, someone on the thread shared it with the Worcester County Sheriff's Department. Let's hope they followed up on this threat to young people in the community.
There are other chapters who have experienced similar threats. Here is the story of a group in Texas being doxxed and intimidated:
Here is a chart of attacks since September 2025:
Many other chapters have experienced resistance from schools and certain advocacy groups.
All of this mirrors the rampant hatred expressed online by leftists who celebrated Kirk's death.
What is the point of all this?
It's no surprise that the main purpose is intimidation. For example, if the person in the thread regarding the Stephen Decatur High School chapter can scare parents, students, and even other schools, he may be able to keep them from creating chapters of their own.
And that is the point of all of this.
They, including the guy making the threats, are afraid. These groups scare them because they know that they are powerful and they can make change, just like Charlie Kirk did.
The thing with intimidation is that it only works for so long. At some point those who are initially intimidated see the people making threats for what they are. Cowards.
They know they can't fight these young men with ideas, facts, and inspiration. They don't have the intellect nor the bravery. They can't put their childish emotions on hold in order to make a comment on FB that is not a threat or an insult.
The parent in Texas is the same. Instead of arranging to talk to the young people starting a chapter, she decided to label them a threat to women, minorities, gay people, etc. She shared lies about the ideas and even the death of Charlie Kirk. Then she told other adults to shut down the group, even doxxing some of the people involved.
Intimidation. Coward.
And then there is this on a college campus in Arizona.
Cowards all. Afraid to exchange ideas but would rather throw temper tantrums and hand off cartoonish messages that look like those of a third grader and then run away like a scared rat. (Our apologies to rats.)
Will the intimidation work?
For some, perhaps. But, most won't back down. Not anymore.
See, there are many who have come before them. There are parents like members of Moms for Liberty who were labeled domestic terrorists for speaking at school board meetings or advocating for parental rights. Other groups promoted Christianity, the Constitution, etc. They have been labeled as hate groups by actual hate groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center. Recently, the FBI disengaged itself from the SPLC:
The groups named never backed down, even though many members were verbally and physically attacked.
One would think that the unhinged left would see that they are ineffective and take a more reasonable approach. However, the trait of being, "reasonable," doesn't exist for them. They prefer violence and insults, threats and vandalism.
There is a lesson for all of the young people in these situations, and that is how to handle unhinged people when they attack you.
I saw this posted on FACEBOOK:
"My son is a senior in HS and he wore his new Charlie Kirk shirt to school today. He was berated by a girl at lunch. He said, "Mom, the more I just stayed calm, the angrier she got. I just stayed calm like Charlie would have."
The kids are learning. Charlie Kirk set the example for them and the rest of us need to keep doing the same.
Jan Greenhawk, Author
October 10, 2025
Jan Greenhawk is a former teacher and school administrator for over thirty years. She has two grown children and lives with her husband in Maryland. She also spent over twenty-five years coaching/judging gymnastics and coaching women’s softball.
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