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(170,185 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:09 PM Mar 18

College Republicans Chapter Collapses After Erika Kirk's Visit

Source: Daily Beast

Updated Mar. 18 2026 1:47PM EDT
Published Mar. 18 2026 12:50PM EDT

An Arkansas college chapter of the late Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA abruptly cut ties with the conservative organization—less than a week after Erika Kirk visited the state.

The University of Arkansas’s TPUSA chapter released a statement Tuesday disavowing the organization and its use of Charlie Kirk’s name since he was fatally shot at a campus event in Utah on September 10.

“We have many grievances with Turning Point USA, but I will share only one,” wrote Dino Fantegrossi, the former chapter president at UA. “We are generally put off by how Charlie Kirk has been used by TPUSA since his assassination. Statements like’Charlie would have said….’ and ‘Charlie would have wanted…’ have felt in many instances disingenuous and manipulative. Charlie Kirk cannot speak for himself anymore, and we do not recognize the way others have attempted to speak for him.”

Fantegrossi, who has been a member of TPUSA since his freshman year, said the chapter unanimously voted to rebrand and rename the organization “Young American Revival,” with a renewed mission of “advocating for Christian conservative values and policy” and supporting right-wing political candidates. He did not respond to a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/university-of-arkansass-turning-point-usa-disbands-after-meeting-erika-kirk/

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College Republicans Chapter Collapses After Erika Kirk's Visit (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 18 OP

It's terrble they abadndon that poor widow like a moldy pancake A-Schwarzenegger Mar 18 #1

I know, right durablend Mar 18 #2

And if anybody know what their dead hubsdan's thoughts is A-Schwarzenegger Mar 18 #4

She probably tried to raise their dues Diraven Mar 18 #7

Raising underling membership dues A-Schwarzenegger Mar 18 #12

Way to go, UofA! RazorbackExpat Mar 18 #3

'We're still Nazis' House of Roberts Mar 18 #5

LOL. I noticed that. ananda Mar 18 #8

So is it "Christian family values" that you want Mblaze Mar 18 #6

You can... GiqueCee Mar 18 #9

And bacon. Lots of bacon. 🥓🥓 rubbersole Mar 18 #11

Now I'm hungry... GiqueCee Mar 19 #16

In real life, what Charlie would have said and Charlie would have wanted... ToxMarz Mar 18 #10

Just a reminder nwduke Mar 19 #13

Don't forget, people dying from guns is just the price we have to pay for freedumb. mjvpi Mar 19 #14

Yep. They still embrace everything Charlie Kirk actually said Martin Eden Mar 19 #15

And the obscene list goes on... GiqueCee Mar 19 #17

She's a real home-wrecker Blue Owl Mar 19 #18

A-Schwarzenegger

(15,818 posts)

1. It's terrble they abadndon that poor widow like a moldy pancake

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:22 PM

Mar 18

Last edited Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:32 AM - Edit history (1)

right the middele of her grievying period.
I was going send to UnivArkansas TP fund
but now i will invest in klennex instead.

durablend

(9,283 posts)

2. I know, right

Reply to A-Schwarzenegger (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:29 PM

Mar 18

Don't they know the ~~grift~~ gift they've been given?

A-Schwarzenegger

(15,818 posts)

4. And if anybody know what their dead hubsdan's thoughts is

Reply to durablend (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:42 PM

Mar 18

it's Erka. Look it her eyes. There a word for that: ESP.
ESP clear into the afterlife and after. He won't never
get one free minute from them eyes of woe and vudu.

Diraven

(1,917 posts)

7. She probably tried to raise their dues

Reply to A-Schwarzenegger (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 09:59 PM

Mar 18

All that bedazzled leather doesn't come cheap.

A-Schwarzenegger

(15,818 posts)

12. Raising underling membership dues

Reply to Diraven (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 11:01 PM

Mar 18

could be an important step in the updated greiving process,
we don't know.

RazorbackExpat

(941 posts)

3. Way to go, UofA!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:40 PM

Mar 18

House of Roberts

(6,547 posts)

5. 'We're still Nazis'

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:44 PM

Mar 18

we're just different Nazis...

ananda

(35,224 posts)

8. LOL. I noticed that.

Reply to House of Roberts (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:01 PM

Mar 18

It appears to be sexism at work, but the whole
thing is so insane ....

Mblaze

(1,072 posts)

6. So is it "Christian family values" that you want

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 09:58 PM

Mar 18

Or perhaps to follow the teaching of Jesus Christ? In MAGA America, they seem to be two separate things.

GiqueCee

(4,348 posts)

9. You can...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:07 PM

Mar 18

... put lipstick on a pig and you can change its name... but it's still a pig.

rubbersole

(11,233 posts)

11. And bacon. Lots of bacon. 🥓🥓

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:51 PM

Mar 18

GiqueCee

(4,348 posts)

16. Now I'm hungry...

Reply to rubbersole (Reply #11)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 07:52 AM

Mar 19

...

ToxMarz

(2,955 posts)

10. In real life, what Charlie would have said and Charlie would have wanted...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:11 PM

Mar 18

was just a bunch crap. Now he's dead and it is holy gospel to them, they are turning against the blasphemors. Humans are a fucked up species.

nwduke

(509 posts)

13. Just a reminder

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 12:05 AM

Mar 19

Things Charlie Kirk has said.
-Gay people should be stoned to death
-Most people are scared when they see a black pilot flying a plane
-Taylor Swift should reject feminism and submit to her husband
-No one should be allowed to retire
-Leftists should not be allowed to move to red states
-British Colonialism was what "made the world decent"
-The guy who assaulted the Pelosi's should be bailed out
-Religious freedom should be terminated
-Multiple black politicians "stole white people's spots"
-MLK Jr was "an awful person"
-The Great Replacement Theory is reality
-Hydroxychloroquine cures COVID
-Vaccine requirements are "medical apartheid"
-Guns deaths are acceptable in order to have a 2nd amendment
-Women's natural place is under their husband's control
-Parents should prevent their daughters from taking birth control
-George Floyd had it coming, the Jan 6th protestors didn't
-The 1964 Civil Rights Act was a "huge mistake"
-Encouraged parents to protest mask mandates
-Madani winning in NY is a travesty because Muslims did 9/11
-Muslims only come to America to destabilize Western Civilization
-Palestine "doesn't exist" and those who support it are like the KKK

mjvpi

(1,931 posts)

14. Don't forget, people dying from guns is just the price we have to pay for freedumb.

Reply to nwduke (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:03 AM

Mar 19

Tag, you're it Charlie.

Martin Eden

(15,666 posts)

15. Yep. They still embrace everything Charlie Kirk actually said

Reply to nwduke (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 07:28 AM

Mar 19

They are neither Christians nor patriots.

GiqueCee

(4,348 posts)

17. And the obscene list goes on...

Reply to nwduke (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 07:56 AM

Mar 19

... those who try to deify that malicious snake are every bit as diseased as Kirk was, and contribute little, if anything, of value to society.
Fuck 'em all.

Blue Owl

(59,193 posts)

18. She's a real home-wrecker

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 12:34 PM

Mar 19

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