{"id":195504,"date":"2025-09-26T20:21:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/turning-point-usa-is-returning-its-speakers-to-college-campuses\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T20:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:21:57","slug":"turning-point-usa-is-returning-its-speakers-to-college-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/turning-point-usa-is-returning-its-speakers-to-college-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Point USA Is Returning Its Speakers to College Campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cI said I was going to be done for the rest of the semester and that I wasn\u2019t going to any more schools,\u201d she said. \u201cTwo days later, I messaged <strong>Justin Streiff,<\/strong> our COO and said, \u2018We need to go back on campus.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In response to Kirk\u2019s killing, Utah Valley University officials have begun what they described as a \u201ccomprehensive independent <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/utah-valley-university-initiating-a-comprehensive-independent-review-302563290.html?tc=eml_cleartime\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/utah-valley-university-initiating-a-comprehensive-independent-review-302563290.html?tc=eml_cleartime&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/utah-valley-university-initiating-a-comprehensive-independent-review-302563290.html?tc=eml_cleartime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">review<\/a>.\u201d The campus police chief said that six campus police officers were on duty, but attendees speaking to local news outlet <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/ksltv.com\/local-news\/uvu-independent-review-kirk\/822588\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/ksltv.com\/local-news\/uvu-independent-review-kirk\/822588\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ksltv.com\/local-news\/uvu-independent-review-kirk\/822588\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KSL<\/a> and <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/fatal-shooting-charlie-kirk-puts-utah-valley-universitys\/story?id=125474742\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/fatal-shooting-charlie-kirk-puts-utah-valley-universitys\/story?id=125474742&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/fatal-shooting-charlie-kirk-puts-utah-valley-universitys\/story?id=125474742\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC News<\/a> said bags brought by students and others were seemingly not checked upon entry. The event was held outdoors and the department has not said if nearby rooftops were <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/charlie-kirk-campus-security-utah-colleges-universities-0a68ac679546f88076b53323421591f5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inspected<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cWe already had extremely tight security on our indoor events but that will be increasing even more now,\u201d Clark said. \u201cEvery single person, even employees, have to go through two security checkpoints. There are metal detectors, bags are heavily inspected, and we have increased police presence by a <em>lot,<\/em>\u201d she added in a text.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><strong>Kaitlin Griffiths,<\/strong> the 19-year-old president of the Turning Point chapter at Utah State, where Clark will be speaking next week, said she\u2019s been handling communications between the organization and her school ahead of the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cThere\u2019s always that worry when it comes to political events like that,\u201d she said. \u201cI do think that I have trust in the security teams that will be there, and it is an indoor event, so it has the ability to be more controlled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Griffiths, who said there will be a no-bag policy for attendees, still voiced some apprehension about the fact it would be open dialogue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cGovernor Spencer Cox is going to be speaking at this event, and he gets quite a bit of backlash in our state, from the left and right sides,\u201d she said. \u201cI do think that there will be a lot of debate and questioning when it comes to things that he\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Not all attendees are voicing similar caution. <strong>Owen Hurd,<\/strong> the treasurer of the Turning Point chapter at Indiana University Bloomington said the organization is excited to welcome Carlson to campus in just under a month. \u201cWe\u2019re not nervous at all,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will not be intimidated by anyone who chooses to threaten our chapter or oppose this event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><strong>Allie Beth Stuckey,<\/strong> a conservative commentator and podcaster with an Instagram following of 763,000 at the time of publishing, who will be speaking at Louisiana State University on October 27, struck a different tone. Stuckey has heightened security for her Christian women\u2019s event, Share the Arrows, taking place in Dallas on October 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cI\u2019m matching my courage with prudence,\u201d she said. \u201cWhile this tragedy has increased our caution, it\u2019s also deepened our resolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/turning-point-usa-is-returning-to-college-campuses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI said I was going to be done for the rest of the semester and that I wasn\u2019t going to any more schools,\u201d she said. \u201cTwo days later, I messaged Justin Streiff, our COO and said, \u2018We need to go back on campus.\u2019\u201d In response to Kirk\u2019s killing, Utah Valley University officials have begun what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10846,54,644,381],"class_list":{"0":"post-195504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-charlie-kirk","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-politics","11":"tag-republicans"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}