Turning Point USA Campus Leader Quits After Erika Kirk’s No-Show

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The president of the University of Georgia’s Turning Point USA chapter is calling it quits just days after Vice President J.D. Vance visited the chapter.

Vance drew an https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-no-show-tpusa-crowd-in-athens-georgia-gets-brutal-reaction-on-ms-now-morning-joe/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-no-show-tpusa-crowd-in-athens-georgia-gets-brutal-reaction-on-ms-now-morning-joe/">abysmal crowd to his campus visit earlier this month, as the arena where the event was held was only a quarter full.

Turning Point CEO Erika Kirk was scheduled to appear at the event, but at the last minute, did not show up, citing security concerns.

Caroline Mattox, the chapter’s former president, wrote in her resignation letter that joining TPUSA had been “a dream” of hers, but that after its founder, Charlie Kirk, died last year, the right-wing organization’s mission had become dishonest.

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