UK Chapter of Turning Point USA under investigation

The University of Kentucky is investigating its Turning Point USA chapter after receiving a tip from an anonymous student reporting the chapter’s online group chat for bullying, “repeated instances of discriminatory harassment” and “rhetoric normalizing violence.”

The student filed a police report after an investigation had already begun. According to Fox 56 News, on Dec. 9, university police received a call from a concerned staff member, whose student had “expressed fear for his safety due to comments made by members of UK’s Turning Point USA organization.”

According to the police report, interactions began between the anonymous student and members of TPUSA in November after exchanges in the Instagram comments of the Kentucky Kernel’s article on TPUSA hosting Paige Roux, a firearms instructor and pro-Second Amendment influencer for TPUSA…

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