Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk Retreats From Campus Event as Crowd Chants ‘America First’
Shane Trejo
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Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk was forced to run away from his own campus event on Thursday after the crowd turned on him, yelling “America First” at him as he scampered away.
Kirk appeared at the University of Houston on Thursday afternoon for a “Prove Me Wrong” event in front of dozens of students. After recent embarrassing appearances throughout the country, TPUSA stopped providing livestreams of their events on YouTube. Most of what took place was difficult to hear on livestreams taken by audience members in attendance.
What could be clearly heard was the negative reaction at the end of the event against Kirk. As Kirk attempted to present a video of paleoconservative YouTube personality Nick Fuentes, there were technical difficulties that prevented it from playing. This resulted in attendees heckling Kirk, who referred to Fuentes as a “groyper grifter” for doubting Donald Trump as a serious presidential candidate in 2015.
By the time Kirk was able to play the video, it was inaudible, and the crowd had sharply turned against him. They started booing him loudly, which caused him to abdicate the event as they yelled “America First” at the disgraced student leader.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_63J4IlQPk
An aerial view of the shameful retreat by Kirk was caught on Snapchat as well and later posted on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/groyperofmc/status/1195194596189446146
Kirk’s primary line of defense is to smear everyone who dares to question his generic talking points as white supremacists, neo-Nazis or ethnonationalists – a page from the ANTIFA/ADL/SPLC playbook.
People who openly identify as white supremacists came to my event tonight
They have no place in the conservative movement
We must unequivocally denounce this vile ideology whenever it shows it’s ugly head
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 14, 2019
Ethno-Nationalism is Un-American.
It has NO place in the conservative movement
We are building a broad coalition to make America great for EVERYONE
We believe in natural rights for ALL
We believe in E Pluribus Unum—out of many one
And we condemn this hateful ideology
RT! pic.twitter.com/AR8q37ewW5
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 14, 2019
The “America First” insurgency is now winning support from more mainstream commentators. Right-wing pundit Michelle Malkin defended the questioners from criticism from Conservative Inc. operatives such as Ben Shapiro and Kimberly Guilfoyle during a speech she gave Thursday night at UCLA.
“Not everyone who belongs to generations older than you has sat idly by while America rotted from the inside. Not all Gen Xers like me, or boomers, are mindlessly stupefied by the bread-and-circuses entertainment dished out by so-called Conservative Inc. Not all of us have occupied ourselves solely with owning libs and reciting clunky MAGA rap anthems while America crumbles,” Malkin said.
https://twitter.com/TheBavarianChad/status/1195194595522437120
“If you are going to be dispatched as a Conservative leader, crusading for America First, perhaps you should have thought for more than one minute about the policies that you’re espousing,” Malkin said in a direct attack against Kirk, referencing his recent immigration flip-flop.
“Word to conservative leaders: Don’t be cringe,” she added.
.@michellemalkin on Immigration and Charlie Kirk in her America First Speech Tonight:
"If you are going to be dispatched as a Conservative leader, crusading for America First, perhaps you should have thought for more than one minute about the policies that you're espousing." pic.twitter.com/ntJywBPCZA
— The Columbia Bugle ???????? (@ColumbiaBugle) November 15, 2019
Kirk may be reconsidering his stance in opposition to safe spaces after the shellacking he has taken during his recent string of college appearances.
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