A multi-day “Turning Point USA Student Action Summit” in Tampa, Florida that was attended by over five thousand conservatives from all over the country was a victim of multiple Establishment strategies to undermine it, where neo-Nazi groups marched and flew swastika flags outside the convention center, and also a speaker at the event Congressman Matt Gaetz gave a speech that has outraged many people and caused an uproar that has destroyed the credibility of the conference and the organization.
In the above video of Florida congressman Matt Goetz speaking at the conference, he went on a rant insulting the appearance of pro-choice women, where his statements were so extreme that it is obvious that they were calculated to destroy the credibility of the conference and the organization.
I didn’t hear anybody in the audience booing or heckling his statements, which would have saved the reputation of the conference and the attendees. Instead the attendees seemed to be more like deer in the headlights, with some even applauding him.
I have not yet seen anyone associated with the organization condemning his statements or issuing an apology. Most conservative media outlets haven’t even mentioned the issue of his speech, while mainstream and liberal outlets have constantly been drawing attention to it.
Also many if not most of the attendees advocate for total abortion bans, which I do not think are practical and it is not a popular view even among most Republicans. I think many of the attendees often exist in a bit of an echo chamber, where they are surrounded by other people who also agree with the idea of such bans, however outside of such activist groups the support for that agenda drops off significantly. Republican candidates who will attempt to run on a platform of such bans will likely lose their elections and many of such states may become represented by Democrats instead as a result. See this article talking about such issues.
Turning Point USA is apparently a right-wing version of Establishment controlled leftist activist groups, with its purpose seeming to be to co-opt and distract well-meaning conservatives and then eventually lead them off of a cliff, as is indicated by what happened with the Gaetz speech.
The fact that Donald Trump spoke at the event is also indicative of the organization being run by the political Establishment. (Also see his full speech.) While he is preferable to Biden, remember that Trump brought the COVID lockdown and the vaccines at “warp speed,” and then he allowed Biden to steal the election which he could have stopped if he really wanted to.
In addition to the controversy of Goetz’s statements, the conference has also been in the news due to neo-Nazi groups congregating outside the convention center carrying swastika flags.
A screen shot from a Tampa Bay area news article that contains many pictures of the neo-Nazi groups outside the convention center.
Such neo-Nazi groups are almost always “controlled opposition” that are organized and sent by the political Establishment, with the members of the groups usually being Freemasons and members of law enforcement such as off-duty police.
A similar hate group the KKK has also been controlled by the political Establishment throughout its long history. See this link, and this link for more information.