Turning point USA sees a massive increase in new chapter requests in the last 48 hours

Turning Point USA has had a massive increase in requests for information for the new chapters of the college while the organization works to move forward Charlie Kirk Vision according to his assassination last week.

Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of the Charlie Kirk Show, said on Sunday that in the last 48 hours, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) had received more than 32,000 requests from people wishing to start new chapters on the campus.

“To put this in perspective, Tpusa currently has 900 official chapters and around 1,200 high school chapters, with a presence of 3,500 in total,” wrote Kolvet, who is also a spokesperson for Tpusa, wrote on X.

The sleeping giant ‘probably woke up for Turnout Point USA after the assassination of Charlie Kirk

“Charlie’s vision of having a Chapter Club America (our high school brand) in each high school in America (around 23,000) will be realized a lot, much faster than he could have imagined,” added Kolvet, calling for the response to the enlargement of Kirk’s mission “really incredible”.

The founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, was shot dead at an event Thursday in Utah. (Trent Nelson / The Salt Lake Tribune via Reuters)

In a separate article, Kolvet wrote: “It’s the turn.”

Kirk was murdered during an outdoor event at the University of Utah Valley on Wednesday afternoon. The event was the first of what was supposed to be a series entitled “American Comeback Tour”.

Kirk, the 31 -year -old charismatic founder of the conservative Youth Activist Group, was recognized for his signature political debates on university campuses.

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Thursday evening, the second family escorted the coffin and Kirk family from Utah to their original state, Arizona on Air Force Two. A video of the moment has shown that his wife Erika Kirk is visibly emotional on the tarmac while the coffin passed in front of her. The couple have two young children.

The ceremony for celebrating Kirk’s life is scheduled for next Sunday at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. President Donald Trump said he would attend Kirk funeral.

Friday evening, the widow of Kirk galvanized the Tpusa movement and promised to continue the mission of her husband.

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“To all those who listen to this evening through America this evening, the movement that my husband has built will not die,” said Kirk. “I refuse to let it happen. Nobody will never forget the name of my husband. And I will make sure that. It will become stronger. More daring. Stronger and more than ever,” Kirk said.

She also said that the annual “Americafest” conference of Tpusa in Phoenix in December will continue as planned.

Erika Kirk gives an emotional speech two days after the murder of Charlie Kirk, with a tribute message and a photo of him displayed on the podium. (With kind permission: turning point USA)

Judah Waxelbaum, former campus activist at Arizona State University For republican causes, said the assassination had probably woke up a “sleeping giant” and will probably see an increase in members.

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“”Turning Point is not going. Turning point, I think, will probably become much bigger in the wake of what happened to Charlie, “he told Fox News Digital in an interview on Saturday, noting that” you could not do youth policy in Arizona, really everywhere in the United States without meeting Charlie Kirk “.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if they woke up a sleeping giant,” he added.

Cameron Arcand of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.