This thread explores Turning Point Faith, #CharlieKirk of Turning Point USA’s new “church-based field program” to recruit pastors & congregations into politics, as first reported by the @nytimes’s @publicroad in March 2021 /1
nytimes.com/2021/03/16/us/…
Previously, #SarasotaSeditionSquad & #ShadowNetwork Council for National Policy member Charlie Kirk had founded Turning Point USA as a form of anti-higher education activism cc: @adamgabbatt /2
theguardian.com/education/2021…
Charlie Kirk belongs to the Council for National Policy, a #ShadowNetwork that @anelsona describes as a radical right hub organization that brings together money, political operatives & activists /3

npr.org/2019/10/29/774…
CNP member Charlie Kirk also chartered TPUSA buses to the Big Lie Stop the Steal rallies on January 6 at the US Capitol /4
businessinsider.com/man-charged-ca…
CNP member Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA pro-Trump youth group has also stoked vaccine resistance on high school & college campuses, as @isaacstanbecker reported /5
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
Keep in mind that Charlie Kirk, the supposed "youth activist," actually wanted college campuses closed to #COVID19 in 2020 to lower youth voter turnout /6
CNP member Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA has also had repeated problems with keeping white nationalists out of their organization, as @ZTPetrizzo found /7
salon.com/2021/07/17/rig…
As @jennycohn1 noted, Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, which also targets high school students, also had an employee who was arrested for running a child pornography ring /8
Charlie Kirk’s new Turning Point Faith primarily works as new right-wing CNP vehicle to mobilize pastors & faith communities by registering them to vote, holding rallies, & encouraging political participation. /9
Charlie Kirk’s new Turning Point Faith organizes for “medical freedom,” anti-abortion, to raise awareness about "election corruption" & to support veterans & first responders. It also supports creating Republican Liberty Caucus chapters. /10
Turning Point Faith had its kickoff in Phoenix, AZ at Dream City Church of Assemblies of God. Its COO lives in Mesa, AZ & doubles as RNC Grassroots Committee Co-Chair, showing CNP & Republican Party overlap. /11
CNP member Charlie Kirk has promoted new Turning Point Faith on Salem Radio Network, also in #ShadowNetwork of secretive, right-wing Council for National Policy. /12
Turning Point Faith organizes country by region, e.g., (NY, PA, WV) (MN & WI) (FL) (New England), etc. One organizer (MN-WI) explicitly wants to overturn Roe v Wade. /13
In Spokane, WA Turning Point Faith organized a “Medical Freedom Rally” that also found support among groups advocating a Liberty State for rural east of Washington to break away from the west. /14
kxly.com/protesters-ral…
Turning Point Faith has organized various Health & Medical Freedom events with slogan encouraging attendees to challenge authority with message God>Gov. Wisconsin Health Freedom event had Turning Point Faith speaker who was invited by Chiropractic Society of Wisconsin /15
Turning Point Faith hosted church event in Wisconsin with Seth Keshel, who works closely with #MikeFlynn on Big Lie “election integrity” efforts across the country. /16
In Florida, a Turning Point Faith representative is helping establish a Republican Liberty Caucus chapter in Hillsborough County (Tampa area). Apparently rep will work with BLEXIT on anti-vax work in churches. /17
Turning Point Faith registers voters at churches, at border, at state capitols, universities, etc. They are well-funded & have an agenda that is seedier under the surface with peddling the Big Lie & spreading anti-vax message. /18

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