{"id":82942,"date":"2025-12-10T09:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/82942\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:57:21","slug":"gov-greg-abbott-vows-to-add-more-turning-point-usa-chapters-to-texas-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/82942\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Greg Abbott vows to add more Turning Point USA chapters to Texas schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gov. Greg Abbott is vowing to expand Turning Point USA youth chapters to more high schools across Texas.<\/p>\n

This is the conservative organization that activist Charlie Kirk founded. Kirk was assassinated<\/a> three months ago on a Utah college campus.<\/p>\n

The high school program for Turning Point is called “Club America.” It’s a student-led, conservative-promoting group.<\/p>\n

According to Abbott, 500 high schools across the state already have a chapter on campus, including dozens in North Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During an announcement from the governor’s mansion on Monday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick promised $1 million in campaign funds to help expand the program across Texas.<\/p>\n

While there are no plans to force schools to start the clubs founded by Kirk, Abbott said any attempt to stop students from creating one would result in disciplinary action.<\/p>\n

“Let me be clear,” said Abbott. “Any school that stands in the way of a Club America program in their school should be reported immediately to the Texas Education Agency, where I expect meaningful disciplinary action to be taken place for any stoppage of TPUSA in the great state of Texas.”<\/p>\n

The CEO of TPUSA and the widow of Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk, will talk about<\/a> her husband’s murder in a town hall this weekend, moderated by CBS News Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss.<\/p>\n

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