Turning Point USA's high school push in GOP states meets free speech and religion concerns
Source: The Washington Times stories: Politics · Bias: Center Right
Summary
Republican leaders across the U.S. are encouraging chapters of the conservative political group Turning Point USA in all public high schools in the wake last year's assassination of co-founder Charlie Kirk, an effort they describe as countering the oppression of conservative voices in education.
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