Turning Point USA adds Club America chapter in Deschutes County
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- In the wake of Turning Point USA's founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination last September, Turning Point and Club America chapters have grown rapidly across the United States.
Old chapters are being revived, and new ones are sprouting up. That includes a Club America chapter in Deschutes County. The high school club arm of the organization.
On Friday, the group had a meet-and-greet with student leaders of the club to talk about the organization.
Jaxon Middleton, a high school sophomore and founder of the chapter told KTVZ News, “After the whole Charlie Kirk incident and people were just asking us if we were going to do it, and then we were like, yeah, we're definitely going to do it.”
“There's a lot of people who do want to get involved with something like this. And so I think that having these resources would really help a lot of them," Emilyn, a member of the organization told KTVZ.
With Deschutes County’s continued growth, it has become a more purple area politically.
Many were curious why Turning Point started a Club America chapter here.
"Being a purple county, it's important that the conservative voices stand up, speak out, because often we are given a chance to. and these youth need to know it's okay to stand up for what they believe," Jamie Middleton, the mom of Jaxon Middleton told KTVZ News "we know the aversion to it will come, and that just helps build character.“
Today’s meeting was just the second event the club's had since its founding, but it has goals to not only expand, but also to have speaker events in the future.
