Turning Point USA President Charlie Kirk and TPUSA contributor Rob Smith pushed back against white nationalist and anti-gay "trolls" who "sabotaged" the Q&A portion of a "Culture War LIVE" event at Ohio State University on Tuesday night.
Benny Johnson, the organization's chief creative officer, noted the following on Twitter:
There were a number of trolls who sabotaged the Q&A portion of tonight’s @tpusa event.— Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 30, 2019
Many of the questions were abhorrent and were not asked in good faith.
White nationalism and anti-gay hatred have no place in our movement.
This is what the Left wants.
It’s time to Wake Up
Smith — a gay, black conservative who served in the Iraq War and notes in his Twitter bio that he's "proudly despised by leftists AND the alt-right!" — helped Kirk slap down a number of inappropriate questions.
Another questioner asked Kirk and Smith how America could maintain "white" values, and Kirk decried the premise, telling the individual, "I find that to be a racist question" and "I do not think that America should become a white ethno-state," adding he considers such a view a "fringe perspective."
Kirk also said he'd been getting that type of question over the last few weeks — and indeed Washington Examiner reporter Jerry Dunleavy tweeted that "a bunch of Holocaust deniers and other assorted anti-Semites and Alt-Righters are targeting Turning Point USA events under the guise of 'free speech.' It's transparent bulls**t and should be rejected outright, no matter what you think of Charlie Kirk."
You can check out the full video of the event below.
Culture War LIVE from the Ohio State University featuring @charliekirk11 , @robsmithonline and @fleccas!— Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 29, 2019
https://t.co/Tc9Qy1THC5
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