"The Republican announced a partnership with the right-wing organization at an event where he renamed a debate prize for slain Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk. But more than naming an award for the anti-LGBTQ personality, the Governor said he wants to remove barriers to any student hoping to open a school chapter for the conservative group in Florida's public schools. He said any school district that tries to block a charter will face consequences from the state government."
""We want to make sure that all high schools in Florida, anybody in a high school that wants to start a state Club America chapter will be able to do so. There shouldn't be any impediments to that, and certainly no discrimination. We're not going to allow that," DeSantis said, according to Florida Politics."
"Kirk, before being shot at a Utah College holding one of his debate events, made a number of controversial comments about LGBTQ people, including immediately before his death when he said " too many" mass shooters were transgender. Authorities ultimately arrested Tyler James Robinson, a man who texted a transgender romantic interest that he killed Kirk, on several charges connected to the shooting."
Ron DeSantis announced a partnership to expand Turning Point USA presence and renamed a debate prize for Charlie Kirk. He pledged to remove barriers so any Florida high school student could open a Turning Point or Club America chapter and warned that districts blocking charters would face state consequences. The announcement took place at New College of Florida, where DeSantis previously changed board leadership and campus priorities. Kirk and DeSantis have had political differences, including Kirk endorsing Trump in 2024 while earlier supporting DeSantis's 2012 campaign. Kirk made controversial comments about LGBTQ people shortly before he was fatally shot, and authorities arrested a suspect in connection with the killing.
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