"The comments by Lincoln City Councilmember Holly Andreatta at Twelve Bridges High School also have drawn attention to the emergence of Turning Point USA groups at high schools nationwide. The conservative nonprofit estimates there are now at least 1,200 chapters of its high school program, Club America. Elected officials in Florida, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas recently announced partnerships with the group to expand that reach to more schools in those states."
""Schools have always been - but especially now - are definitely a political battleground for the Republican Party, for conservative politics," said Hava Gordon, a sociology professor at the University of Denver who studies youth activism. The controversy over the Club America chapter at Twelve Bridges has roiled the community of Lincoln, a foothill city about 25 miles northeast of Sacramento."
Lincoln City Councilmember Holly Andreatta attributed her daughter's sexual orientation to childhood trauma and criticized workplace diversity and Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy at an after-school conservative students club meeting. The remarks highlighted the growth of Turning Point USA’s Club America, which the nonprofit says has at least 1,200 high-school chapters and new state partnerships in Florida, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. A sociology professor said schools have become a political battleground for conservative politics. The Club America chapter at Twelve Bridges prompted heated school board meetings, accusations of hate speech, a 300-signature petition, and a district statement about protecting student expression and well-being.
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