In 2013, Turning Point USA operated on a modest budget of $75,000, but by 2023, its revenue had skyrocketed to $82 million. This exponential growth wasn’t driven by grassroots support but rather came from approximately 10 anonymous donors with deep pockets, who contributed a good portion of the organization’s income. To be clear, this astroturfed organization has always functioned as a front for billionaire donors seeking to convert young people into conservative voters. Charlie Kirk strategically avoided debating the merits of oligarchy or why voters should support politicians advocating for wealth transfers from the poor and middle class to the billionaire class.
Even politically, the group is faltering. Candidates it has supported have been losing elections, and it even lost a major election recently at its home base of Phoenix. Once a powerhouse, TPUSA has struggled to maintain influence where it once thrived. (Although to be fair, other billionaire astroturfed organizations, like the Koch-funded Moms for Liberty, have been getting their asses handed to them as well.)
In 2013, Turning Point USA operated on a modest budget of $75,000, but by 2023, its revenue had skyrocketed to $82 million. This exponential growth wasn’t driven by grassroots support but rather came…
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Another day. Another failed conservative farce.