Baldwin Wallace student government votes down Turning Point USA chapter after campus hostility

Novice leadership at Baldwin Wallace University in a suburb of Cleveland have voted against having a Turning Point USA chapter at their school Grace Pruchnicki a senior who has been working to get the club officially recognized informed Fox News Digital that the participant executive turned down the chapter in lopsided fashion We had been working for two months to try and get our charter approved Pruchnicki explained Fox News Digital in a report and added that she was not speaking on behalf of the university or Turning Point USA On November th the attendee Senate voted no without giving a reason We later uncovered out that the aspirant regime does not have access to their own bylaws in order to make an informed decision CONSERVATIVE GETTYSBURG COLLEGE GROUP CATCHES PUPIL ON VIDEO TEARING DOWN PROMOTIONAL FLYERS Three attendee senators voted in favor opposed and one abstained Our president of the university has been trying to work with us but we still do not feel heard or that the university has been taking our concerns seriously about the harassment we have faced Pruchnicki declared We are still moving forward with an appeal process and hope that process can get started in January when we get back from break she added In a report from Baldwin Wallace to Fox News Digital the university disclosed its trainee Senate ended its review of TPUSA s application on Nov and that after proper parliamentary procedure and open deliberation the Senate voted and the application was denied TRAINEE SENATE REJECTS TURNING POINT USA CHAPTER RE-ESTABLISHMENT AT CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY In the report the university added This decision was made following an open forum where approximately students attended Prior to the discussion and deliberation Dean of Students Dr L na Crain commended the students gathered for using expressive activity and scholar executive as a means of productively sharing their perspectives CLICK HERE FOR MORE NEWS ABOUT MEDIA AND CULTURELee Fisher president of Baldwin Wallace University reported in a declaration to Fox News Digital that he supported the approval of the Turning Point USA chapter In keeping with these values I patronage the approval of the proposed Turning Point USA chapter Fisher stated While this reflects BW s shared commitment to free expression it is my personal perspective It is neither the official position of the university nor an endorsement of any particular viewpoint Pruchnicki had previously explained Fox News Digital that during her work to get the group to be recognized she was sometimes met with hostility from fellow students We have people that tear down our posters every single day Pruchnicki stated We have people that have filled out a general interest form so that we can have a list of people to contact when we start having meetings And we've had a lot of hate speech in those forms that people have filled out Requests for new Turning Point USA chapters have surged since Charlie Kirk s assassination The -year-old co-founder of Turning Point USA was shot and killed Sept while speaking at Utah Valley University