Student at Ohio university says peers tearing down flyers, sending hate over new Turning Point USA chapter

A determined candidate at Baldwin Wallace University in a suburb of Cleveland Ohio says she is facing resistance from classmates as she starts a Turning Point USA chapter on campus We never really got the momentum that we needed and the endorsement that we needed but this year after you know Charlie Kirk's assassination it's such an unfortunate circumstance that it gave us the push that we needed to get this up and going on campus Grace Pruchnicki a senior advised Fox News Digital Pruchnicki declared she will serve as president of the new chapter which is not yet officially recognized by the university She revealed she s working with novice services to complete the approval process LIBERAL GEORGIA PROFESSOR SPONSORS TPUSA CHAPTER DESPITE CONFLICTING VIEWS A DANGER WORTH TAKING Pruchnicki declared she desired to start a Turning Point USA chapter last year but the push has gained momentum after Kirk s assassination It brought out a lot of people that had been scared to speak out and we ultimately all got together and were able to get this up and running and we are presently in the process of getting approved Pruchnicki reported While Pruchnicki commented the group is close to being recognized she added that it has come with hostility from fellow students We have people that tear down our posters every single day 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 she stated SHOCK AND RESOLVE STUDENTS REFLECT ON CHARLIE KIRK S DEATH FUTURE OF CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENTDespite the backlash she reported Baldwin Wallace faculty have been more supportive We have a really supportive advisor who has been helping us out a lot she mentioned I have personally had numerous faculty members from all different departments on campus reach out to me personally and say you know they encouragement everything that we're doing and if we need any help too that they will absolutely help us Fox News Digital reached out to Baldwin Wallace University for comment One participant on campus Carly Voltz who is listed as the president of Baldwin Wallace's Students for Justice in Palestine group started a petition to stop the TPUSA chapter Voltz stated Fox News Digital that the petition is her personal initiative and not affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine I started the petition to gauge how countless students at BW would be opposed to a Turning Point chapter being established on our campus Voltz declared I saw that numerous students were raising concerns and I wished to have a number behind those concerns so that people could see that this wasn't just a scant students The petition at the moment has responses though not all those responses are from BW students and the petition was only circulated through social media All I know is that there were about signatures on it Pruchnicki stated Fox News Digital As of about a month ago I'm not sure where it's at now I don't have access to any of that information because it's all been blocked from me Pruchnicki noted she would tell students who are in a similar place and worried about attainable repercussions or pushback of starting a chapter to embrace the challenge WISCONSIN SCHOOL TO PARTNER WITH TPUSA AFTER FACING BACKLASH OVER REJECTING STUDENT'S CHAPTER If it's something you truly believe in it's worth it Pruchnicki disclosed I was very afraid of doing this and taking this on especially taking on the president role But standing up for what you believe in is so significant Pruchnicki added I think we need to have that open dialogue that Turning Point represents to be able to find specific common ground And you know you may You may lose friends you may have pushback but you have to keep your head up and just know that you know because you're receiving that pushback just means that's why you need it even more Requests for new Turning Point USA chapters have surged since Kirk s assassination the -year-old co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA was shot and killed Sept while speaking at Utah Valley University According to the organization more than students have inquired about launching new high school and college chapters in the weeks since Kirk s assassination