As Twitchy told you, earlier this week, Turning Point USA’s comms director Candace Owens royally stepped in it — again — when she shamed a supposed relative of Mollie Tibbetts who asked her to stop politicizing Tibbetts’ death. Because of course she did.
Well anyway, it turns out that there was more asshattery where that came from. According to TPUSA’s University of Iowa chapter, TPUSA president Charlie Kirk and Owens wanted to try to host an immigration event at the university in response to Mollie Tibbetts’ murder. Just the sort of thing that would be right up Kirk and Owens’ sleazy alley. Thankfully, Kirk and Owens will have to find somewhere else to peddle their slime, because University of Iowa TPUSA is rejecting their request:
https://twitter.com/TPUSAUIOWA/status/1032983936887074817
Good on them.
https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1033008294506455040
This is excellent. https://t.co/2VGdxfJR7C
— Senate Popular VotEEE (@EEElverhoy) August 24, 2018
Good for you to take the families wishes in to consideration.
— ??Gretchen Downey?? (@gdowney32) August 24, 2018
We may not agree on a lot, but we certainly agree on this. Thank you, that took guts.
— Molly ? (@MollyRHart) August 24, 2018
Absolutely 100% respect for all of you.
— Steven Stefanac (@StevieD401) August 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/TheDoubtingCass/status/1032998469257101319
This is the Iowa I know.https://t.co/o6ieQOrsgG
— George Miller (@GeoCommonSense) August 24, 2018
That's the Iowa I know well. Well done.
— The Dub Abides (@The_Dub_Abides) August 24, 2018
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This is a class thing to do. Bless up!
— Cardi Dee (@Dee_Marketing) August 24, 2018
TPUSA does great work when they stick to what they were founded on (avoiding social issues) and unite instead of divide conservatives. Major respect for this.
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) August 24, 2018
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Update:
More from U. of Iowa’s TPUSA chapter:
https://twitter.com/TPUSAUIOWA/status/1033033776841084928
https://twitter.com/TPUSAUIOWA/status/1033033778766258176
So, TPUSA had plans to come to University of Iowa, but not via the college’s chapter? In any event, UI TPUSA made the right call in distancing themselves from Kirk and Owens. Mollie Tibbetts’ memory deserves better.
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Update:
UI TPUSA has deleted their tweet featuring their statement. Here’s a screenshot:
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Update:
'This is a LIE'! Candace Owens CALLS OUT U. of Iowa TPUSA for 'extremely dishonest' statement https://t.co/sHEUDPwG8p
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 24, 2018
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