Re: the Sept. 4 article "How Arizona-based Turning Point climbed GOP ranks."
The TPUSA article omitted a number of pertinent facts in relation to AZ politics.
AZ State Representative Austin Smith, was senior director of TPUSA’s Turning Point Action but resigned after a complaint was filed against him in court for forging signatures on his re-election petition. He withdrew from his re-election campaign in April.
Tyler Bowyer, Chief Operating Official for TPA, was indicted on 9 felony counts in April for his involvement in the AZ fake elector scheme that tried to “prevent the lawful transfer of presidency” and “deprive AZ voters their right to vote.”
AZ State Senator and leader of the AZ Freedom Caucus, Jake Hoffman, also an indicted conspirator, was president of Rally Forge, a group closely associated with TPUSA which was banned by Facebook and Twitter for “trolling” misinformation through social media involving teenagers.
TPUSA exudes images of “youthful enthusiasm” and “hard work and innovation” as a political strategy. But TPUSA is above all, an ultra right-wing conspiracy-driven-MAGA-entity first and foremost.
Linda Dugan
Midtown
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