Virginia School Reverses Decision to Pull Plug on Part of Turning Point USA Event

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

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Many times over Charlie Kirk’s life those that opposed the idea of anyone hearing his message would threaten disruption on College Campuses where Turning Point USA was attempting to hold an event. This would give the administrators just enough cover to pull the plug under concerns for ‘disruption.’ As the movement grew that became less frequent and as the “Prove Me Wrong” events welcomed opposing viewpoints it had seemingly gone the way of the dodo. Well, it came back. This time it was the Turning Point USA chapter at Western Albemarle High School that became the focal point of the threat as they scheduled Victoria Cobb, President of the Family Foundation, to visit with them on October 1. At first, the school pulled the plug citing, that’s right, concerns over ‘disruption.’ Not that the TPUSA meeting was going to be disruptive, no. That the ‘counter protest’ would be. It’s a classic. Then, just a 30 hours before her talk was scheduled to have taken place, the school reversed it’s position saying in a statement, “Following discussions with the student leader, and with agreement on expectations to ensure the event is orderly, respectful, and concludes within the lunch period, the principal has determined that the Turning Point USA chapter at Western Albemarle High School may host its guest speaker during a regular lunchtime meeting,” Victoria Cobb visits with us to talk about the grander landscape of potential return of the ‘cancel culture’. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.dailysignal.com/email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to our other shows: The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL2284199939⁠ The Signal Sitdown: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL2026390376⁠ Problematic Women:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL7765680741⁠ Victor Davis Hanson: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9809784327⁠ Follow The Daily Signal: X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=DailySignal⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Truth Social:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to this bonus episode of The Daily Signal podcast.
0:11.0	I'm your host, Joe Thomas, Virginia correspondent for The Daily Signal.
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0:48.6	Late Monday evening, after considerable pressure from community organizations and parents.
0:54.5	Western Albemarle High School, just west of Charlottesville, Virginia, changed its policy
0:59.4	and allowed the Turning Point USA chapter assigned to the school to host a guest Victoria Cobb
1:06.7	of the Family Foundation.
1:09.0	We spoke to Victoria in abstract about the idea of canceling her by means of
1:16.1	being concerned of protests against her. How are you doing this morning?
1:22.0	I'm doing well. Thanks so much for having me. Yes, it is a little disappointing to not be able to be part of the event they had planned as they had planned it.
1:32.3	It's challenging when we run into administrators that literally create a situation that's almost a textbook example of viewpoint discrimination,
1:42.3	exactly what I think our First Amendment is intended to protect
1:47.4	against.
1:47.9	It was noted in some of the coverage of the story that the LGBTQ club at the same high school
1:55.4	meets during their lunch hour as well, and nobody has told them they can't hold their meetings because it causes
2:02.3	a disruption. And in the wake of Abigail Spanberger in Fairfax saying, let your rage fuel you,
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