Conservative student Jocelyn Jordan from Beloit College in Wisconsin claims her school is actively preventing students from forming a new Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter and has failed to provide adequate protection from harassment and threats. Jordan and classmates began the process of establishing a TPUSA chapter on October 1, which required them to secure a faculty advisor, among other campus club formation requirements. However, every faculty member they approached, including the dean of students, refused to assist in the effort. Jordan was reportedly advised to form a group with a name distinct from TPUSA, and a student government representative stated that even finding a faculty advisor wouldn’t guarantee the chapter’s approval.
As the students began promoting their new chapter on social media in mid-October, they faced a coordinated harassment campaign targeting their efforts. The campaign initially involved disturbing imagery posted on the group’s new Instagram page, labeling Jordan and her co-founders as Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members, and White supremacists. The harassment escalated to include threats, with one post suggesting that the students might face