Overview

• The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has classified Turning Point USA (TPUSA) as a 'hate group' in its 'Year in Hate and Extremism' report, listing it alongside groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
• TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk has denounced the SPLC, accusing the organization of using its 'Hate Map' to discredit conservative groups and provoke potential violence against them.
• Elon Musk publicly supported Kirk, calling the SPLC a 'scam organization' in response to the report's allegations against TPUSA.
• The SPLC describes TPUSA as a 'well-funded, hard-right organization' that leverages fear of threats to white Christian supremacy to gain influence in conservative politics.
• TPUSA, active on over 3,500 college campuses, asserts that the SPLC's actions are an attempt to undermine its reputation and silence its conservative message.