<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1gByi9_1H35YmoR00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1gByi9_1H35YmoR00" width="1200" height="600" >What This Story Is About<ul><li>Some Middle Tennessee State University students are demanding that the university disband its Turning Point USA chapter.</li></ul>Why It Matters<ul><li>Students started a petition and gathered more than 550 signatures following the TPUSA event on campus last month.</li></ul><ul><li>Students organizing the petition and protest said the university president has not responded to their demands.</li></ul>MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) - About 30 Middle Tennessee State University students marched in protest Thursday evening, calling on the university to disband its Turning Point USA chapter following an event held on campus last month.Last month, TPUSA at MTSU held a debate-style event at MTSU, and outspoken conservative Joshua Haymes was a part of that event.The offended students started a petition, which has since garnered more than 550 signatures, asking the university president to disband the school’s chapter of TPUSA and ban Haymes from campus.Some students said the event brought “white nationalist rhetoric,” racist attacks, and “attacks on LGBTQ+ communities.”Students marched through the campus on Thursday, yelling chants like “fascists off our campus.”“It’s important to resist this because these statements that they make, we know are not just passive but also give reasoning for harassment,” one masked-up student protester claimed. “Not only students here but just the broad masses experience, like ICE terror against immigrants, the brutalization of black people, rights being stripped away from women.”The Turning Point USA chapter responded to the petition last month, saying it would not apologize or regret holding the event, and cited its commitment to free speech.“It is our chapter’s official policy to uphold the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and promote free speech in our country, our state, our city, and our campus,” the social media statement said. “If our fellow student body wishes not to hear from our speakers, they have the freedom to leave the event.”WSMV4 has reached out to the chapter and the university’s president, Sidney McPhee, for a response to the protest.</div></body>

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Some Middle Tennessee State University students are demanding that the university disband its Turning Point USA chapter. Students started a petition and gathered more than 550 signatures following the TPUSA event on campus last month. Students organizing the petition and protest said the university president has not responded to their...

MTSU student group protests Turning Point USA chapter after October event

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Some Middle Tennessee State University students are demanding that the university disband its Turning Point USA chapter. Students started a petition and ga

MTSU student group protests Turning Point USA chapter after October event

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