Parents in Arizona effectively shut down an on-campus appearance by Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk at a Phoenix-area high school, forcing school officials to move the event off site and after hours after complaints over safety, disruption and the role of partisan politics in a public school setting.
The dispute, as reported by the local channel 12, unfolded at Pinnacle High School in north Phoenix, where Club America, a student organization affiliated with Turning Point USA, had invited Kirk to speak during the lunch period next week. District officials initially defended the event as a student club gathering, but backlash from parents and students quickly escalated, turning the invitation into a local political fight.
