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Oklahoma official says all high schools will have Turning Point chapters after Charlie Kirk killing

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Ryan Walters speaks to members of the state board of education in Oklahoma City on 24 August 2023. Photograph: Daniel Shular/Tulsa World via AP

The state superintendent in Oklahoma announced plans to put Turning Point USA chapters in every high school in the state, saying it would counter “radical leftist teachers unions” and their “woke indoctrination”.

After far-right activist Charlie Kirk was killed on a college campus earlier this month, requests to start chapters of his conservative youth group, Turning Point, at colleges and high schools have surged, the organization has said.

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