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The Turning Point USA tour made its latest stop last night at Indiana University Bloomington,
drawing a large student crowd for a night of debate and discussion.
Political commentator Tucker Carlson took the stage answering questions from students,
with Indiana Governor Mike Brown giving a warm-up speech.
NTD's Chris Bobb was there.
Don't ever be embarrassed of Main Street and the values that we embrace, again, on faith,
family and community.
I'm outside the auditorium at Indiana University Bloomington, where a Turning Point USA tour
stop just took place.
It was a Q&A between students and Tucker Carlson.
Who are the people that are like a part of this movement that's attacking your freedom
of speech?
I feel like we hear woke so much, especially from conservatives.
I'm personally not one.
But we never really hear like what it means.
At its core, woke is an attempt by the powerful to make the less powerful shut up.
Why are you only against the more powerful when it's supporting things like human rights
and BLM, but you're for it when it's supporting Donald Trump?
So the amount of influence that you carry-
So you don't agree with my views on whatever?
You're saying my views are insincere?
No, we disagree.
Yes.
I truly doubt your sincerity.
And that's your problem.
I'm trying to understand it because it makes no sense.
You're worth $50 million.
I'm not worth $50 million.
We spoke to a couple of the students who attended the speech.
Here's what they had to say.
Did you learn anything?
I think I did learn a little bit.
I especially learned a little bit about, you know, I'm more conservative and I think I
learned a little bit about the other side from a couple of the questions that were asked.
So it was certainly useful.
It was exciting.
Like, it is, this is the turning point.
So it did get me, like, reassured in my values and more motivated to live those out on campus
and in my life.
Because I'm a leftist myself, I'm a leftist and I'm an atheist.
And I had a really meaningful conversation with this guy who was waiting in the Q&A line
with me, who was a conservative Christian.
And I think we were able to really have like a open dialogue that was more focused on like
curiosity with each other's point of view, rather than kind of trying to disprove the
other side.
And so I think in terms of these large events, I think it's more meaningful to do have small
scale dialogue with people, because I think a lot of people are aligned on the same types
of things, but they just wouldn't know it because of the rhetoric that is used by both
sides in the United States.
I think it has less to do with Turning Point USA's personal thing and more the political
climate in the United States.
You'll see people are here to just dunk on liberals and boo them off state.
In Indiana, Governor Mike Braun has officially declared October 21st as Turning Point USA
Civic Engagement Day.
It recognizes Turning Point's work in helping students develop leadership skills and engage
in civic discourse.
The next stop on the Turning Point USA tour is October 27th at Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge.