A 2015 National Journal story recounted how Montgomery met Kirk when he was 18 and urged him not to go to college but told him instead after a speech at Benedictine University: “I don’t know you, but you need to start an organization to reach out to young people with your message.” So the next month, the two launched Turning Point together.
“It was Bill and Charlie’s chance encounter in 2012, along with Bill’s generosity and willingness to invest in an 18-year-old with no experience and no connections that gave birth to the dream that would one day become Turning Point USA,” Turning Point said.
In Maggio’s video, he said that one of Montgomery’s goals was to get Kirk, a close ally of Donald Trump Jr., elected president one day. Maggio called Montgomery “a conservative through and through” who “wore it as a badge of honor.”
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In two previous episodes of his podcast, March 16 and April 23, Kirk stated that he believed that the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions should self-quarantine. Outside of that, however, he has questioned the vast majority of public health proposals to limit community spread. On the Sunday edition of his podcast, Kirk said: “Do not force me to wear a mask, it’s that simple. I’m not gonna do it, I’m not.”
Barr looks way smarter than he is because there is no accountability. Every criminal looks smart when there aren’t any cops. It is tempting to think he has to be some kind of Machiavellian genius, but the reality is much simpler: he is an evil person and our system of government has completely failed to stop him.
To the extent he has a plan for November, its all entirely predictable. Sham investigations, manipulation of the media (who is sure to fall for it), zero threat of prosecution for literally any conduct that helps republicans, hollowing out of DOJ of anyone with integrity and putting a face of legitimacy on whatever blatantly illegal bullshit Trump tries to do. None of these things requires intelligence, only shamelessness and evil. See also: McConnell, Mitch.
It would be a spectacular failure. Will start off strong but be incompetently managed and then when Trump gets bored, will be shuttered and file for bankruptcy.
