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PHOENIX (AP) — A simmering battle over the future of President Donald Trump’s political movement exploded on one of the right’s biggest stages Thursday, as prominent conservative influencers used Turning Point USA’s annual youth conference to attack each other and their competing visions.

The feuding threatened to eclipse efforts to memorialize Charlie Kirk, the organization’s charismatic founder who was assassinated in September, even as participants insisted they were honoring the legacy of a unifying figure within the Republican Party.

First up was Ben Shapiro, who described Tucker Carlson and others as grifters and charlatans, guilty of misleading their audiences with falsehoods and conspiracy theories. Shapiro sharply criticized Carlson, a former Fox News host, for interviewing outspoken antisemite Nick Fuentes on his podcast, calling it “an act of moral imbecility.”

Barely an hour later, Carlson took the same stage and mocked Shapiro’s attempt to “deplatform and denounce” people who disagree with him.

“I watched it,” he said. “I laughed.”

The raw bitterness on the opening night of the four-day conference reflected deep divisions over the meaning of “America First” and next steps for the “Make America Great Again” movement defined more by the force of Trump’s personality than loyalty to a particular ideological project.

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 86 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I don't particularly care about the exact flavor of Nazis they want to be.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 55 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but a divide in what has mostly been a solid wall is a good opportunity

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

See, the thing about divide and conquer is that 'divide' is just the first step. What does conquest look like here? It's like invading Russia: nobody wants the place -- it's full of fucking Russians. Likewise, if it was possible, who'd want to lay claim to these people?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You don't want to lay claim to them or their audience without serious redemptive efforts. But you do want them too focused on infighting to do anything productive. You know, like we historically are.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 9 points 4 months ago

Yeah, fair enough.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

it’s full of fucking Russians

The Mongols knew what to do about that.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I do, however, enjoy it when various flavors of Nazi fight each other.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, that's fair. I mean, who doesn't?

Edit:

"So who d'you think are gonna win?"

"The rest of us."

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 4 months ago

So they get stronger?

I prefer it when they get Daryl-Davis'ed out of being Nazis.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 4 months ago

Would love to see each their political compass result.

Not sure many would be so close to Nazi.

Maybe a lot more nearer 10,0 than 0,10.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago (2 children)

First up was Ben Shapiro, who described Tucker Carlson and others as grifters and charlatans, guilty of misleading their audiences with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.

Hahahahahahah!!!! Pot calling kettle black. This sort of infighting is what happens when leadership falters. Trump's corrupt mismanagement is becoming more apparent, and starting to tank his approval among even the hardcore MAGAts, and the other narcissists waiting in the wings are now knifing each other as they jockey for position. Wait until the economy comes completely unglued in 2026 and we experience major economic collapse, with bank runs, etc., similar to the lead-in to the Great Depression. We are definitely living in interesting times!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 months ago

He only cares because now they're being open about their antisemitism

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 4 months ago

Or, instead of just waiting for their plan to carry on through to the next phase, we get all the suppressed emancipatory technologies provisioned to everybody, such that their plans to keep us impoverished and enslaved are obsoleted.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Quite the power struggle, but everyone deserves a shot.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

I see what you did there

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

The feuding threatened to eclipse efforts to memorialize Charlie Kirk, the organization’s charismatic founder

HAHAHAHA as charismatic as a hemorrhoid.

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bizarre to end the article with a quote that seems like it'll start a new segment about, like, the opinions of attendees from a heretofore unmentioned attendee, then just end.

“I just felt like I had an obligation to be here,” said Daren Struiksma, 20, of Harrisburg, South Dakota.

Okay? Why mention that?

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The article had some arbitrary minimum number of words requirement? 🤷

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well it made me wonder about the author's intent. Why choose this quote in particular? What does this quote imply that they felt was important to communicate?

Honestly, I don't think the quote really says much of anything. I think you could find someone saying this at any convention be it political or, I dunno, Star Trek.

But the rest of the article is about demonstrating fractures in right-wing unity and so maybe the author wanted to imply that the guests feel their attendance is obligatory more than desired. It's a stretch to argue that, but I struggle to think of another reason to include it.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 months ago

Oh that makes a lot of sense, shoulda thought of that!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

The more they fight amongst them, the better.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

TP USA. Toilet Paper United States of America. That's their agenda.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If there's anything I know, it's that when someone who controls money or power dies, there's a ruthless scramble to be the beneficiary.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, that happens even among the poor and lowly. Nothing like death to bring out people's avarice.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

I didn't say how much money or power.

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

More of the same old shit. Whenever quarrelsome people get together, even if the pretense is something they all have in common, they inevitably end up fighting each other. And what even is a modern conservative, if not quarrelsome? It's like 100% of their party's political identity.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Will Republicanism become the tip of the spear for the Israeli state? Or will it become a more traditional Protestant-aligned reactionary organ of corporate power?

Find out next election cycle on Who Grifts Best!

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Oh, they'll be both, it's just a matter of relative timing.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

All those fucking power-hungry dickheads.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

They’re fighting over your dollar.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Big (circus) tent party.

[–] grissino@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

"Recruiters for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Border Patrol were on hand, along with an armored tactical vehicle they drove into the exhibition hall."

Genius.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 3 points 4 months ago

Fun to see the clash of nuance among right wing economics based political philosophies.

People's front of MAGA.

[–] BC_viper@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Kirks unfortunately still surviving wife looks like a unholy idea of what an alien thinks a human looks like. The stepford wives robots are less creepy.