A host of the view has now issued an apology to Turning Point USA Student Action Summit after their Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida after they accused them of embracing neo-Nazis on their show. The clip came after video was broadcast showing a small group of people wearing Nazi memorabilia and waving freshly unfolded flags on public property outside the event.
TPUSA students confronted and argued with these individuals. Our security attempted to remove the "nazis" but were unable to intervene because they were standing on the public sidewalk. TPUSA students ultimately left the scene, at which point these individuals dispersed. pic.twitter.com/K5uNuIxAku
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) July 26, 2022
Host Whoopi Goldberg led the smear of the nonprofit organization and claimed that they let inside and embraced the “neo-nazis” seen outside the event. In response, there was an online movement on Twitter called #SueTheView. They were then forced to apologize after the organization sent them a cease and desist.
THREAD: Yesterday, @TheView & Whoopi Goldberg smeared and lied about TPUSA regarding an incident where supposed “nazis” showed up outside of the Student Action Summit. pic.twitter.com/9xonX9jC25
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) July 26, 2022
“On Monday we talked about the fact that there were openly neo-Nazi demonstrators outside the Florida Student Action Summit of the Turning Point USA group,” co-host Sara Haines said in the video below.
“We wanna make clear that these demonstrators were gathered outside the event and that they were not invited or endorsed by Turning Point USA.” She continued saying reading the statement from the group saying, we “100 percent condemn those ideologies.”
The security at the event tried to remove the demonstrators but were not able to as they were on public property. The View was also forced to correct another statement saying that the event was run by the Republican party. It’s not.
“We apologize for anything we said that may have been unclear on these points,” Haines concluded.
UPDATE: The View has issued yet another formal correction to TPUSA and its students LIVE on air. The apology was issued by Sara Haines. Whoopi remained silent and has not retracted her comments that TPUSA “metaphorically” embraced “Nazis." https://t.co/rcTawUTbpX pic.twitter.com/rANUlmXZwO
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) July 27, 2022
Goldberg who made the original statement smearing the organization notably did not say a word during the apology that day but a day later apologized.
Round Two: Whoopi Goldberg make ANOTHER retraction of her irresponsible and disparaging comments against the students who attended Turning Point USA's event last weekend.
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 28, 2022
"It's not any better when I make assumptions about other people, which I did. So, my bad. I'm sorry." pic.twitter.com/BTLzbnSZVg
“It’s not any better when I make assumptions about other people, which I did. So, my bad. I’m sorry,” said the elderly host.
Turning Point USA put out a message after the incident claiming that protesters had left the event and then shortly afterwards the “nazis” appeared wearing masks to hide their face. They were alleging that the two were one and the same, but this has not been proven since most in the media did not bother to investigate.
After a group of Antifa and left wing protesters showed up, predictably, to protest our event, they eventually dispersed, then minutes later these “nazis” appeared. Who are these people? We have no idea, and apparently ABC and other news media aren't curious enough to find out. pic.twitter.com/nPngp64M0F
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) July 26, 2022
“After a group of Antifa and left wing protesters showed up, predictably, to protest our event, they eventually dispersed, then minutes later these “nazis” appeared. Who are these people? We have no idea, and apparently ABC and other news media aren’t curious enough to find out,” wrote Turning Point USA.
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This just looks like another left-wing operation on its face. Now, we don’t know that because the media did not bother to look into it just as the ladies on the View immediately smeared the conservative TPUSA as “nazis” without much proof. What do you think? Do you think the nazi protest was just another Antifa and left-wing attack or was it real nazis out there? Regardless, they had nothing to do with the event and it’s good the View was forced to take back their statement.