TCU never canceled Turning Point USA event, student organizer clarifies
Allegations that Texas Christian University canceled an event held by its chapter of Turning Point USA are false, the student organization’s president said.
“For clarity, TCU never canceled the event,” Annie Cellar, the president of TCU’s Turning Point chapter, wrote in an email to the Star-Telegram.
The chapter independently decided to host the event off campus after organizers were unable to secure an appropriate space at TCU on short notice, Cellar said.
Cellar’s statement came days after detransition activist Chloe Cole’s characterization of the story blew up online and attracted the attention of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Paxton promised to investigate the university’s handling of the event in a social media post last week.
The event drew about 400 people to Birchman Baptist Church on Tuesday night, according to the Fort Worth Report.
Minutes before taking the stage to speak at the event, Cole appeared to continue to push the narrative that the university canceled the event.
“TCU can’t cancel the truth,” the activist wrote in a post on X.
“We regularly welcome Christian and faith-based events, for example, the recent memorial for students and the community honoring the life of Charlie Kirk, hosted by TCU’s TPUSA chapter on Sept. 18,” a TCU spokesperson told Fox News on Friday.
“For the date of Oct. 7, no venue was available for an event open to the public for up to a thousand people, ,” the spokesperson said.
