Baylor University is facing accusations of trying to “sabotage” a Turning Point USA event featuring Border Czar Tom Homan by blocking thousands of non-student ticket holders from the greater Waco community, according to the organization.
The event, hosted by students with Baylor’s Turning Point USA chapter, is scheduled for Waco Hall and will include Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and conservative podcast host Benny Johnson as part of the group’s “This is the Turning Point Tour.”
Turning Point USA said the event was initially approved to include non-student guests, then abruptly restricted, leaving about 4,500 community members who reserved tickets unable to attend.
“This event was originally designed to be open to both the student body and local Waco community,” a TPUSA representative told Breitbart News. “In a tight-knit community like Waco, where the university is the heartbeat of town, it would be weird not to open it up to the community.”
The representative said Turning Point USA reserved the larger venue expecting a full house, only to later learn the university would deny entry to those outside the campus population.
“We reserved a large enough venue to accommodate all the tickets reserved only to have the school administrators ultimately deny their entry,” the Turning Point USA representative told Breitbart News.
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“You feel awful for all the folks, 4,500 of them, that won’t be able to come, but Border Czar Homan, AG Paxton, and Benny Johnson are going to give our students all the attention they deserve and we’re going to put on a great event,” the spokesperson added.
Turning Point USA also said Baylor approved a counter event intended to protest the organization. The group noted it lost its founder, Charlie Kirk, in September after he was assassinated while speaking at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University.
Turning Point USA further claimed Baylor officials “trespass” warned TPUSA staffers who were on campus in the days leading up to the event to help students distribute promotional flyers.
The organization also said Baylor’s administration recently informed them they are not allowed to stream the event.
Baylor disputed the claims. Vice President for Student Life Sharra Hynes told Breitbart News the university had been clear from the start that the event would be limited to students, faculty and staff, with a small number of invited guests.
“The University was very clear with event organizers from the beginning that the event would be for students, faculty, and staff only, with the addition of 125 invited guests from the organizing group(s),” Hynes told Breitbart News.
Turning Point USA shared a letter sent to prospective attendees stating: “Due to university-specific restrictions for this event, attendance is limited to Baylor students ONLY, and we are unable to accommodate general admission guests this evening.”
“We understand that this is disappointing, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. We made every effort to open this event to the broader Waco community, but unfortunately, the administration has denied our attempts to do so,” the letter added.
The group said a large share of the student body reserved tickets for the event, and claimed an additional 4,500 non-students also signed up.
“We reserved Waco Hall, a venue large enough to be able to accommodate the broader community, because we know how important Baylor University is to Waco, and we strongly believe this is the wrong decision by school administrators,” the letter said.
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