Kicking off today, Turning Point USA will host their annual "2018 Student Action Summit," commonly referred to as SAS2018, in West Palm Beach Florida for the second year in a row.
As of December 3rd, Candace Owens, the Communications Director at TPUSA stated in a tweet that the conference has received "6,000 applications and climbing for the biggest @TPUSA student summit— ever."
Admittedly, @jordanbpeterson looks a lot cooler than me in his headshot. I will do my best to one-up him on stage.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) December 3, 2018
6,000 applications and climbing for the biggest @TPUSA student summit— ever. My favorite event of the year!
Confirm your spot if you haven’t already! #SAS2018 pic.twitter.com/UPj473zNAe
West Palm Beach... GET READY For THOUSANDS Of Young Conservatives & Some YUGE Name Speakers!
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) December 17, 2018
The Movement Is STRONG!
It’s Not Too Late To JOIN US!
APPLY ?? https://t.co/AaT2v0IQsp pic.twitter.com/ERBwqevG6t
Turning Point’s Student Action Summit begins Wednesday and continues through Saturday at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. The event expects to draw 5,000 student activists — making it one of the larger conventions hosted at the convention center.
The group, which also held its annual summit in West Palm Beach last year, draws some of the biggest names in the Trump administration and conservative news outlets. Speakers include Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, Treasury Secretary Wilbur Ross, Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, film-maker Dinesh D’Souza, former White House press secretary Anthony Scaramucci and Governor-elect Ron DeSantis.
With excitement in the air, the highly anticipated conservative student conference will host speakers among the likes of Donald Trump Jr. and girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, Anthony Scaramucci, and Tucker Carlson among others.
Speaker announcements in the past weeks for the 2018 Turning Point USA'S Student Action Summit have come in waves on social media:
Join me in West Palm Beach THIS WEEK at the @TPUSA Student Action Summit! #SAS2018 #OpenGaetz pic.twitter.com/T5JwmEQOp9
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) December 18, 2018
4,000+ Young Freedom-loving Patriots in one place?@charliekirk11 and @TPUSA are taking back America one school, and one college at a time!
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) December 17, 2018
See you at #SAS2018 pic.twitter.com/mxaV42vUSb
Look forward to speaking at the @TPUSA Student Action Summit next week #SAS2018 pic.twitter.com/hRCcju7mqO
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) December 14, 2018
Leaving Hollywood now en route to West Palm Beach for #SAS2018! Who’s ready for the biggest youth conservative conference of our lifetimes? @TPUSA @charliekirk11 pic.twitter.com/I6ZJKqhTWG
— Peter Van Voorhis (@RepublicanPeter) December 19, 2018
Townhall's own Guy Benson and Katie Pavlich will also be in attendance to speak at the event later this week.
Looking forward to talking free speech with @mkhammer at #SAS on Friday! pic.twitter.com/iBzBfOOxnb
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 19, 2018
The organization has also advertised for its first annual "Winter Gala" which will feature Rush Limbaugh who is being awarded a "life-time achievement award" from the conservative youth organization. A ticket for the "Mar-a-Lago" dinner with Kirk among others will run you $2,500.
Looking forward to joining my friends @charliekirk11 @JoshuaThifault @JamesOKeefeIII and more for the @TPUSA Winter Gala at Mar-a-lago this Thursday night in Palm Beach! We’ll be hearing from Rush Limbaugh! More details below if you’d like to join us. pic.twitter.com/7oqm9Nqi8v
— Francisco Gonzalez (@fgonzalez1978) December 16, 2018
Yet, not all are happy with Turning Point USA as Gab.com, a new social media platform, has claimed that its sponsorship was pulled from the conference without an apparent reason.
Press release regarding our sponsorship of the @TPUSA Student Action Summit. pic.twitter.com/VsQrPzt4wN
— Gab.com?? (@getongab) December 17, 2018
“Student Action Summit is like the Super Bowl for Turning Point USA every year. It’s an opportunity for thousands of attendees to be a part of the largest gathering of young, conservative activists in the nation, and to hear and learn from some of the most influential conservative thought leaders all in one place. Every year this event gets bigger and better and 2018 is no exception. There’s just nothing like the Student Action Summit and we’re honored to be able to host this amazing conference.”
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