Turning Point USA'S (TPUSA) Student Action Summit is a gathering of conservative leaders and voters where various people give talks about politics and current events aimed at high school and college students.
A major theme this year was apparently the evils of censorship and the importance of inclusivity, but it would seem the inclusivity doesn't apply to conservative adult entertainers.
Adult film star Brandi Love had her VIP pass to the event, which she had paid $550 for, revoked and refunded.
Love tweeted a screenshot of the email she received from TPUSA and said she had just watched the likes of Charlie Kirk, Dan Bongino and Senator Rick Scott speak about the inclusivity of the "movement" before she was summarily removed from the conference.
She added:
"The Republican Party is broken."
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Love also included a tweet from reporter Anthony Leonardi stating a source inside TPUSA disclosed the revision was because they discovered the nature of her profession.
A TPUSA representative later told Newsweek:
"As a matter of policy, TPUSA does not allow adult entertainers, influencers, or brands to participate in its events designed for minors."
"This was not a decision intended to be unkind to anyone, but in the interest of the student attendees in attendance, and their thousands of concerned parents."
There was substantial argument among conservatives on Twitter between those who supported TPUSA's decision and those who thought it was hypocritical to decry "cancel culture" but then kick someone out for their profession.
So the new standard @TPUSA has set for itself is that it will evaluate the moral quality of everyone who buys a ticket to their conferences. There's no way that could go wrong.— Ben Domenech (@Ben Domenech) 1626656204
Because character matters. And because it was an event for kids. TPUSA is a joke, but for other reasons than removing a porn actor from their event. Come on, man...— Sean Doughtie (@Sean Doughtie) 1626659016
Many non-conservative Twitter users were simply confused as to how TPUSA managed to miss the fact Love is an adult film star in the first place.
After all, her Twitter bio clearly states...
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She isn't exactly secretive about it.
Yet somehow people were expected to believe it escaped TPUSA's notice.
She goes by "Brandi Love" and has "porn star" in her Twitter bio. The vetting process must be pretty thorough over there.— gingermaneditorial (@gingermaneditorial) 1626585972
I was shocked. Clear to me.— Rondalee Iowa #02 (@Rondalee Iowa #02) 1626585063
On what basis did they give her a VIP pass in the first place then?— Lewis P. (@Lewis P.) 1626715865
Others were unsurprised by the move, noting the right's tendency to fight amongst themselves and the high level of hypocrisy.
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Haha this is summing up SO many truths, also looking from multi-partisan Norway.— Marius Lunde (@Marius Lunde) 1626608894
I know. I have server stats.https://twitter.com/solrgrlic1/status/1417485038434799617\u00a0\u2026— Brandi Love \u00ae (@Brandi Love \u00ae) 1626789991
Yeah. A commie plant who writes for the Federalist.\n\nWhat evidence do you have that @brandi_love is anything but a conservative? None.\n\nI think YOU are a commie plant trying to sow division here.— (((Charlie Mas))) (@(((Charlie Mas)))) 1626788996
They are trying every single narrative & tactic to see if they can make one stick. \n\nBut as @dbongino & Charlie Kirk themselves said on stage this weekend..\n\nI will never give up or give in.https://twitter.com/seanwhite83/status/1417481595276103681\u00a0\u2026— Brandi Love \u00ae (@Brandi Love \u00ae) 1626789391
I find it wildly entertaining that the party that lost their minds over Gina Carano losing her job because of her political affiliation are the same people losing their minds over Brandi Love\u2019s political affiliation because of her job. \n\nGOP conservatives are enormous losers.— Everyone's a Fascist but Me (@Everyone's a Fascist but Me) 1626787103
You don't get to decide what morals conservatives can and can't have. The saddest part of the @brandi_love @TPUSA situation is that Brandi thought she was going to be around people who thought like her politically. Constitutional conservatives. Sadly that was not the case.— Jim Hook (@Jim Hook) 1626758474
https://twitter.com/huhn_todd/status/1417358054866161664\u00a0\u2026— Brandi Love \u00ae (@Brandi Love \u00ae) 1626759591
TPUSA offered a variety of responses for the backlash to their original statement.
So far though, the debate rages on between self-proclaimed conservatives and Republicans.