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Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest puts conservative rift on display as Vance urges unity
Anne Bryson
December 22, 2025

Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest highlighted a rift in the conservative movement that’s emerged since the assassination of the group’s co-founder, Charlie Kirk, in September.  Over the course of the four-day conference, some of the speakers criticized one another by name. Podcaster and prominent right-wing personality Ben Shapiro called out Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon and Megyn Kelly and accused them of being “frauds and grifters” and for entertaining far-right conspiracy theories following Kirk’s killing. “The conservative movement is in danger from charlatans who claim to speak in the name of principle but actually traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty,” Shapiro said during his remarks Thursday night. READ MORE

YOUTUBE Ben Shapiro TPUSA Speech: Truth Over Cowardice and Grifting Ben Shapiro warned Thursday night on the stage of Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest that the future of the conservative movement depends on a commitment to truth, arguing that grifters and frauds are putting both conservatism and the country at risk.

JTA Vance declines to draw a line against rising influence of antisemitic figures in Republican party In the latest round of conservative infighting over the mainstreaming of antisemitic figures within the GOP, Vice President JD Vance has once again declined to draw a red line. At the center of the controversy that has roiled the Republican Party is Nick Fuentes, the antisemitic and white nationalist livestreamer who set off a firestorm after he voiced his disdain for “these Zionist Jews” in a friendly interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson in October…Earlier this month, Vance also dismissed claims that antisemitism is surging within the Republican Party and said that the “the single most significant thing you could do to eliminate anti-semitism” was lowering immigration to the United States.

NY POST Megyn Kelly blasts Ben Shapiro, Bari Weiss, claims ‘they are making antisemites’ Megyn Kelly blasted Ben Shapiro for what she called his “betrayal” after he publicly singled her out at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest — then turned her fire on Bari Weiss for amplifying his speech as the conservative movement’s internal feud spilled onto the main stage. Kelly told Vanity Fair that Shapiro’s onstage broadside left her “flabbergasted” and accused Shapiro and Weiss of fueling antisemitism by trying to shut down criticism of Israel. “They are making antisemites,” the former Fox News primetime host said in the article published Monday.