The conservative youth organization Turning Point USA has generated numerous rumors since its founding in 2012 and subsequent rise on college campuses across the country.
After the organization's cofounder Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September 2025, social media users claimed the group's other founder, Bill Montgomery, died from COVID-19 complications in 2020. Online rumors also spread about Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, who became CEO of Turning Point USA following her husband's killing.
Snopes has covered Turning Point USA since 2016, when the organization built a website aimed at tracking what it called "professors who have demonstrated liberal bias."
Here's a roundup of 10 rumors we've examined about Turning Point USA. For more on the Kirk family, Snopes has previously published collections on Charlie Kirk and Erika Kirk.
