Turning Point USA Threatens to Sue ‘The View’ After ‘Defamatory Statements’ — The Show Issues an Apology

ABC’s “The View” has issued an apology to Turning Point USA (TPUSA) after the conservative group called them out for comments. TPUSA issued a cease and desist letter to ABC News on Tuesday calling for the company to…

Savannah Hulsey PointerJul 27, 20223 min read

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Turning Point USA tweeted on Tuesday, “Yesterday, Whoopi Goldberg smeared and lied about TPUSA regarding an incident where supposed ‘nazis’ showed up outside of the Student Action Summit.”

The hosts of “The View” asserted that the summit that took place last weekend in Tampa, Florida, took “a page from the WWE,” and claimed that they were officially tied to the Republican Party.

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They also criticized the group because of alleged neo-Nazi presences outside the venue, which the hosts said should have been handled by the group.

“Neo-Nazis were out there in the front of the conference with antisemitic slurs and, you know, the Nazi swastika and a picture of a so-called Jewish person with exaggerated features, just like Goebbels did during the Third Reich. It’s the same thing, right out of that same playbook,” Behar said, according to Fox News.

TPUSA’s in-house counsel Veronica Peterson said in the cease and desist letter, “‘The View’ hosts intentionally and falsely associated TPUSA with neo-Nazi protestors outside the event placing TPUSA in denigrating and false light and negatively impacting its public perception. Such action will not be tolerated.”

After giving ABC News until July 27 to issue a retraction and apology, the letter said, “Should ABC decide not to comply with the demands above, TPUSA is prepared to promptly take all steps necessary to protect its rights, including pursuing all available legal remedies, seeking monetary and non-monetary damages, injunctive relief, and attorneys’ fees and costs.”

“The View” issued an apology on Wednesday. Co-host Sara Haines clarified the earlier comments, saying, “On Monday we talked about the fact that there were openly neo-Nazi’s demonstrators outside the Florida Student Action Summit of the Turning Point USA group.

“We want to make clear that these demonstrators were gathered outside the event and that they were not invited or endorsed by Turning Point USA,” Haines said.