An alleged defamatory statement by an MSNBC columnist prompted Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk to issue a cease-and-desist letter recently.
According to Fox News Digital, Julio Ricardo Varela wrote on Jan. 7th that Turning Point is a “MAGA white supremacist cult.” Ricardo’s column centered on Florida Rep. Anna Paulina.
“MSNBC attacked Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and slandered Turning Point USA as a ‘MAGA white supremacist cult,’” Kirk tweeted Friday. “TPUSA’s legal team has issued a Cease and Desist demanding that MSNBC immediately issue a retraction & apology for platforming these reckless and defamatory statements.”
MSNBC reportedly altered its column changing its wording that Kirk is “diminishing and decreasing White demographics in America” and pushing “the White nationalist belief of great replacement theory.”
The cease-and-desist letter demanded a retraction to be made “no later than Jan. 12th, 2023,” threatening to “take all steps necessary to protect our rights, including pursuing all available legal remedies, seeking monetary and non-monetary damages, injunctive relief, and attorneys’ fees and costs.”
“TPUSA, our students, our supporters, and our alumni like Rep. Paulina Luna will not put up with MSNBC and woke contributors like Julio Ricardo Varela when they slander us and our movement,” Kirk said. “We will advance this legally until we receive a full retraction and apology.”
