Leo Saperstein

Official logo of Turning Point USA Politics is often discussed at a liberal arts college like Connecticut College. However, many students, faculty, and alumni alike, view the campus as an echo chamber for left-wing beliefs where people are only familiar with faux conservative talking points from the most extreme ends of the right-wing movement. Emmitt Wilson ‘29 and the new Turning Point USA chapter deeply believe that notion and plan to change that.

Leo Frank c. 1910-1915. Courtesy of the New Georgia Encyclopedia. On April 21, 1913, a 13-year-old girl by the name of Mary Phagan was brutally raped and murdered in the town of Marietta, Georgia. Her body was found in the where she worked as a knurling machine operator. Newt Lee, the factory’s nightwatchman, discovered the body and alerted the police. The man later accused of the gruesome act was a 29-year-old Jewish man by the name Leo Frank.

There seems to be a new look on the left, and it’s not a good look. As long as a candidate agrees with their agenda, the progressive wing of the Democratic Party seems to have no problem letting some pretty suspect things slide. Homophobic and racist comments? Not an issue. Comments downplaying sexual assault? No problem! Nazi tattoos?