College Republicans can't decide whether they should be more policy-focused or attract as much attention as possible. The future of the GOP may be at stake.
The College Republicans are worried – partially about their Democratic peers on campus but also about other young people who call themselves Republican.
Story continuesThe chapter, he said, crossed the line a couple of times, and the bake sale was the final straw. Pickett recalled he was not happy when leaders brought Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right speaker, to campus in 2017. Outside that event, a man protesting was shot by someone who had come to see Yiannopoulos.
The Republican National Committee doesn't appear worried about potential divisions in its youth movement. The party is running an effort to register voters called"Make Campus Great Again." Kidder said such groups probably do a better job of appealing to students interested in more than traditional, campaigning-style politics.
"Things like the Milo event, where you have someone on stage that says inflammatory things that are in my opinion not even conservative," he said, "it not only drives people away, but it also ignites the wrong kind of people." Ronnau describes himself as a member of the “Trumpian camp” but said many of the federation’s members are not. Some have swung far to the right. The San Diego State College Republicans, who belong to the federation, describe themselves as “unapologetically Nationalist + America first” in the group’s Twitter profile. They have retweeted Michelle Malkin, a controversial figure who supports far-right writer Nicholas Fuentes and VDARE, an anti-immigration website popular among white nationalists.
“We want to let clubs operate kind of more or less the way they see fit,” Ronnau said. “San Diego State is much farther to the right than other clubs in our state federation, but we all coexist together.” In October, the group posted a message on Facebook in support of Columbus Day, describing some Native American tribes as “corrupted by rampant ritual sacrifice and cannibalism.” The post generated backlash. Childs said that the intent was not to rile and that he didn't think Native Americans in the area cared about the controversy over Columbus Day.
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