Enrollment at the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, remains flat due to students’ fears of retaliation, according to chapter leaders and local supporters.The stagnation comes nearly a year after the campus group's registration sparked intense pushback from the surrounding community and student body."It's definitely been flat, I would say," Rachel Cook, vice president of the Fort Lewis College chapter, told Fox News Digital.Cook’s comments come nearly a year after the student government's decision to recognize the chapter touched off severe turmoil on campus — much of which was captured on video and obtained by Fox News Digital.ERIKA KIRK URGES CONSERVATIVE STUDENTS NOT TO BACK DOWN IN FIRST SCHOOL YEAR SINCE CHARLIE'S ASSASSINATIONOne video showed a student being detained by campus police after striking 66-year-old local resident David Peters with a Taco Bell cup outside the student senate chambers.Peters, former chair of the La Plata County GOP and a retired Chevron executive, reflected on the incident and its lingering effect on the student group."Their membership has been essentially flat.
The issue is that a lot of students are reluctant to join the chapter for fear of retaliation," Peters said."And their fears are well-founded.
There have been some members who have received anonymous death threats."Cook echoed those safety concerns. "One of the main things is that students have said they are hesitant to join because of their personal safety.A lot of our officers have been getting threats and being harassed," she said.UC BERKELEY SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY STONEWALLING PROBE INTO VIOLENT AMBUSH AT TPUSA ROB SCHNEIDER EVENTA Colorado college student said he’s fighting back after his school’s student government blocked his effort to start a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter — a move he calls an attack on free expression.
(Fox News Digital/Getty)The tensions at Fort Lewis College unfolded amid a national surge in ...