Backstage at Turning Point's AmFest (Part-1)

Part-1: The Groypers. Ami breaks down what really happened behind the scenes at AmericaFest.

After years of watching Turning Point from the outside, Ami attended Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 as a VIP guest — backstage with speakers, organizers, and media figures, and on the convention floor where online politics become real life.

In this first part of a two-episode series, Ami and Mike reflect on what surprised him most:

• What AmericaFest actually feels like from the inside

• How conservative politics, religion, and internet culture are merging

• Why antisemitism is no longer fringe — and how it spreads offline

• What changes when extremists stop being anonymous

• Why conversation may work where institutions don’t

This isn’t a viral takedown or a highlight reel. It’s a thoughtful, firsthand account of a movement in flux — and how being there reshaped Ami's thinking.

Part 2 will explore the internal fault lines between figures like Charlie Kirk, Ben Shapiro, and Tucker Carlson, and what those tensions mean going forward.

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