I wrote before about Turning Point’s attempt to “Take over the GOP party” Seizing State Chairs and National Positions Nationwide as part of their published Mount Vernon Project. Evidence of this alleged coup attempt in action was seen in both Arizona when Turning Point Action under COO Tyler Bowyer ran a coordinated smear campaign in an attempt to capture the AZGOP Chairman’s race and now in Wisconsin where according to WisPolitics Turning Point financial filings have revealed some interesting details saying “But Turning Point, which posted a stream of pictures on social media showing out-of-state employees chasing ballots in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, reported spending just $44,780 helping conservative Brad Schimel. None of it was for staff expenses.” and “Campaign finance experts and operatives told WisPolitics the group’s filing raised questions over whether it had failed to adequately report its efforts, inflated what it did during the campaign or had found some loophole to shield from public view what it did”. Brett Galezewski responded saying “We spent on paid ballot chase staff through our 501c4. Not Turning Point PAC.” without providing any evidence.
2024 Financial Filings Reveal Turning Point PAC Wisconsin Contributions Over $121,000 to various Republican Counties:
WisPolitics went on with a statement that seemed to support allegations made by local Wisconsin activists and members of the Republican Party of bribery and corruption saying “Turning Point PAC Wisconsin in 2024 registered with the state and spent $148,035 in 2024, according to its filings. Almost all the group’s expenditures were donations to county parties around the state.“
The below screenshot of Turning Point PAC Wisconsin shows $41,000 in contributions to various Wisconsin Republican Counties:
A July 2024 report shows even higher $80,000 in similar contributions:
The article notes that several high GOP positions were then captured by paid Turning Point employees noting their names and positions in this quote “(Brett Galaszewski, Turning Point Action’s national enterprise director) Galaszewski, who also serves as vice-chair of the Milwaukee County GOP, didn’t respond to a direct message over X. Brandon Maly, Turning Point’s Midwest field manager and the Dane County GOP chair, didn’t respond to multiple calls. And Dixon Wolfe, a senior field rep for the group and a Brown County supervisor, told a WisPolitics reporter to reach out to headquarters. When asked for a contact there, Dixon said, “Have a nice day,” and hung up.”
Galaszewski is also the Vice Chair on the Board of the Milwaukee Young Republicans and he is reportedly also the Vice Chair of the 5th Congressional District which puts him on the Republican Party of Wisconsin State Board.
Wisconsin State Delegate Rolf Lindgren Alleges Turning Point Party Control and Resulting Poor Performance
According to Wisconsin State Delegate Rolf Lindgren, “Dane County is a Turning Point controlled County and under them the voting results are getting worse by vote deficits and percentages.” and “The Chairman of Dane County is a Turning Point Employee named Brandon Maly.”
Brandon Maly’s X profile confirms his positions with Turning Point Action as a “Midwest Manager” and as the Chairman of Dane County Republicans.
Lindgren states in “the winter of 2022-2023 the takeover of the Wisconsin GOP was a Ron Desantis operation and they were trying to get rid of the Trump people. Turning Point’s prospectus that they sent out two years ago had a photo of Desantis on it” and “I think Turning Point’s big money was really from Desantis people.”
Turning Point’s consideration of Desantis for president was well documented in an article in The Independent which states that at a prior Turning Point Student Action Summit “DeSantis last year had been the first choice of 19% of attendees, behind only Trump.” and “Last year, both Trump and DeSantis attended the Turning Point Student Action Summit, held in Tampa, as they prepared to launch their campaigns. DeSantis headlined the Friday night program; Trump headlined Saturday’s. Both were introduced with pro wrestling-style videos and elaborate pyrotechnics. Both received rousing welcomes. But this year DeSantis chose to skip the events, as did most other top-tier candidates, turning it into a full-on Trumpfest, like so many other conservative gatherings.”
Lindgren claims that after Turning Point employees took control of the County GOPs in Dane and Milwaukee and they began to struggle.
Lindgren says “In some Counties, Turning Point is trying to take over.” and “Having an outside group trying to take over the County party is a bad idea. It is a conflict of interest and in our party constitution it says the Chairman cannot be paid, but he is paid by Turning Point.” Lindgren also alleges “Turning Point was trying to take over the State Chair.” Lindgren criticizes the Turning Point Chairmen saying “they didn’t do anything.”
According to Lindgren, the statewide “Turning Point was not hitting their targets in Wisconsin so the Elon Musk Super PAC came and took over.”
Complaint Contesting Wisconsin 2025 2CD Caucus Election, Requesting New Election and to Freeze Financial Assets
An email sent from the Wisconsin Conservative Digest, makes reference to a complaint against the Republican Party of Wisconsin by Kevin Schoen, 50th Assembly District Chair in Dane County, who was a candidate for the 2nd District Chair. The Wisconsin Conservative Digest notes that “the complaint has merit”.
The complaint is titled “Formal Complaint Regarding Irregularities at the 2025 2nd Congressional District Caucus” and notes that on April 12, 2025 the 2CD Caucus had several “procedural violations” including “Ballots were being distributed before the meeting was called to order, and voters were being allowed to cast their votes and leave — all before the caucus was in session. Critically, no Chief Teller or Deputy Tellers had been confirmed by the delegation at that time, meaning no one had proper authority to distribute ballots or oversee voting.”
and
“Additionally, I raised a serious concern to Billie Johnson regarding the sealed cardboard ballot box, which had not been shown to be empty before voting began. My request to open the cardboard box, log its
contents, empty it and restart the voting process at the appropriate time, was denied. This is particularly troubling given that the official agenda listed the election of officers as item 14 out of 20, well into the
scheduled proceedings.”
Schoen goes on to say: “These actions are inconsistent with RPW rules and principles and 2CD rules. For example, 2CD Rule 5 requires delegates qualifications are contingent on being “present on the caucus floor” — clearly undermined by the early voting process. Rule 4, Section 2(b), outlines a strict and transparent ballot distribution process that was not followed. Furthermore, the failure to approve the Chief Teller and Deputy Tellers prior to distributing ballots violates basic standards of electoral procedure. Michael Glowacki made a valid motion during the caucus: to treat any ballots submitted before the meeting officially began as provisional. His intention was to ensure that all votes cast outside the approved procedure would be segregated and only counted after valid votes — preserving integrity without disenfranchising any attendees. Nevertheless, the caucus body, presided over by Billie Johnson, voted to not open the ballot box and observe its contents and make the illegally cast ballots provisional. Moreover, Rule 13, Section 5 clearly states that nominating and candidate speeches must precede any voting. This rule was ignored, rendering early votes improper and invalid.”
“Billie Johnson presided over the section of the caucus directly related to motions on the ballot handling — a clear conflict of interest. He should have recused himself from any role related to the election given the nature of the challenges raised.”
Billie Johnson, Chair of the 2nd Congressional District of RPW, is alleged to by heavily linked to Turning Point. Johnson was re-elected on April 12th to a 2nd term. Wisconsin State Delegate Rolf Lindgren confirms the above allegations as well.
Call for New Election, Contesting Results and Freezing of Financial Assets
Schoen then requested the following: “I respectfully contest the results of the 2025 2CD Caucus election. I formally request that the Republican Party of Wisconsin not recognize or seat Billie Johnson and Julie Helmer as Chair and Vice Chair of the Second Congressional District until the RPW can confirm the election was conducted in full compliance with party rules and proper procedure. Lacking that, I think the
only appropriate action by RPW would be to order 2CD to call a special caucus to conduct an election that conforms to the rules. Furthermore, I urge the RPW to temporarily freeze the financial assets of the Second District Republican Party until a legitimate and rule-abiding election is held.”
Alleged Turning Point Takeover of Milwaukee County and State Delegates, Pointing Out Turning Point Losses
Milwaukee Activist Orlando Owens in an interview confirmed concerns in Wisconsin that “we are going to be overrun by Turning Point people and their agenda.” and “Turning Point was trying to not allow certain people to become state delegates based on a litmus test of how they would vote on a amendment to prevent employees paid by PACs or Political organizations from serving on Republican boards. We have never had to have a screening process in 20 years before to become a delegate. This past caucus the Chairman stated they wanted to interview delegates. Fortunately that plot was defeated when the Chairman of Milwaukee County was caught red handed. If it wasn’t for a state senator who knew the rules, they would have excluded at least 50 people that Turning Point didn’t like.”
Owens asks the question “If Turning Point is the answer, what was the question?? Election results??” Owens goes on to say in a Facebook post comments, “Turning Point said they have all the answers and get out of the way RPW, so what happened? Turning Point lost and hasn’t done anything on the college campuses to boot.” and “What is the Salary of Brett G. Brandon M. and the rest of the Turning Point staff in Wisconsin.. What did they deliver??? A Big fat L.”
Owens went on to say “Turning Point’s paid employees should not be on any volunteer GOP Boards, second stop attacking everyone who is over 25 and those who may not agree with them.”
Activist Ethan Sanchez had this to say: “Turning Point is an organization made to elevate young and often abrasive characters to positions of power and influence. If you really think the party is useless, why are you so obsessed with getting elected to leadership roles in the party? If you are truly grassroots minded, do it as a grassroots leader. Because right now, you just look like power hungry acolytes pretending to be grassroots leaders.”
Wisconsin Right Now Corroborates Several of the Above Allegations
Wisconsin Right Now corroborated several of the above allegations in a series of @wisconsin_now X posts saying: “The numbers for Schimel are shockingly bad. Both county parties are run by Turning Point affiliated people. So maybe take a pause from the “it’s all Brian Schimming’s fault, let’s replace him with Turning Point” blame game. In Waukesha County, they handed out a flyer for an Evers appointee who lost. They do some good work. But facts are facts.” and “TP or TP affiliated people run county parties already. In Dane and Milwaukee, for example. And TP was heavily involved in door knocking in Waukesha County (including for an Evers appointee who lost.) How did Schimel do in those areas? Why did Musk use America PAC instead of giving money to TP? Did they meet their targets last fall?” and “The county parties run by TP affiliated people had abysmal showings last Tuesday.”
WRN wen on to say “For context, some of the Turning Point affiliated people have been the loudest people slamming the state GOP over its new conduct of conduct. It’s but the latest tactic in their efforts to oust the chairman and take over the party apparatus.” and “I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing at the Turning Point affiliated Milwaukee County GOP’s code of conduct. You can’t go on tangents at meetings. You have to consider “ALL” viewpoints. Better not let your cell phone ring. God forbid you argue “aggressively.” Take it up with the chair or else! “
Kewaunee County Chairman Kirt Johnson Calls Out Turning Point for Takeover and Failed Results
A May 11, 2025 opinion article by Kirt Johnson Chairman Kewaunee County Republican Party says “it is not a very well-kept secret that Turning Point and its allies want to gain control of RPW, and it appears to me that they may be willing to do so by any means necessary.” and “Turning Point advocates will tell you that they have the best and the brightest talent, are more motivated and hard-working, and have the best data and the best door-knocking app in the entire universe. Really?! Let’s look at the available evidence and facts.”
Johnson says “Turning Point has been working to take over various county parties in the state and is clearly established in Milwaukee, Dane, and Brown counties the past couple of years.” and “I’ll start with Milwaukee County. In 2023, Kelly got 27% of the vote in Milwaukee County. In 2025, Schimel got 25.3% of the vote!! Not only did this Turning Point county not move the needle, the needle actually went in the opposite direction!”
Johnson then points out the results Turning Point has obtained in it’s home base of Arizona saying “Here are some facts that should give everyone pause. Arizona has a Democrat Governor. Arizona has a Democrat Attorney General. Arizona has a Democrat Secretary of State. And in the 2024 election, the Arizona Republican Senate candidate got beaten by a much larger margin than our Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate, Eric Hovde. It would appear that Turning Point does not seem to have the magic touch.”
Wisconsin Turning Point Action Employee and Milwaukee County GOP Vice-Chair Brett Galaszewski Mentioned by Name in Account of Alleged Sexual Assault Victim & Coverup
Brett Galaszewski can be seen in the far left in a photo including COO Tyler Bowyer and prominent Turning Point Action employee Matthew Martinez. I wrote recently the later two were accused of alleged sexual assault and cover-up. The victim of the alleged assault wrote: “My first reaction was to call my mother. In tears, I told her about what had happened. She kindly advised me to let Turning Point Action Enterprise Director Brett Galaszewski know what had happened. Once I returned back home, I sent him a message letting him know about the incident. Brett called me within a few minutes, asking if I was okay and safe, as well as apologizing for being out of town at present and therefore unable to help prevent the situation from occurring. Brett told me that he would have to let Tyler Bowyer know about the incident as well, and asked if I was okay with Brett informing Tyler; I said that that was absolutely alright.”
As usual, Turning Point refuses all comment as cited above. I am publicly requesting comment from @charliekirk11 and @tylerbowyer however no response was received at the time of the writing of this article.