Protesters clash with conservatives at Turning Point's Student Action Summit in Tampa Bay

Protesters organized by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society marched against Turning Point USA's conference, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and an end to deportations.

Protesters descended upon Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit in Tampa Bay, Fla., on Saturday afternoon, rejecting President Donald Trump's agenda.  (Fox News Digital)

As Saturday afternoon's summit continued inside, protesters marched outside, chanting, "No fear, no hate, no ICE in our state," and "TPD, KKK, ICE – they’re all the same."

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The protesters held large signs that said, "Defeat the Trump agenda," and one man, wearing a "public school strong" T-shirt, held a large, oversized model of a toilet paper roll over his head. 

Messages reading, "TP for the USA: When history gets messy, FLUSH IT" and "100% whitewashed," plastered the protest sign, trolling the ongoing conservative convention. 

Protesters hold a "No ICE on campus!" sign outside Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit.  (Fox News Digital)

One woman held a sign that said, "Due process," one of the Democratic Party's leading arguments against Trump's deportations. Many signs equated those attending the conservative gathering to "Nazis."

After marching outside the TPUSA summit and confronting young conservative attendees, protesters moved back to City Hall for speeches. 

According to the protest flier via Mobilize, the protest titled, "Turn the Tide Against TPUSA – Reject SAS 2025!" was hosted by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a student activist organization, and volunteers were organized by Indivisible. 

The Tampa Police Department (TPD) was on the scene during the protests.  (Fox News Digital)

The protesters accused TPUSA of "turning our city into the staging ground for its largest youth indoctrination summit of the year … to spread an extremist agenda across schools, universities, and communities."

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The protesters organized to "defend LGBTQ+ & reproductive rights", reject censorship in schools, "demand an end to deportations & U.S. aid to apartheid," and "reject white nationalism," according to the flier. 

Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital. 

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