Speakers

Speaker: Benny Johnson & Nurse Kate
Speaker Benny Johnson & Nurse Kate
Although you’ll usually catch him rocking just his customary untamed cut, Benny Johnson is a man who wears many professional hats. He’s been called the “Godfather of the Conservative Internet”, he has millions of followers across his social media accounts, and he creates viral political videos that have billions of …




Although you’ll usually catch him rocking just his customary untamed cut, Benny Johnson is a man who wears many professional hats. He’s been called the “Godfather of the Conservative Internet”, he has millions of followers across his social media accounts, and he creates viral political videos that have billions of views of online.








Benny is the host of The Benny Show Podcast and is a contributor with Turning Point USA. Whether in front of or behind the camera, Benny’s signature sense of humor and trademark wit have earned him recognition all over the political world. 

He’s worked previously as a host at Newsmax, Viral Politics Editor at TheBlaze, Digital Director of National Review, Creative Director at International Journal Review, and Viral Politics Editor at Buzzfeed. Benny has taken his flair for the peculiar culture of the web with him to each stop and remained ahead of the curve in using the burgeoning medium to reach a growing audience for more than a decade.

Despite his sizable online presence, Benny also loves engaging in person. He has a fondness for expressive clothing and has become an onstage fixture at Turning Point’s youth outreaches—often participating in larger than life sketches to the delight of younger audiences.

Though gifted with a large personality, Benny is a man of simple tastes. He prefers to spend his free time with his wife Kate and his daughters Ellouise and Juliet. He enjoys sitting down with glass of whiskey and a pipe, preferably after a meal featuring as much meat as he can fit on the grill. Benny hails from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and graduated from the University of Iowa. He currently resides in Tampa, FL.




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Speaker: Congressman Cory Mills
Speaker Congressman Cory Mills
Born in Winter Haven, Florida, Cory Mills is a decorated U.S. Army combat Veteran, and recipient of the Bronze Star.  Cory left Florida to serve his country first in uniform, and then to serve further our U.S. State Department and other government agencies in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Cory has …

Born in Winter Haven, Florida, Cory Mills is a decorated U.S. Army combat Veteran, and recipient of the Bronze Star.  Cory left Florida to serve his country first in uniform, and then to serve further our U.S. State Department and other government agencies in both Afghanistan and Iraq.


Cory has spent most of his adult life serving our great nation and fighting for the American people, and for those friends of America who have suffered under tyrannical and dictatorship style rule.


He served with the 82nd Airborne Division and was a member of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) 20 in Iraq.  While serving abroad, Cory was struck twice in 2006, once with an improvised explosive device (IED) and once with an Iranian explosively formed projectile (EFP), which resulted in numerous casualties.  Fortunately, Cory was able to stabilize himself prior to evacuation.  For his actions, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilizad presented Cory Mills with a Certificate of Appreciation from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad for his actions which saved members of his team and U.S. military service members. Cory Mills has nearly 7-years of service in Iraq, approximately 2-years in Afghanistan, served in the Kosovo Campaign in 2000, and has traveled to the front lines of Ukraine during the Russian invasion to provide information for USAID and Department of State officials.  He also supported anti-terrorism assistance training for the Kurdish forces in northern Iraq to help them repel potential insurgencies.


Cory Mills was a Trump appointee to the Pentagon as a Department of Defense (DoD) advisor, and a foreign policy expert you may have seen on Newsmax, Fox News, OANN, and many other media outlets.


In the private sector, Cory co-founded Pacem Solution International LLC and Pacem Defense LLC with his wife, Rana.  Through the PACEM companies, Cory and Rana have supported risk management assessments, intelligence collection, and security for media such as NPR news.  In 2018, Pacem Defense acquired Amtec Less Lethal Systems, Inc., now known as ALS, Inc., in Perry, Florida, to help continue their support to the law enforcement communities and our allies abroad.


Cory is a husband, father, patriot, combat veteran, entrepreneur, foreign policy expert, and true American conservative. Cory believes in FIGHTING for the people, restoring the voice of “We The People” -- America’s voice -- and making America First Again.


Cory is a constitutionalist who believes that the sacred oath he took to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic” does not have an expiration date.

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Speaker: Jaimee Michell, Gays Against Groomers
Speaker Jaimee Michell, Gays Against Groomers
Jaimee Michell is a name that has been making waves in the world of activism lately. As the founder and president of the nonprofit Gays Against Groomers, she and her organization have been fighting to end the sexualization, indoctrination and medicalization of children that is being done in the name …



Jaimee Michell is a name that has been making waves in the world of activism lately. As the founder and president of the nonprofit Gays Against Groomers, she and her organization have been fighting to end the sexualization, indoctrination and medicalization of children that is being done in the name of “LGBTQIA+”.


Prior to Gays Against Groomers, she was best known as her online persona, The Gay Who Strayed, where she accumulated over 250,000 followers. She has also worked in the conservative media and consulting space as a digital media designer for over 4 years. 



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Speaker: Terry Loyd, Constitutionalist
Speaker Terry Loyd, Constitutionalist
Terry Loyd is a veteran Central Florida Social Studies teacher.  He has taught World History, American History and Civics.   His route to teaching is an uncommon one.  He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.S. Degree in Business Administration & Economics while serving as Communications Director for a …

Terry Loyd is a veteran Central Florida Social Studies teacher.  He has taught World History, American History and Civics.   His route to teaching is an uncommon one.  He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.S. Degree in Business Administration & Economics while serving as Communications Director for a Congressional Campaign in Central Kentucky.  Later, he worked in numerous political campaigns in Kentucky before moving to Canada and working with the Progressive Conservative Party as a voluntary Research Analyst in London, Ontario.


Fast forward about 30 years to 2001 when he was one of the first to complete the Orange County’s Professional Learning Certification Program.   After retiring from teaching in public schools, he answered a call to facilitate a Constitutional History Course for Students & Adults in Central Florida – but with a message that could never be taught in public schools.


Using only the words of our Founding Fathers, Loyd makes the argument that both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are religious-based documents.  They were written by God-fearing men including Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, Washington, Madison, Adams (both father and son) and so many others.  Their writings are liberally sprinkled throughout his 12-week course which is based on the Institute on the Constitution (theamericanview.com), a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring America’s Constitutional Republic through grass-roots education.

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Speaker: Jennifer Pippin
Speaker Jennifer Pippin

Indian River County Chapter Chair


Florida DOE School Media Committee Specialist