# Arizona print shop owner rejects College Republicans’ white American signs

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/racism-storm-erupts-as-shop-refuses-to-print-signs-saying-protect-white-americans-because-owner-claims-the-message-is-hate-speech/
- Published: 2026-10-28T20:58:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T21:12:41+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16246619/racism-shop-print-signs-protect-white-americans-hate-speech.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Arizona shop owner refused an order for 16 political signs.
- He said the design promoted hate and could put people in danger.
- The group has criticised the refusal as politically inconsistent.

## Summary

Jim Torgeson, owner of an Arizona print shop and a Republican, refused to produce “Protect White Americans” signs ordered by College Republicans United (CRU), saying the design promoted hate and could put people in danger. The dispute has prompted accusations of political inconsistency from the group, while Torgeson says he does not want his business involved in messages intended to divide or incite people.

The order was for about 16 posters, each featuring a white family and measuring four by eight feet. Torgeson said he had also declined an earlier design that made an inappropriate reference to a transgender candidate; he said that candidate’s signs did not contain hate. The article reports that CRU leader Kevin Decuyper had previously made ethno-nationalist comments online, which he has since distanced himself from, and that the wider organisation promotes mass deportations and texts including antisemitic fabrications.

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