According to footage that was reportedly widely uploaded to Twitter, far-left protestors who were opposing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s lecture at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) on Tuesday night smashed windows and attacked people outside the venue.
🚨BREAKING: Antifa is attempting to overrun the venue hosting Charlie Kirk at UC Davis. They have begun violently smashing through the windows in an attempt to shut down the voice of those they oppose pic.twitter.com/2EXQprQAZJ
— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) March 15, 2023
Kirk was giving a speech at UC Davis as part of a national tour.
As part of his Live Free tour, which will make stops at eight campuses throughout the United States during the spring semester of 2023, Kirk will be speaking at UC Davis at the invitation of the local chapter of TPUSA.
Riot police tackle and make arrests of Antifa vandals and protesters outside @TPUSA Charlie Kirk event being held on campus tonight. pic.twitter.com/t9SseAiKlf
— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) March 15, 2023
During the incident, ten glass panes were shattered, but there were no arrests made in connection with it, according to reports. Around one hundred people remained outside and blocked the entry, tossed eggs, and there were also reports of some people in the crowd using pepper spray against attendees.
When speaking to a throng of around five hundred individuals, Kirk referred to the individuals on the extreme left who were rioting outside the venue as “terrorists.”
A report in the Sacramento Bee published before to the event falsely claimed that Kirk had advocated for the “lynching” of transgender people.
After some time, the newspaper came under pressure to eliminate the column.
UPDATE: SacBee has pulled down the original column and removed references to "Fascist" and "Lynching" and included a a notation of changes. Despite this, SacBee reporter @SacBeeNightCops is still parroting this lie. If anyone gets hurt tonight Sacbee played a prominent role https://t.co/1PvXtLbWtM pic.twitter.com/8JNVwB0bKs
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 15, 2023
Kirk has become a leading voice in the conservative movement in recent years and has proven himself more than willing to go toe toe with the more extreme elements of the radical left.
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