<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michael-knowles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Knowles</a> received a warm welcome at East Tennessee State University for the latest installment in his speaking tour for Young America’s Foundation, titled &#8220;How The Left Hoaxes Its Way To Power.&#8221;
“When I got into the lecture hall for my last few speeches, there was also a lot of screaming,” Knowles noted, before adding that the thunderous applause was “a little different.”
He also thanked the school’s Young Democratic Socialists for “proving the point of my speech before I even began to write it.”
The aforementioned organization publicly lobbied the university to rescind the Daily Wire host’s invitation to speak, claiming that Knowles threatened “the lives of trans and all queer people” and advocated for “genocide.”
Their claims echoed the libelous falsehoods shared by prominent Left-wing media outlets and even sitting members of Congress after Knowles delivered a speech calling for “the complete eradication of transgenderism from public life.” Knowles made clear in the initial speech that he was sympathetic to people with gender dysphoria and was not calling for any sort of violence against them, instead directing his ire at the ideology at the root of many people’s confusion, but many outlets claimed Knowles was calling for genocide of transgender people.
Knowles also cited LGBT activist and former Tennessee state senate candidate Kate Craig, who tweeted that Knowles “Literally called for trans people to be exterminated … there’s nothing civil about him.”
This dovetailed neatly with the topic of Knowles’ lecture — Knowles went so far as to say that they “relieved [him] of the responsibility of writing a speech” because the outcry against him proved his premise more succinctly than anything else could.
“The Left, bereft of facts and arguments, hoaxes its way to power.”
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Knowles argued that similar tactics dated as far back as the 1960s, citing an incident where student activists at <a href="https://www.hoover.org/research/day-cornell-died" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cornell University</a> staged a cross burning outside of black student dormitories to justify armed militants storming and seizing university buildings and to demand concessions from the school.
Knowles also cited the case of Jussie Smollett — immortalized by comedian Dave Chappelle as “Juicy Smoo-yay” — who falsely claimed that he was assaulted by Trump supporters in an attempted lynching. Knowles said that even after Smollett’s story was proven false, those who had previously promoted the story argued that it “spoke to a greater truth,” namely that it advanced a narrative about race hatred that was politically beneficial to Democratic interests.
“Time and time again, the incidents that liberals tout as justification for advancing their political agenda on race, on sex, on everything, turn out to be hoaxes. It is all Jussie Smollett, it is Jussie Smollett all the way down — especially on campuses.”
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Michael Knowles Explains How The Left Hoaxes Its Way To Power

American Universities

Michael Knowles

Tennessee

Transgender

Young America's Foundation

Chaos including the desecration of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bible" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bible</a> erupted on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-open-investigation-after-nude-photos-videos-of-uw-women-volleyball-players-are-leaked-online" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Wisconsin</a> campus Monday, when protesters tried to shut down a coming <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaL2n5s2gUU&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> from Daily Wire host and author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/matt-walsh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Walsh</a>.
UW&#8217;s <a href="https://www.yaf.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Young America’s Foundation</a> (YAF) chapter is hosting Walsh&#8217;s <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wisconsin-yaf-hosts-matt-walsh-what-is-a-woman-tickets-428046948947">sold out</a> speech, which includes a screening of his documentary challenging radical gender theory “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman-official-trailer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What Is A Woman?</a>” and a question-and-answer session.
Multiple protesters of Walsh are seen on YAF video tearing out pages of the Bible, with at least one male eating the pages. &#8220;Protesters have now shredded the Bible and one began eating pages,&#8221; the conservative group captioned the footage.
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Protestors have now shredded The Bible and one began eating pages <a href="https://t.co/o5DACq64LP">pic.twitter.com/o5DACq64LP</a>
&mdash; YAF (@yaf) <a href="https://twitter.com/yaf/status/1584667429858598912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Despite threats and intimidation from protesters, YAF and Walsh are not backing down from the event &#8212; and Walsh has personally responded to his detractors&#8217; antics.
&#8220;Well, you can be on the side that eats the Bible and castrates children, or you can be on literally any side but that one. Your choice, America,&#8221; the host asserted.
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Well, you can be on the side that eats the Bible and castrates children, or you can be on literally any side but that one. Your choice, America. <a href="https://t.co/Jn3bapM1si">https://t.co/Jn3bapM1si</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1584668073604558849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Another Walsh protester denounced &#8220;white people&#8221; for being &#8220;f***ing racist.&#8221; It&#8217;s unclear why &#8220;white people&#8221; were attacked in relation to Walsh&#8217;s speech.
&#8220;White people stop being f***ing racist, all of you,&#8221; the woman shouted. &#8220;White people&#8230; you need to realize the space you take up and you need to realize how hard it is every single f***ing day for bipoc (black, Indigenous, and people of color) people especially at this institute.&#8221;
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Woke protestor goes on unhinged rant: &quot;White people stop being f*cking racist, all of you&#8230;white people you need to realize the space you take up and you need to realize how hard it is every single f*cking day for bipoc people especially at this institute.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/KBsLMA6UjF">pic.twitter.com/KBsLMA6UjF</a>
&mdash; YAF (@yaf) <a href="https://twitter.com/yaf/status/1584671845025914881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Other protesters vandalized a campus building dedicated to veterans, writing, &#8220;Trans women are women &#8211; F*** Matt Walsh and YAF.&#8221; 
“Today we saw an absolutely inexcusable act of vandalism on our most beloved campus building, which is dedicated to veterans, ahead of [Matt Walsh’s] visit,” the university’s YAF chapter posted, captioning photos of the damage, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wisconsin-college-campus-vandalized-ahead-of-matt-walshs-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> reported. 
&#8220;Campus leftists can’t handle the fact that we’re bringing a speaker to campus whose views differ from theirs because they’re used to being coddled by [UW],&#8221; the group added. 
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Campus leftists can’t handle the fact that we’re bringing a speaker to campus whose views differ from theirs because they’re used to being coddled by <a href="https://twitter.com/UWMadison?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UWMadison</a>. <a href="https://t.co/6WThFf5b4b">pic.twitter.com/6WThFf5b4b</a>
&mdash; Wisconsin YAF (@WisconsinYAF) <a href="https://twitter.com/WisconsinYAF/status/1584575452315758592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Moreover, Dean of Students Christina Olstad and Gabe Javier, an associate vice chancellor, put out a statement on social media over the weekend offering their support to transgender students ahead of the event.
“To the trans members of our UW-Madison community, we see you and we value you,” they <a class="gnt_ar_b_a" href="https://twitter.com/WisconsinYAF/status/1584349303145115648" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}">wrote</a>. “We will continue to do our part to make this campus more welcoming and inclusive regardless of what speakers may counter this value.”
&#8220;Leftist crybullies at [UW-Madison] vandalized a veteran’s memorial along with several other buildings because they’re upset that I’m speaking on campus,&#8221; Walsh blasted. &#8220;The university responded by apologizing to the vandals and taking their side. The worst cowardice I’ve ever seen by a university.&#8221;
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Leftist crybullies at <a href="https://twitter.com/UWMadison?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UWMadison</a> vandalized a veteran’s memorial along with several other buildings because they’re upset that I’m speaking on campus. The university responded by apologizing to the vandals and taking their side. The worst cowardice I’ve ever seen by a university. <a href="https://t.co/2efopdWc3N">pic.twitter.com/2efopdWc3N</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1584642096518303744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Still, the speech is slated to start at 7:30 p.m. ET, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaL2n5s2gUU&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will be streamed here</a>.
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Despite the protests, the lines continue to grow for <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MattWalshBlog</a>’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhatIsAWoman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhatIsAWoman</a> screening at University of Wisconsin-Madison! <a href="https://t.co/L7v8BxCtBv">pic.twitter.com/L7v8BxCtBv</a>
&mdash; YAF (@yaf) <a href="https://twitter.com/yaf/status/1584676000537145344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Mairead Elordi contributed to this report 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wisconsin-college-campus-vandalized-ahead-of-matt-walshs-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin College Campus Vandalized Ahead Of Matt Walsh’s Speech</a>

Matt Walsh

Protesters Outside Matt Walsh Speech Shred Pages Of Bible, Eat Them; Walsh Responds: ‘Your Choice, America’

Protesters Outside Matt Walsh Speech Rip Out Pages Of Bible, Eat Them; Walsh Responds: ‘Your Choice, America’

What Is A Woman

Those trying to watch the Young America’s Foundation (YAF) livestream of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/matt-walsh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Walsh</a>’s University of Houston speech Thursday night were met with an unavailable video, and leftist student employees are being blamed.
YAF <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/leftist-student-employees-likely-sabotaged-live-stream-for-walsh-event-at-university-of-houston/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> following the event that it believes it is likely that student employees who opposed Walsh&#8217;s speech disrupted the livestream. Part of the speech was seen on YAF&#8217;s YouTube page, but poor audio made it impossible to hear what Walsh was saying. The livestream later became completely unavailable.
“One of the student workers, Ky Lai, was in communication with members of a leftist coalition, ‘Stop Transphobia @ UH,’ and shared that she would be working behind the scenes. After YAF became aware of this student worker’s postings, she was removed from the event, and a bomb sweep was conducted,” Nick Baker, assistant editor for YAF’s The New Guard, <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/leftist-student-employees-likely-sabotaged-live-stream-for-walsh-event-at-university-of-houston/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
According to Baker, several student workers were required by the university to remain on site for the event and had access to YAF’s streaming equipment in the hours before Walsh’s speech.
Earlier in the night, a person protesting the event was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed by police. Video of the incident showed the masked protester, who had made it inside the event venue, on the ground and surrounded by five police officers who were attempting to arrest him. The protestor appeared to be carrying a small transgender flag that ended up on the ground beside him.
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WATCH: Masked protestor tackled by police at <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mattwalshblog</a>&#39;s event in Houston <a href="https://t.co/bEKfT2WKpC">pic.twitter.com/bEKfT2WKpC</a>
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Officers finally handcuffed the protester and escorted him outside, where a group of protestors can be heard chanting in the background of the video. In another video, the group outside Walsh’s event shouts, “What do we want? Walsh out! When do we want it? Now!”
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Far-left protesters chant “What do we want? WALSH OUT!” outside a screening of What Is A Woman at the University of Houston.
Footage by TPM’s Beth Baisch <a href="https://twitter.com/PuffinsPictures?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PuffinsPictures</a> <a href="https://t.co/CyuBIlwiWZ">pic.twitter.com/CyuBIlwiWZ</a>
&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1580707340898140160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“I have taken their feedback into consideration but unfortunately I must decline their request at this time,” the Daily Wire host responded in a tweet.
The protesters were vastly outnumbered by those who were attending the event that included a screening of “What is a Woman?” followed by a speech from Walsh. Long lines formed around the building for the event in the hours leading up to it, and officers from the Houston Police Department sat on horseback as protesters and attendees arrived.
In the days leading up to the event, an anarchist group attempted to form a protest to counter what they call Walsh’s “transphobia.”
“On Thursday, far-right bigot and transphobe Matt Walsh will be on campus! We must oppose this hate!” a social media announcement from Space City AO said. “The majority of UH students and workers reject this hatred! We must organize the largest possible counter-protest to make sure Matt Walsh and other bigots know they’re unwelcome!”
A Texas Democratic state representative even joined the protesters outside the event. “U of H no place for hate!” Rep. Jon Rosenthal chanted with the crowd.
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Representative <a href="https://twitter.com/Jon_RosenthalTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jon_RosenthalTX</a> chants “U Of H No Place For Hate” in support of protesters outside of <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MattWalshBlog</a>’s screening of ‘What Is A Woman’. <a href="https://t.co/U0RL9ZoRTY">pic.twitter.com/U0RL9ZoRTY</a>
&mdash; Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylerUSA/status/1580715610555944960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Leftist Student Employees Accused Of Sabotaging YAF’s Matt Walsh Livestream

Leftist Student Employees Accused Of Sabotaging YAF's Matt Walsh Livestream

Houston

Texas

video

Saint Louis University campus police officers escorted a conservative speaker off campus on Tuesday while allowing leftist protesters to remain.
Young America’s Foundation (YAF) speaker Elisha Krauss was forced off of campus property, but remained on a public sidewalk just outside of the Catholic University where she continued her speaking event with fellow free speech activists.
&#8220;Proud to take a stand against the intolerant left who for two hours called me an old a**, a b***h, and a fascist,&#8221; Krauss told The Daily Wire’s Ian Haworth.
“I defend their rights to free speech the same as anyone else,” Krauss added. “Too bad they wouldn’t engage in a discussion or debate about political beliefs.”
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BREAKING: Police at St. Louis University escorted YAF’s <a href="https://twitter.com/ElishaKrauss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ElishaKrauss</a> free speech rally off of campus—but allowed leftist protestors to stay. <a href="https://t.co/eu2z9jQPsr">pic.twitter.com/eu2z9jQPsr</a>
&mdash; YAF (@yaf) <a href="https://twitter.com/yaf/status/1521583448137289728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The YAF noted that the move stood in stark contrast with the university&#8217;s treatment of a Black Lives Matter event at the same location.
&#8220;St. Louis University, which purports to be a Catholic university, escorted the YAF activists and Krauss from the center of campus––despite BLM protestors being allowed to host many protests in the same spot. The pro-abortion counter protestors were allowed to remain at the same location for an additional 20 minutes,&#8221; the YAF <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/saint-louis-university-removes-elisha-krauss-from-campus-irate-leftists-protest-her-sidewalk-demonstration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;The free speech demonstration was initiated after SLU refused to sign a contract for an official on-campus event featuring Krauss for four weeks. Krauss was scheduled to speak on the dangers on cancel culture,&#8221; the report added.
The YAF has tweeted that it plans to investigate the university&#8217;s double standard of denying free speech on its campus.
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The double standards of the Left in FULL VIEW at this “Catholic” university. <a href="https://twitter.com/SLU_Official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SLU_Official</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ElishaKrauss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ElishaKrauss</a> <a href="https://t.co/X0R2jBJaXV">pic.twitter.com/X0R2jBJaXV</a>
&mdash; YAF (@yaf) <a href="https://twitter.com/yaf/status/1521585045777039362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Nick Baker, chairman of SLU YAF, said the university’s behavior was shameful, according to YAF&#8217;s report.
“For a university that is ‘committed to freedom of expression,’ it is shameful that there are so many hurdles in place to prevent speakers from appearing on campus. Unfortunately, these tyrannical administrators have scared so many conservative students into hiding. Our YAF chapter is slowly but surely working to turn things around,” he said in a statement.
The leftist attack was not the first at Saint Louis University. In December, Daily Wire host Matt Walsh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-matt-walsh-greets-scores-of-protesters-outside-his-st-louis-event-poses-one-simple-question" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confronted</a> scores of demonstrators protesting his lecture.
A crowd of anti-Walsh protesters demanded that The Daily Wire host and bestselling children’s book author cancel the event, a speech for students of St. Louis University. The protesters blocked a street immediately outside the venue and chanted slogans such as “Hey-hey, ho-ho, Matt Walsh has got to go!” and “black lives matter!”
At one point during the protest, Walsh walked out of the venue accompanied by law enforcement to speak with the protesters. The Daily Wire host was met with boos, chants, and one man screaming, “Do not come over here!” The crowd took several steps back as Walsh approached.
“I went out to say hi to my protesters and give them a chance to answer my ‘what is a woman’ question. They declined, it seems,” Walsh posted on Twitter with a video of the confrontation.
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I went out to say hi to my protesters and give them a chance to answer my “what is a woman” question. They declined, it seems. <a href="https://t.co/1qRzOPgod9">pic.twitter.com/1qRzOPgod9</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1466206978036928516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Elisha Krauss

Conservative Speaker Ousted From Saint Louis University By Campus Police

Conservative Elisha Krauss Ousted From Saint Louis University By Campus Police

Free Speech

Protesters

St. Louis

School administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Superior recently held a meeting with students upset over a planned campus speech by Daily Wire host Matt Walsh, taking questions and offering advice on protesting.
Walsh is scheduled to speak at the university on Wednesday. Students at the meeting pushed administrators to stop Walsh from speaking on campus and accused university administrators of wanting “hatred” by allowing the event, sponsored by Young America’s Foundation (YAF), to take place. Administrators also advised students on how to protest the event and what to do in case of violence.
“As a campus … we’re known for, like, inclusion and diversity and, like, all those different kinds of things, and this guy is promoting hate speech specifically about those kinds of things. Why can’t you just tell this doesn’t follow what our university stands by?” one student asked, pushing administrators to bar the speech from campus. The university administrators declined the request, according to YAF.
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NEW: Footage obtained exclusively by YAF shows administrators at a Wisconsin university hosting a planning session for students to protest tomorrow&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MattWalshBlog</a> event.
Students tried to get administrators to move the event off-campus, but were denied. <a href="https://t.co/xZlMzlINkj">pic.twitter.com/xZlMzlINkj</a>
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In another part of the meeting, a student posed a hypothetical in which “counter-protesters” attempted to get violent with protesters against Walsh.
“How would the protesters, hypothetically, I don’t know, address counter-protesters? Like, if we’re sitting there, like, peacefully or whatever, that there are other people who want to engage in violence? How should we as the civil protesters interact with that?” the student asked.
“Now, I think the best interaction you could have is not to interact with that,” answered a man, reportedly a university administrator. He went on to say that violent incidents should be reported to campus police.
“Keeping to the root cause of why you’re protesting and what you’re doing and the purpose behind it is to keep the core values that you’ve established,” he said.
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A UW-Superior administrator is seen asking “what questions” students have about protesting the event.
One student declares her fear for violence by conservatives attending the event, despite no evidence of any such claims. <a href="https://t.co/IoTQx5pAk6">pic.twitter.com/IoTQx5pAk6</a>
— YAF (@yaf) <a href="https://twitter.com/yaf/status/1519048219254308867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
Another presumed administrator, a woman, told the assembled students that “I think the power that you all have is within yourselves.”
“As a protesting group, if there begins to be any threats towards you, I would suggest all of you sit down. That will cause a scene. That will help Joe and his officers know something is happening,” she said. “So, if somebody is being threatened, sit down and call it out.”
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“I think the power that you all have is within yourselves.”
One administrator encourages protestors to “sit down” if there are threats against them, to draw a scene and cause police to come and assist. <a href="https://t.co/H3lc0NFeB7">pic.twitter.com/H3lc0NFeB7</a>
— YAF (@yaf) <a href="https://twitter.com/yaf/status/1519049445274492929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
In another clip, one student claims that the controversy over Walsh’s speech has been “one of the most exhausting experiences” of his life and threatened to leave the school.
“This has become one of the most exhausting experiences of my entire life to the point where I have decided that I would rather pay thousands of dollars to go to school anywhere else,” the student said. “It is exhausting with racism, homophobia, transphobia – and nobody cares. And you guys can say that you care, and I know that genuinely you want to block hatred toward the students here. But these actions reflect that you want hatred.”
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“This has become one of the most exhausting experiences of my entire life,” one student says about <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MattWalshBlog</a> coming to campus.
“These actions reflect that you want hatred,” he told an administrator for allowing Walsh to speak. <a href="https://t.co/HaPA6O8ZSw">pic.twitter.com/HaPA6O8ZSw</a>
— YAF (@yaf) <a href="https://twitter.com/yaf/status/1519051540719357952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
The University of Wisconsin-Superior did not immediately return The Daily Wire’s request for comment.

‘It Is Exhausting’: UW-Superior Students Push Administrators To Boot Matt Walsh From Campus

Wisconsin

Police officers had to escort conservative Lt. Col. Allen West out of a building on the University of Buffalo campus Thursday night as leftist students swarmed the guest speaker, <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/breaking-allen-west-escorted-from-yaf-event-by-police-irate-mob-chases-and-assaults-conservative-student/">reportedly</a> chased a conservative student, all after attempting to disrupt the Q&amp;A session and reception following West&#8217;s lecture. 
According to footage and <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/breaking-allen-west-escorted-from-yaf-event-by-police-irate-mob-chases-and-assaults-conservative-student/">reporting</a> from Young America&#8217;s Foundation (YAF), the group sponsoring West&#8217;s speech, some 200 protesters were gathered outside the venue where West was speaking. As the speaker made his way out of the campus facility through screaming protesters, police officers escorted him to a squad car and took him to his hotel. 
West, who is black, gave a speech titled &#8220;America is Not Racist.&#8221; Footage from the night shows angry protesters screaming racial chants, like &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; and &#8220;No Justice, No Peace.&#8221; They also later screamed &#8220;Say it loud, I&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud&#8221; at West as he was escorted out of the building.
After the conservative&#8217;s speech, one female student, who is black, made reference to West&#8217;s black skin and scolded him for &#8220;ignoring the struggle of your own people&#8221; and validating the conservative views of other students, whom she referred to as &#8220;oppressors.&#8221;
The female continued to berate West, repeatedly calling him an &#8220;embarrassment&#8221; and saying she does not want to hear his responses to her numerous grievances, which mostly stemmed from West being black and conservative and highlighting the problem of fatherlessness in black homes.
According to YAF, some of the students also &#8220;attempted to break down the doors to the reception following the event.&#8221; 
&#8220;The speech went on peacefully, but leftists attempted to take charge of the Q&amp;A session––which is when the situation devolved. It became a tug-of-war with the microphone, as vitriolic leftists attempted to hijack the conversation and flung insults at West,&#8221; the YAF report said. 
Moreover, one student claimed they were chased by &#8220;the mob&#8221; of leftist protesters on campus.
“I am unbelievably disturbed that I was chased by a leftist mob and scared for my life on my college campus all for hosting Lt. Col. Allen West, a conservative speaker,&#8221; Therese Purcell told YAF. &#8220;I was aggressively chased by about 200 angry protesters and had to hide in a men&#8217;s bathroom from screaming leftists who were searching for me. The assault on free speech at University at Buffalo by an angry mob is incredibly unacceptable. ”
YAF Program Officer for Campus Advancement Gianna Milaro said what unfolded was “pandemonium,&#8221; adding that she feared for the safety of West and other students.
“At many times throughout the night, I was legitimately worried about West’s and the students’ physical safety due to the angry mob berating and banging on the doors,” she said, according to YAF.
&#8220;It’s not immediately clear why UB did not have more officers stationed at the event to ensure student safety,&#8221; the report added. &#8220;This despicable attack on conservative students prove exactly why YAF’s campus lectures are needed––to pop the liberal bubble and expose the hideous reality of the intolerant Left.&#8221; 
The Daily Wire podcast host and author <a href="https://www.yaf.org/events/michael-knowles-at-the-the-university-of-buffalo/">Michael Knowles</a> is set to give a YAF-sponsored speech of his own at the University of Buffalo on April 26 at 7 p.m.
WATCH:
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/allen-west-on-living-as-victors-not-victims">Allen West On Living As ‘Victors Not Victims’</a>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-gop-needs-to-be-burned-down-to-the-ground-according-to-msnbcs-republican-commentator">The GOP ‘Needs To Be Burned Down To The Ground’ According To MSNBC’s ‘Republican’ Commentator</a>

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VIDEO: Leftists Scream ‘Black Lives Matter,’ Swarm Allen West At Campus Event; Police Escort Him Out

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Students at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro (UNCG) launched a petition to “abolish” the college’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom after the conservative group posted a quote by The Daily Wire’s editor emeritus Ben Shapiro on social media.
“Men cannot become women. Women cannot become men. Men who believe they are women are not real women,” the quote says.
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The post’s replies filled with negative comments attacking Shapiro and the group, calling for action by the university. UNCG’s Department of Women and Gender Studies account commented on the post saying that the YAF chapter is not a recognized group on campus.
“After checking with the Dean of Students office, they are not a campus recognized organization,” the department’s social media account said, according to <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/hate-speech-uncg-leftists-meltdown-after-yaf-chapter-says-men-cant-become-women/">The New Guard</a>, a publication by YAF’s parent organization Young America’s Foundation. The New Guard reported that the Dean of Student’s office denied ever speaking with anyone about YAF.
One student began a campaign to get the YAF chapter banned from campus. According to a screenshot obtained by The New Guard, a student sent out a message advertising a petition against YAF.
“Hello y’all! This is totally out of the blue but I discovered there is a group on campus known as the Young American Foundation [sic] that promotes bigoted conservative ideology!!! I am meeting with an advisor asap to try and put a petition into action to get them disbanded so if you would like to be on this petition please let me know! Thank you so much everyone, lets [sic] strive to make UNCG the safe place it promotes itself to be!” the message said.
The Student Government Association’s (SGA) group chat also lit up with student representatives suggesting that an effort should be made to crack down on the UNCG YAF chapter.
“If everyone’s okay with it, I can definitely reach out to our advisors on behalf of SGA and express concern about the organization’s noncompliance with the anti-discrimination clause and see what steps we are able to take from there!” one message in the chat said. “That way we’re taking action without adding fuel to their social media dumpster fire.”
A UNCG spokeswoman reaffirmed the university&#8217;s support for free speech and referred to its university <a href="https://policy.uncg.edu/university-policies/free_speech/">policies</a> in a statement to The Daily Wire.
&#8220;At UNCG, equity, diversity, and inclusion are more than words, they are the bedrock of who we are and what we do. We value the differences and contributions of all Spartans, and we strive to create a community where all members feel supported, affirmed, and welcome,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;We seek to provide all who live, learn, and work here the opportunity to become active participants in an intellectually vibrant community that celebrates a broad range of ideas and perspectives. We support free speech and social discourse and have an expectation that all will do so with civility and respect for others. We believe there is no better place than a college campus for thought-provoking discussions. As a public university, we cannot regulate free expression on the basis of content, whether we agree or disagree.&#8221;
Shapiro has a long history of riling up progressives on college campuses. In November, progressives at Florida State University began attacking Shapiro and The Daily Wire over a planned speech on campus. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/college-progressives-attack-ben-shapiro-plan-protests-ahead-of-florida-state-university-speech">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>Ahead of Shapiro’s speech, FSU’s branch of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a socialist college group, released a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tallysds/photos/a.2048143385249080/4636686819728044/">statement</a> condemning Shapiro as “violently racist, homophobic, transphobic, and xenophobic.” The statement did not cite any examples to support its claims. SDS is also aiding another campus progressive group, Students for Justice in Palestine, plan a protest for the day Shapiro is scheduled to speak.
SDS called Shapiro as well as The Daily Wire “far-right” despite the conservative commentator being the <a href="https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/press-center/CR_4862_Journalism-Task-Force_v2.pdf">top target</a> of antisemitism on Twitter among journalists in 2016, according to the Anti-Defamation League. SDS also took issue with Shapiro’s stance against Critical Race Theory, which is rooted in Marxism and suggests that most U.S. institutions today are rooted in racism, being taught in schools.
SDS concluded its statement calling on FSU President Richard McCullough to cancel the event to prove the university’s commitment to “equity, diversity, and inclusion.”</blockquote>
This post has been updated with a statement from UNCG.

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College Progressives Erupt, Call For Ban After UNCG YAF Chapter Posts Ben Shapiro Quote

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Former Vice President Mike Pence formally joined <a href="https://www.yaf.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Young America&#8217;s Foundation</a> (YAF) as its Ronald Reagan Presidential Scholar, the conservative youth organization announced Friday.
“Vice President Pence has been a stalwart defender of individual freedom, traditional values, free markets, and limited government throughout his career of distinguished service to our country,” former Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said, who is now president of YAF. “Now, by partnering with YAF, the vice president will continue to attract new hearts and minds to the conservative cause, passing along the ideas of freedom—just as President Reagan did before, during, and after his time in office.&#8221;
&#8220;Vice President Pence’s energy and enthusiasm for Ronald Reagan’s values has and will continue to inspire a new generation of young people,” Walker added.
YAF, the first iteration of which was founded in 1969 at Vanderbilt University, was <a href="http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-reagan-ranch-young-conservatives-20170117-htmlstory.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">described</a> by the Los Angeles Times as &#8220;one of the most preeminent, influential and controversial forces in the nation&#8217;s conservative youth movement.&#8221;
YAF described Pence as &#8220;a great friend&#8221; throughout his time in public office, according to a statement provided to The Daily Wire. He spoke to YAF students both as a congressman and as vice president; he also visited the organization&#8217;s Reagan Ranch in 2005, which it purchased in 1998.
In his position as Ronald Reagan Presidential Scholar, Pence will be giving lectures at college campuses and student conferences as well as launching a podcast.
&#8220;Throughout its 60-year history, Young America’s Foundation has been a bulwark of the conservative movement, advancing the cause of freedom and ensuring our future leaders embrace America’s founding principles and I am honored to join YAF as the Ronald Reagan Presidential Scholar,&#8221; Pence said.
“Long before I became vice president to President Donald Trump, the vision and leadership of Ronald Reagan inspired my youth and I am humbled to continue the work of advancing the conservative cause from a position bearing his name,&#8221; Pence continued. &#8220;Now more than ever, we need to take the case for freedom, free markets, and traditional values to the rising generation and I look forward to working with the great YAF team to ensure the torch of freedom shines bright for generations to come.&#8221;
YAF&#8217;s announcement comes a day after conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation announced that Pence joined them as a distinguished visiting fellow. As The Daily Wire reported:
<blockquote>Former Vice President Mike Pence will be joining The Heritage Foundation as a distinguished visiting fellow, the conservative organization announced Thursday.
“Over the course of the past four years, our team at Heritage has worked closely with members of the Trump administration on a host of policy accomplishments,” said Heritage President Kay C. James in a statement provided to The Daily Wire.
“That’s why I am excited Vice President Mike Pence will join forces with Heritage to ensure we continue to advance conservative principles and policy solutions. His allegiance to the Constitution and commitment to advancing a conservative policy agenda make him an outstanding fit for The Heritage Foundation.”</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Former Vice President Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation</a>

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Pence Joins Conservative Youth Organization As Presidential Scholar, Will Launch Podcast

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The Young America’s Foundation will provide Burbank Unified School District students with copies of several books that were recently barred from the teaching curriculum.
Back in September 2020, BUSD teachers were told they couldn’t teach the five books — “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, “The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck, “The Cay” by Theodore Taylor, and “Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry” by Mildred D. Taylor — after a group of four parents complained to the district, calling the stories harmful toward black people.
With the help of donor Rob Raede, however, YAF will make the five books free to any middle or high school student in the 15,000-person school district who wants them.
“These books are classics of American fiction precisely because they address uncomfortable historical truths from our past,” Raede told YAF, reports <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-12-09/conservative-youth-organization-will-offer-burbank-students-free-copies-of-challenged-books">The Los Angeles Times</a>. “We are proud to do what we can to make sure the students of Burbank have access to this great literature, despite the efforts of the book-banning cowards on the school board to deny to their students the lessons contained within.”
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In addition to putting the books Burbank schools are attempting to hide directly into students’ hands, YAF is calling on those with the power to do the right thing—the board members of the Burbank Unified School District—to immediately rescind their ban on these books.
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Spencer Brown, a YAF spokesperson, previously told <a href="https://twitter.com/itsSpencerBrown/status/1336766500695379972">Fox News</a> that the district was robbing students of the opportunity to “wrestle with the important ideas” in the books and “learn from them as they develop in their educational career.”
A spokesperson for BUSD disputed the characterization that the books have been banned, having told Fox News that the books are simply “on pause while we listen and learn from our [black indigenous people of color] students, parents, and teachers who have experienced these classroom books for over thirty years now and have come to our District sharing their experiences and their concerns.”
According to The Los Angeles Times, the district created a committee to review the allegations made about the books, and to determine a best course of action. The school superintendent also recently wrote a letter explaining the decision to remove the books from the reading list.
“When these books were selected they were not intentionally selected to guide us through conversations of race and racism. In addition, the complaints have created the space to have brave conversations, not just about the books in question, but also about our district’s policies, practices, and culture,” he wrote. “In my opinion, the number one goal of American public education is to provide access and opportunity to all students. We must constantly review our educational system to ensure we are making progress towards this goal. Only in doing so can we actually face what must be changed.”
The outcome of the committee review remains unclear, but the district says the books remain available in school libraries.

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A large outdoor sign promoting an upcoming speech from The Daily Wire&#8217;s Elisha Krauss has been stolen from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus.
Krauss is set to <a href="https://www.yaf.org/events/elisha-krauss-at-the-university-of-wisconsin-whitewater/">speak on the campus</a>, ironically addressing the importance of free speech, on Wednesday, March 10, as part of the Young America&#8217;s Foundation (YAF) Robert and Patricia Herbold Lecture Series.
A YAF <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/sign-promoting-elisha-krauss-lecture-stolen-at-uw-whitewater/">report</a> published Thursday said that the large sign was placed outside on Sunday evening, but had gone missing by Monday morning.
According to the chairman of the conservative group working with YAF to host Krauss, John Beauchamp, the ad on the opposite side of the structure curiously remained untouched, the report notes.
A police report has been filed with UW-Whitewater authorities, YAF reported, noting that conservative students &#8220;intend to post more advertisements at other campus locations as soon as possible.&#8221;
&#8220;We are disappointed by the intolerance of UW leftists,&#8221; Beauchamp told YAF.
“Colleges are supposed to be a place for the sharing of new ideas and free speech,&#8221; he continued, &#8220;and instead are becoming breeding grounds for the Left and their agenda of shouting down ideas of those they disagree with. We will not be bothered by this leftist harassment of our advertising.&#8221;
Krauss told The Daily Wire, &#8220;It’s continually amazing to me that even the presence of my photo and a promo for a speech about free speech is so triggering to leftists that they must destroy it.&#8221;
&#8220;My seven-month-old and I frequently travel to college campuses to speak about the principles of conservatism, free speech, cancel culture and the pro-life movement,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I don’t think we’re that scary.&#8221;
The actions of protesters on UW-Whitewater&#8217;s campus follows a nation-wide pattern of left-wing campus activists targeting conservative pundits, including multiple Daily Wire commentators and podcast hosts.
In recent days, Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro has again become the subject of campus protests. As reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/activists-protest-ben-shapiro-speech-at-ucf-student-government-moves-to-block-funds">The Daily Wire</a> on Tuesday, left-wing student activists protesting Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro&#8217;s upcoming speech at the University of Central Florida via YAF cowed the student government into blocking funds for the event.
&#8220;Amid pressure from a student activist group, the student government of the University of Central Florida, a publicly funded university located in Orlando, recently voted against allowing funds to go to a student event scheduled for March featuring Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro,&#8221; the report outlined.
&#8220;The conservative group hosting the event says members of the student government have singled out Shapiro’s speech,&#8221; The Daily Wire noted. &#8220;The bill received more scrutiny than similar proposals, said College Republicans Vice Chairman Didi Malka. The &#8216;unfavorable&#8217; vote is an example of those in power allowing their ideological &#8216;biases&#8217; to stand in the way of &#8216;intellectual diversity,&#8217; something universities have traditionally been committed to promoting rather than discouraging.&#8221;
“No other funding bill has been treated with the amount of scrutiny ours has received, and our bill has met every threshold Student Government requires for an RSO to receive funding,” Malka told YAF. “I am saddened to see that certain senators have put their own biases in front of providing intellectual diversity and we hope to convince them next week to change their minds.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/activists-protest-ben-shapiro-speech-at-ucf-student-government-moves-to-block-funds">Activists Protest Ben Shapiro Speech At UCF; Student Government Moves To Block Funds</a>

Billboard Promoting Speech From Daily Wire’s Elisha Krauss Stolen At Wisconsin Campus

The Binghamton Leftist Mob (BLOB?) is at it again.
This time, dozens of left-wing Binghamton University students shut down an event sponsored by Young America’s Foundation (YAF), where a famous economist who worked for the Reagan administration was scheduled to speak about gun violence.
Minutes after Dr. Arthur Laffer had begun his speech, dozens of angry students began protesting in the room. Protesters were armed with loud voices and, for good measure, a megaphone. Some among the group were wearing red bandanas and black masks.
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“We’re like the new Berkeley,” said Lacey Kestecher, president of the university&#8217;s Turning Point USA chapter, about Monday’s event that conservative clubs had been planning since July.
Kestecher left the room with the other students, fearing the protest would escalate into violence. “We didn’t know what was going to happen if we stayed in the room,” she said.
When security approached a protester ranting on the megaphone about how the Trump administration was killing people of color, the mob swarmed in to block the officer from escorting the ranter out of the room. Then, in Orwellian fashion, the screaming mob chanted “free speech” — implying that their free speech rights were the ones being blocked.
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Leftist protesters interrupt Dr. Laffer’s speaking event at Binghamton University, leading to his removal due to security concerns. Thank you for coming <a href="https://twitter.com/BetzArthur?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BetzArthur</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/prageru?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@prageru</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpStudents?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TrumpStudents</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TPUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TPUSA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BingRepublicans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BingRepublicans</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PragerFORCE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PragerFORCE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/yaf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@yaf</a> <a href="https://t.co/z88QGySbBS">pic.twitter.com/z88QGySbBS</a>
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“No peace no justice,” they yelled, followed by, “shut it down.”
Due to security concerns, Dr. Laffer was promptly removed from the room. Moreover, police arrested two of the protesters.
In response to the shutdown, <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/video-crazed-leftists-shut-down-art-laffer-lecture-at-binghamton-u/">YAF </a>released a statement indicating that “legal remedies” were on the table. YAF  wrote, “Young America’s Foundation is actively exploring all legal remedies, including litigation, to do what Binghamton University failed to do — protect the First Amendment.”
It was just less than a week ago that the leftist mob had targeted conservative students for harassment and intimidation and the university refused to take disciplinary action.
As The Daily Wire’s Frank Camp previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shocking-video-conservative-students-harassed-and-intimidated-by-leftist-student-mob">reported</a>, about 200 leftist students at Binghamton University swarmed college Republicans while they were tabling last Thursday, destroying their display. In addition to vicious name-calling, including using expletive words referring to genitalia, the mob demanded that the students “pack up” and leave. When the conservative students from Turning Point USA and college Republican clubs refused, the protesters screamed in the personal spaces of the students. They proceeded to overturn their tables and throw around their merchandise. Campus police intervened to escort the conservative students to safety.
A day later, New York State Assemblyman Douglas M. Smith <a href="https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Antisemitism/NY-State-assemblyman-calls-to-protect-free-speech-at-Binghamton-University-608234">sent a letter </a>to President Harvey Strenger of Binghamton University requesting actions from the college to “ensure that … students are able to peacefully exercise their First Amendment rights on campus without fear of physical violence in the future.”
By Monday — hours before the shutdown of the YAF event — the Binghamton administration said that it <a href="https://www.binghamton.edu/apps/messaging/announcement/">would not</a> investigate the mob incident, nor would it discipline the students involved in the harassment against conservative students.
The administration&#8217;s statement said:
<blockquote>“On Thursday, Nov. 14, two groups tabling outside of the Union attracted counter-protesters. &#8230; The groups’ display included provocative posters. … There were also protesters who acted in a manner that may have violated University rules. In the context of the incident … the University did not seek to identify or charge any protesters. To do so would have escalated an already volatile situation and run counter to the primary interest in safely de-escalating the situation.”</blockquote>
The administration concluded inaction would “de-escalat[e]” the situation.
As the shutdown of Monday’s YAF event shows, Binghamton&#8217;s decision not to act may have only served to embolden the mob to continue harassing conservatives.
Ultimately, the mob incidences at Binghamton have created an environment of terror and fear among conservatives.
“I do not feel okay,” said Kestecher. “I did not ask for this. I’m just standing up for my rights. Which is have to do, what I should do.”

Economist, Art Laffer

Binghamton Leftist Mob Returns With A Vengeance To Shut Down Conservative Event

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In yet another example of left-wing efforts to curb conservative speech on a college campus, student activists at Boston University have launched a petition to ban Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro from speaking at an upcoming student organization-sponsored event. The petition, which smears the mainstream conservative political commentator and bestselling author as a &#8220;racist hatemonger,&#8221; follows the university&#8217;s attempts to downsize the event by half and force the event&#8217;s host, the Young America&#8217;s Foundation, to pay exorbitant security fees to protect against potential leftist violence.
As <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/bu-leftists-launch-petition-to-stop-ben-shapiro-from-speaking/">Young America&#8217;s Foundation&#8217;</a>s Kara Zupkus reports, the <a href="https://www.change.org/p/boston-university-administration-racist-hatemonger-ben-shapiro-not-welcome-at-boston-university">petition</a> labels Shapiro a &#8220;notorious racist and misogynist&#8221; and condemns the university for allowing the mainstream conservative to voice his opinions on its campus. The petition paints the university&#8217;s free speech-suppressing move to dramatically reduce the audience size of the event and burden YAF with unreasonable security fees as simply a self-serving effort to protect the university&#8217;s &#8220;image&#8221; in light of progressive outrage over allowing conservatives to speak on campus.
&#8220;Recently, Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a conservative political group, announced that it has plans to host the notorious racist and misogynist Ben Shapiro, at Boston University,&#8221; the petition reads. &#8220;The announcement came as the group was told to cut its audience size and pay for security costs. These measures by the University were supposedly put in place for &#8216;security reasons.&#8217; However, the University is still open to giving Ben Shapiro a platform, they are simply concerned about their image. The cuts to audience size and security fees are token measure, an attempt to appease students while still allowing Shapiro to come and speak. As students and community members of BU, we stand opposed to the proliferation of hate-speech and we are opposed to the University granting a platform to the disgusting and backwards ideology promoted by Shapiro and his ilk. This is not simply &#8216;Shapiro exercising a right to free speech&#8217;, but constitute discriminatory hate-speech against whole sections of the population.&#8221;
As YAF points out, among the comments from those who have signed the petition are students citing their need to &#8220;feel safe on my own campus&#8221; and declaring their belief that &#8220;hate speech should not be free speech.&#8221;
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/straight-out-leftist-playbook-boston-univ-cuts-james-barrett">The Daily Wire</a> reported, Boston University has cut by half the potential audience for the upcoming YAF-hosted Shapiro event and initially demanded an exorbitant security fee from the conservative student group. Boston University Young Americans for Freedom (BU YAF) told The Daily Wire two weeks ago that Boston University’s Assistant Dean of Students, John Battaglino, informed them that they must move the scheduled event to a location that can accommodate only about half the audience allowed by the preferred location. The university also initially asked the student organization to pay over $12,000 in security fees.
In a <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/boston-university-halves-shapiro-audience-levies-12720-security-fee-on-yafers/">report</a> on the university&#8217;s actions, YAF spokesman Spencer Brown provided some key takeaways from a 30-point list of “considerations, costs, and conditions” Battaglino sent to BU-YAF concerning the Shapiro event. &#8220;Among the stipulations presented in the list is the requirement that the event be relocated from a 1,500-person venue to one that only seats 700, the limitation of potential participants to members of the BU community who reserve tickets — rather than the event being free and open to the public, as originally proposed — and security fees totaling $12,720 the university expects YAF to cover,&#8221; The Daily Wire reported. &#8220;The conservative student organization notes that in the university’s explanation for the exorbitant security charges, administrators cite the need to &#8216;provide security for protestors,&#8217; but notably do not cite the need to protect YAF or Shapiro.&#8221;
The letter from Brown included specifics about the massive security fee for the event, including paying 40 university police officers, 4 officers to direct traffic, 16 contracted security officers, and 2 explosive ordinance disposal K9 units.
After YAF and The Daily Wire reported on the letter from Battaglino, the university informed YAF that it would waive the security fee.
In response to Boston University&#8217;s suspect treatment of the conservative event, Shapiro told The Daily Wire that this is another example of campus administrators caving to Antifa&#8217;s &#8220;heckler&#8217;s veto.&#8221;
“As per the usual arrangement, it appears that conservatives are to be penalized for the not-even-yet-threatened misbehavior of intolerant Leftists,” Shapiro said. “The heckler’s veto is alive and well.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shapiro-democrats-quid-pro-quo-claim-against-trump-is-weak-heres-why">Shapiro: Democrats’ ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Claim Against Trump Is Weak; Here’s Why</a>

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