adminA coordinated swarm of left-wing agitators tried to shut down a Turning Point USA campus event at the University of California, Berkeley, in what looked less like protest and more like an orchestrated political assault. Witnesses and TPUSA officials said the mob used tear gas, fireworks, and even hurled glass bottles in an attempt to breach police lines and intimidate conservative students. This wasn’t spontaneous campus debate — it was a deliberate effort to silence dissenting voices that the mainstream media will try to label “one-off.”
Video and on-the-ground reporting show the chaos spilled into violence, including assaults and theft, as a small number of thugs tried to provoke a riot outside the venue. One attendee was reportedly bloodied after trying to recover a stolen necklace, underscoring how these “protests” quickly turn criminal when left unchecked. Every American who still believes in law and order should be disgusted that our colleges have become battlegrounds where peaceful assembly is no longer safe.
TPUSA spokesman Andrew Kolvet — who also produces The Charlie Kirk Show — told Jesse Watters Primetime that Antifa-linked groups orchestrated the attack and attempted to block the event. Kolvet’s account matches footage and independent reporting: the protesters came prepared to do damage, not to debate ideas. Conservatives on campus are being forced to defend the basic right to speak without being assaulted, and that refusal to tolerate debate is a direct attack on the foundations of our republic.
Despite the intimidation, TPUSA pushed forward, and the sold-out event featuring Rob Schneider and Dr. Frank Turek went on inside a packed hall. That bravery by students and organizers — refusing to be silenced in the face of threats — deserves our applause, support, and, most importantly, our protective action. If conservatives don’t back these young patriots with resources and political pressure, the left will continue to treat campuses as no-go zones for anyone who disagrees.
Meanwhile, university officials and many on the left look the other way or offer moral equivocation when their own campuses become staging grounds for intimidation. Police made arrests, but reactive handcuffs after violence are not a substitute for a campus culture that proactively protects free speech and punishes political violence regardless of ideology. It’s time lawmakers and campus boards stop giving soft cover to mobs and start enforcing rules that preserve safety and free expression for all students.
This incident comes on the heels of the savage attack that claimed Charlie Kirk’s life and reminds us why the fight for free speech matters so urgently. We owe these students and TPUSA organizers more than platitudes — we owe them our votes, our legal muscle, and a readiness to call out the media and institutions that excuse leftist violence. The choice is simple: stand with the patriotic students demanding their rights, or allow the radicals to turn every campus into a political gulag.
