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A Turning Point USA event was shut down Tuesday evening after multiple attacks by leftist militants on attendees were answered, not by the UC Davis police, who were kept from intervening, but by a handful of counter-protesters ready for a fight.
A night with 'MAGA Hulk'
The UC Davis student chapter of Turning Point USA organized an event for Oct. 25, set to feature conservative speaker Stephen Davis, the host of the podcast "SMASH with MAGA Hulk."
The chapter vice president of UC Davis TPUSA, Luke Shalz, noted that Stephen Davis is "an African-American gentleman who does not believe in systemic racism."
In advance of the event featuring a black conservative speaker, flyers were distributed on campus accusing TPUSA of being "racist, homophobic, transphobic, and anti-immigrant" and of celebrating violence. The flyers also defamed Kyle Rittenhouse, who spoke at a TPUSA event, as a "racist murder [sic]."
The flyers called on "anyone who opposes racism and bigotry to stand together and make it known that TPUSA is not welcome on our campus."
\u201cSPOTTED at UC DAVIS. All of our flyers for our Stephen Davis event next week have been ripped down and replaced with these @charliekirk11 @TPUSA\u201d— Amber (@Amber) 1666202205
Similar posts were circulated online accusing Stephen Davis of being a fascist for "denying systemic racism."
\u201cCOMMUNITY ALERT! Turning Point USA is bringing Stephen Davis (aka "Maga Hulk") to UCD on Oct. 25th for an event denying systemic racism. Show up and make it clear that these fascists aren't welcome on our campus. Tues 10/25 @ 6pm on Vanderhoef Quad (near the Mondavi Center).\u201d— UC Davis #CopsOffCampus (@UC Davis #CopsOffCampus) 1666292406
Notwithstanding calls for censorship ahead of the event, the university claimed that it was "committed to the First Amendment, and ... required to uphold it. We affirm the right of our students — in this instance, Turning Point USA at UC Davis — to invite speakers to our campus, just as we affirm the right of others to protest speakers whose views they find upsetting or offensive."
The university also reportedly informed the TPUSA campus chapter that UC Davis police would be present at the event and that they would intervene if protests turned violent.
However, when leftist protesters began using barriers as battering rams and pepper-spraying young women, the campus police — said to have been on site — did not take action or deploy into the crowd.
The university told KCRA3 that officers had been on standby when the fighting broke out, but did not act because "the situation de-escalated on its own, eliminating the need for the police to engage."
The brawl
The brawl that ensued allegedly involved 100 people and began, according to TPUSA's field team, when Antifa began provoking people trying to enter the venue.
In a statement, UC Davis noted there had been reports of Antifa supporters involved in the fighting and pepper-spraying and that members of the pugnacious men's group Proud Boys may have also been on the scene.
One young female conservative was pepper-sprayed by leftist agitators.
Young college girl attacked and maced at #TurningPointUSA event @UC Davis #Magahulk #StephenDavis youtu.be
UC Davis also indicated that some "in the crowd used barricades to beat on the glass of the UC Davis Conference Center, where about 30 people were inside waiting for the event to begin."
Student Affairs staff reportedly determined that the chaos outside presented sufficient danger to warrant shutting down the event.
The UC Davis TPUSA chapter ultimately agreed, later stating, "Rather than risk any further escalation of violence, our TPUSA chapter leadership decided to cancel the event when it became apparent campus PD was unable to disperse the violent agitators outside while also keeping our students safe inside."
\u201cRather than risk any further escalation of violence, our TPUSA chapter leadership decided to cancel the event when it became apparent campus PD was unable to disperse the violent agitators outside while also keeping our students safe inside.\u201d— Turning Point USA (@Turning Point USA) 1666802697
"This is a great loss for free speech, our speaker Stephen Davis, and for the students at UC Davis. TPUSA condemns all violence and refuses to be cowed by those who use threats and intimidation to stop conservatives on campus," TPUSA tweeted.
On Thursday, former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell called out UC Davis chancellor Gary May, suggesting he had failed up to stand up for true diversity on campus after Davis, a black speaker, had been shut down by "radical lefties."
Catherine Brinkley, a UC Davis professor, celebrated the silencing of a black conservative and the leftist attacks on unarmed students, stating she was "really proud of our students, faculty, staff and community who showed up to counter-rally a planned speaking event at UC Davis. Thank you for putting your bodies on the line."
\u201cI am really proud of our students, faculty, staff and community who showed up to counter-rally a planned speaking event at UC Davis. \n\nThank you for putting your bodies on the line.\u201d— Catherine Brinkley, VMD-PhD (@Catherine Brinkley, VMD-PhD) 1666812802
It is unclear whether the event will be rescheduled.
Emails contradict Biden administration denials that EcoHealth Alliance received DARPA funding for virus research
Newly released documents appear to contradict denials by the the U.S. government that the Defense Department funded activities by EcoHealth Alliance, the controversial nonprofit group that requested a government grant for risky virus research in 2018.
Investigative journalist Paul D. Thacker published emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request Tuesday that show the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funded researchers at the University of California at Davis who had partnered with EcoHealth Alliance on a pandemic preparedness program.
\u201cAlso, can someone explain how Peter Daszak gave himself a 24% pay raise in 1 year, yet @Ayjchan & @mattwridley are constantly called "grifters" for writing a book? And @USRightToKnow are "grifters" for using FOIA? https://t.co/KbJPBIJh9f\u201d— Paul D. Thacker (@Paul D. Thacker) 1655810641
Last September, leaked documents revealed that EcoHealth Alliance president Peter Daszak had submitted a proposal to DARPA for a grant to collect bat viruses in China and then conduct gain-of-function research experiments with "humanized" and "batified" mice. The agency ultimately rejected Dasak's proposal after reviewers determined it violated federal guidelines on gain-of-function research.
When contacted by TheBlaze at the time, DARPA would neither confirm nor deny that EcoHealth Alliance submitted the proposal.
"Information contained within bids is considered proprietary and can only be released by the bidder. That being said, DARPA has never funded directly, nor indirectly as a subcontractor, any activity or researcher associated with the EcoHealth Alliance or Wuhan Institute of Virology," a spokesman for the agency said.
However, the new emails reported by Thacker in his newsletter, the DisInformation Chronicle, contradict the agency's statement. They show that just a few months after Daszak submitted his proposal in 2018, UC Davis researchers were discussing a pandemic preparedness program and year-five budget figures for their partners including EcoHealth Alliance, Metabiota, and the Smithsonian Institution.
“So, in the EHA-specific budget workbook, you will see text boxes in some countries that include the additional justification provided by EHA,” wrote Elizabeth Leasure, the financial operations manager for UC Davis' One Health Institute.
Her email, dated Aug. 7, 2018, discussed budget figures for EcoHealth Alliance virus sampling in various countries, including China. Leasure also indicated that a DARPA award for the program would begin in October, and that subawards to EcoHealth and other UC Davis partners would be used to cover staffing and other costs.
“Some current staff/other costs will be moved to DARPA once the subaward is in place, so those freed up funds could be reallocated to other countries or testing, as needed," Leasure wrote.
In an Aug. 8, 2018 response, UC Davis researcher Jonna Mazet wrote that the main reason for the increase in EcoHealth Alliance's budget had to do with personnel costs, including that Daszak received a 24% increase in his personal compensation from the prior year.
Although the emails show that DARPA funding for UC Davis was planned to be sub-awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, a spokesman for DARPA repeated the agency's previous denial.
“Consistent with DARPA’s previous statement, the agency has never funded EcoHealth Alliance directly, nor indirectly as a subcontractor,” a DARPA spokesperson told the Disinformation Chronicle.
Thacker wrote that the agency's repeated denials "add to a growing body of evidence that the Biden Administration is not interested in reviewing activities by the EcoHealth Alliance."
In 2020, the NIH created a thunderstorm of disapproval when it shut down an EcoHealth Alliance grant; 77 Nobel Laureates criticized the Trump administration for pulling the coronavirus research. “We believe that this action sets a dangerous precedent by interfering in the conduct of science and jeopardizes public trust in the process of awarding federal funds for research," they wrote.
This October, 18 months after the grant was terminated, the NIH notified Congress that EcoHealth Alliance had failed to comply with the timely submission of a research progress report for the grant. Since the NIH terminated that grant in 2020, the agency has awarded EcoHealth Alliance $4.2 million in funding for 4 different projects.
Last year, the NIH’s Anthony Fauci misled Congress during testimony about his role funding research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through an EHA subcontract. Finally, the Inspector General for Health and Human Services told the DisInformation Chronicle last month that they were not investigating EHA, despite receiving multiple criminal referrals about the nonprofit from both congressional committees and the NIH.
DARPA did not respond to a request for comment from TheBlaze.
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