Two protesters, a student and a community member, were arrested.ĭuring his speech on Saturday, Trump said Lacey Kestecher, president of BU’s TPUSA chapter and a freshman majoring in business administration, was “brave” during the protests and invited her to the podium to speak. They were met by approximately 10 UPD officers, who were dispatched to the event “to maintain order,” according to a statement from Brian Rose, vice president for student affairs. At the sit-in protest, participants with red armbands read aloud stories of police brutality. Protesters later demonstrated at the YAF event with Laffer on Nov.

After officers with Binghamton’s New York State University Police (UPD) began separating the groups, some of the protesters turned their message toward UPD, asking, “Who are you protecting?” Members of TPUSA and College Republicans did not reserve space on the Spine for the tabling event, as required by Student Association (SA) and University policies. 17, they said they were also promoting an upcoming event sponsored by the Young America’s Foundation (YAF) featuring economist Arthur Laffer. In a statement released by BU College Republicans on Nov. Hours before the protest, a shooter opened fire at a high school in Santa Clarita, California.

Student protests began in November at BU following a pro-gun tabling event held by BU’s chapters of TPUSA and College Republicans on the Spine. “Take the mask off, take the jackets off and you’ll see their arms are about this big,” Trump said, gesturing with his hands. Weeks after campus protests against racism and over-policing at Binghamton University attracted national attention, President Donald Trump commented on the demonstrations at Turning Point USA’s (TPUSA) fifth-annual Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida.ĭuring his speech, Trump mocked protesters and suggested that the protesters used clubs and bats while demonstrating, stating, they “swing clubs, they swing bats, they swing everything.” Campus demonstrators did not use weapons during any of the protests.

Trump mocks protesters