GW Leftists Threaten YAF For Hosting Ben Shapiro: ‘GET SECURITY’

In what has become an all-too-often occurrence on college campuses, leftists at the George Washington University posted signs threatening the GW YAF chapter emblazoned with: “HEY YAF…GET SECURITY” around an image of Ben Shapiro with a red “x” superimposed on his chest. When the posters were reported to campus authorities, they chose not to take the threat seriously.

Campus authorities are dismissive of this threat against YAF, reportedly saying it’s “most likely not a threat according to DC code.” Looks like @GWtweets is another school that treats microaggressions as dire but refuses to take seriously threats against conservatives. https://t.co/4szfG2uD6Q

— YAF (@yaf) January 17, 2019

GW YAF defied the anonymous threats and hit campus early Thursday morning to chalk messages with info about their event with Ben Shapiro, part of Young America’s Foundation’s Fred Allen Lecture Series. Within two hours of those messages being chalked, more intolerant students obtained their own chalk and scribbled over GW YAF’s.

Nice try, leftists—Ben is still coming to campus.

Within two hours of @GWYAF chalking sidewalks to promote their lecture with @benshapiro, disgruntled students found chalk of their own to cover up the YAFers’ messages. pic.twitter.com/gbjD9zn7zx

— YAF (@yaf) January 17, 2019

This is hardly the first time GW YAF has been attacked for boldly and unapologetically advancing conservative ideas. They’ve been targeted for years with false flag attacks, vandalism of their memorials to the victims of abortion, and compared to ISIS and cancer. Tickets for Shapiro’s speech sold out within 15 minutes of being made available, but the whole event—including the trademark Q&A session following his remarks—can be watched via YAF.org/LIVE beginning at 7:00pm ET. Additional information on YAF’s Fred Allen Lecture Series can be found here, and Shapiro’s upcoming campus appearances will be posted to YAF.org/events as details are confirmed.

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For additional information or to request an interview contact YAF Spokesman Spencer Brown via sbrown@yaf.org or 800-872-1776.