Posted on 11/12/2025 4:38:18 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Andrew Kolvet, the executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, described a chaotic scene at Monday night's "Turning Point USA" event in Berkeley, California.
"They say our words are violence, but their actual violence is mostly peaceful," Kolvet told FNC's Jesse Waters. "They said in their flyers that we were inciting violence just by being on campus and hosting an event with Rob Schneider, a comedian and actor."
ANDREW KOLVET: It seems like it was a coordinated attack on a peaceful event. And you can’t make this stuff up. As you said in your lead-up, they said in their flyers that we were inciting violence just by being on campus and hosting an event with Rob Schneider, a comedian and actor.
The irony is just so rich — they say that our words are violence, but their actual violence is “mostly peaceful.” The university put the free speech plaza right in front of the entrance, so of course, all chaos broke out. We were funneled into one entryway into the venue.
It took a car backfiring before the cops actually got into gear and engaged the crowd — these agitators, these far-left Antifa thugs. People thought it was a gun going off or a bomb exploding, and they started scattering. Jesse, this was an absolute coordinated attack to disrupt the event — and thank goodness they failed.
WATTERS: Do you think any of the local officials purposely made it difficult, or made it a little bit more dangerous?
KOLVET: Yeah, I mean, Jesse, I do, actually. I want to be careful with what I say, but I’ll tell you this — two weeks before the event, we had to switch to the university’s ticketing system. What happens when you do that is it opens...
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Poorly written headline.
Whoever this guy is, he isn’t ready for prime time.
BERZERKLY ALWAYS WAS SUCH
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