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Bizarre video shows a cane-wielding wannabe wizard ripping down an American flag before unleashing a frenzied attack at a Turning Point USA event at a Texas university.
The unidentified loon, who was wearing a cape and a wizard-like hat, grabbed the Stars and Stripes from a stand before attacking a TPUSA rep and two University of Texas students on Tuesday, according to the conservative group’s boots-on-the-ground journalism wing, TPUSA Frontlines.
The bespectacled nutjob hurled expletives at activists hosting the Pick Up the Mic event — an open dialogue initiative created in honor of assassinated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
“Back the f–k up. Fascist pieces of s–t,” the loon shouted while flipping someone off.
The wannabe wizard then went on the attack with his cane, striking the legs of one man at the Tyler event.
WATCH: Student tears down an American flag and assaults a TPUSA Field Rep plus two students with a prop cane after calling them “fascist pieces of s**t” during a Pick Up the Mic event at the University of Texas Tyler.
Campus police swiftly arrested the student and transported… pic.twitter.com/5NIkkD4N6c
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) November 10, 2026
“That’s assault,” one woman yelped.
The cane-wielding aggressor was restrained before being cuffed. He said he was “backed into a corner” as he apologized to a cop for his outburst, according to Mediaite.
Three people were attacked in total, Julie Philley, the UT Tyler president, said in a statement seen by KLTV.
She stressed the attacker– who faces a criminal trespassing charge — isn’t enrolled at the university.
“Everyone has the right to free speech and violence will not be tolerated,” Philley said.
Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), who cruised to victory in this month’s elections held in Texas’ 1st congressional district, thanked cops for their swift response.
“The First Amendment protects your right to speak, even to protest. It does not protect assaulting people you disagree with,” he said.
“Violence has no place on any campus, and it doesn’t represent East Texas. Thank you to UT Tyler police for acting quickly.”
The attack comes just a week after leftist University of Michigan student, Temulun Togochog, attacked conservative influencer Lizzy Benichou on the university’s Ann Arbor campus.
Benichou said the attack occurred during a “Liberty Under Fire USA tour stop” and claimed her attacker had been “identified as a supporter of Abdul El-Sayed,” the Muslim Democratic candidate who won the state’s Senate race in this month’s midterms.
Togochog faces a felony charge of assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer, as well as two misdemeanors of assault.
