Conservatives attending the final stop on the “This is the Turning Point” tour at the University of California, Berkeley, on Monday night were met by hundreds of leftist agitators as police in riot gear tried to keep the protesters contained.
Protesters, some of whom wore keffiyehs, showed up outside the venue on campus hours before the event started and confronted the attendees as they lined up to enter the building. At one point, an agitator got into a fistfight with a man wearing a red Turning Point USA shirt. The event attendee was pictured with a bloodied face, as both he and the agitator were detained by police, The New York Post reported.
At least two people detained after violence breaks out at a #TurningPointUSA event at #ucberkeley Our crews say tensions are growing as the number of protesters grow #ktvu pic.twitter.com/r8YuYvcqgr
— Claudine Wong (@ClaudineKTVU) November 11, 2025
Police confirmed that two people were arrested, including one person charged with battery, following the fistfight. It’s unclear if one of the men involved in the fistfight was the person charged with battery. Police set up a barricade between protesters and attendees before and after the event as agitators lit flares and shouted at the conservative attendees. Two more people were arrested after attempting to get past the barricade, The Mercury News reported.
UC Berkeley currently looks like a war zone.
An ANTIFA member just lit off a flare resulting in TPUSA event attendees being rushed inside.
A car then comes and starts backfiring visibly scaring multiple attendees who feared they were hearing gunshots. @TPUSA | @Savsays pic.twitter.com/u3mG8rJDSx
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) November 11, 2025
The event at Cal Berkeley, one of the most liberal universities in America, featured comedian Rob Schneider and Christian apologist and writer Dr. Frank Turek. It was the final event on the TPUSA college tour that Charlie Kirk began in September. Kirk was assassinated while speaking to college students at Utah Valley University on the first stop of the tour on September 10.
Andrew Kolvet, the chief spokesman for TPUSA and executive producer of “The Charlie Kirk Show,” said “Antifa thugs” were responsible for attempting to stop Monday’s event. Even as left-wing protesters crowded outside, the event went ahead as planned before a packed audience inside.
“Despite Antifa thugs blocking our campus tour stop with tear gas, fireworks, and glass bottles, we had a PACKED HOUSE in the heart of deep blue UC Berkeley,” Kolvet said. God bless these brave students. For Charlie 🇺🇸🇺🇸”
Despite Antifa thugs blocking our campus tour stop with tear gas, fireworks, and glass bottles, we had a PACKED HOUSE in the heart of deep blue UC Berkeley.
God bless these brave students.
For Charlie 🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/EGgiH2wplF
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) November 11, 2025
Shortly before the event began, Schneider wrote on X, “Thank YOU, Antifa for welcoming us tonight at UC Berkeley. We Look forward to our thoughtful, teargas free discussion and debate.”
Thank YOU, Antifa for welcoming us tonight at UC Berkeley. We Look forward to our thoughtful, teargas free discussion and debate.👇👇🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/BSN0aOdIvw
— Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 (@RobSchneider) November 11, 2025
UC Berkeley said it was prepared for the fierce opposition to the TPUSA event on its campus.
“The campus fully supports the rights and ability of every single student organization to invite whatever speakers they wish, regardless of their beliefs or perspectives,” said UC Berkeley Assistant Vice Chancellor Dan Mogulof.
