I spoke at UC Davis about politics. Leftists responded with lies and attacks but said my words were violence

I have been speaking for nearly a decade on college campuses. To the left opposing speech is 'violence.' This week was the most jarring example yet of how the left views speech.

Law enforcement officers stop unrest outside a venue at UC Davis where protesters attempted to stop a speaking event.  (KTXL) About 500 people attended a speech by Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at UC Davis on March 14, 2023. (KTXL) Two people were arrested and taken to Yolo County Jail for allegedly painting graffiti on the University Credit Union Center at UC Davis, on March 14, 2023. (KTXL) Protesters and law enforcement officers surround the University Credit Union Center on March 14, 2023. (KTXL) Charlie Kirk is the founder and CEO of Turning Point USA and host of "The Charlie Kirk Show." 

Before I even arrived in Yolo County, the event was preceded by wild and hysterical lies about my beliefs and the things I have said. Professor Joshua Clover claimed my group, Turning Point USA, threatens "direct violence" against professors, with a "special focus" on non-white faculty. 

This is a lie, but it’s a lie that Clover has to tell, because Clover himself proudly thinks that American police officers "need to be killed." In his op-ed attacking me, he wrote that it was "time to teach Charlie Kirk a lesson," by which he meant "chasing [him] off campus" or engaging in some good old "Nazi-punching." "This is what resistance looks like," he said.