NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSVN) — A conservative debate group’s unannounced stop at a historically Black college in Tennessee sparked more than just conversation.
The Fearless Debates group showed up with hot-button slogans and received an even hotter response from students.
Video shows spirited Tennessee State University students gathering around members of the debate group, Sept. 16.
“We went from a peaceful conversation with students to quite literally a mob inciting violence against us,” said David Khait, co-founder of Fearless Debates.
The university believes the debate group’s actions to be hostile, but the group said there’s a message behind the mayhem.
Khait said the group is aiming to encourage debate in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
The group set up on campus with signs