October has been nothing short of inspiring. It’s been a busy month traveling to different campuses, meeting young patriots that will become tomorrow’s leaders and help restore the values that made the United States the leader of the free world!
Last week, I was joined by TPUSA ambassadors Bobby Sausalito and Ariana Dewing. Sausalito, a comedian and political content creator, and Dewing, a professional ballerina and model, are both very outspoken and are big influencers to people of all ages in the conservative movement. We met with members of the TPUSA chapter at the University of Minnesota who were eager to greet us and take us around the city of Minneapolis.
We took a drive to the well-known neighborhood where George Floyd died over two years ago. This six-block section of the city, now being called “the Free State of George Floyd,” has been declared an autonomous zone. This means police, firefighters, and ambulances cannot access the area. Essentially, if you are in this area and need to call for help you’re on your own.
Upon arriving at this autonomous zone, we were met by a young woman decked out in designer clothing who self-labeled herself as the activist leader of the autonomous zone. Her first question to us was if we would like to donate to her cause to help people who are homeless have a night or two off the street and in a shed they had put together. But the kicker is that the woman told us we could donate by giving her cash or by sending money to her personal accounts on Venmo and Cashapp. Needless to say we left without donating,
The following day we spent a lot of time tabling and passing out flyers to students all around UNM. We had a ton of interactions with many Somalian refugee students that were here due to the policies of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. Most of them gave us silent middle fingers from a distance, but there were a few groups that called me Islamophobic and a supporter of a white supremacist organization, to which I could only smile and laugh while still handing them a flyer to the event.
But in spite of the hostility we faced leading up to the event, we had a positive turnout with chapters from different schools in the area attending to listen and be encouraged. The common theme that I kept hearing this month from the students and the chapter leaders was that they all have a feeling their environment is the worst in the country. One could make that assumption when you see the struggles and fight these young adults live through every day. But with an open heart and loving words we encouraged them to know that everyone feels like their spot in this fight is the hardest. That is what makes fighting together that much more crucial.
Our parting words to the chapter at the end of the event were, “you owe to all of those chapters who feel the same exact way that you do to keep fighting. Because if you quit soon, it will be something that you start seeing everywhere.”
Warfare is as mentally taxing as it is physical, and if you already count yourself out in your mind then part of you is never going to press on no matter what is said to you. The chapter in Minnesota is growing, the students here are some of the hardest working students that with full-time jobs, classes, sports training and clubs have put all their extra strength into making the chapter at the University Of Minnesota one to be remembered. It was an honor to be there and applaud their efforts in the culture war, and I cannot wait to return to see what they achieve next!
