01/31/2020
We were alerted by a concerned citizen that a student employee and “local activist,” who identified herself as an Antifa member, at McHenry County College is responsible for numerous vandalisms and, most currently, responsible for taking down our TPUSA posters, promoting upcoming events.
Our posters promoted a speech by former Antifa member turned conservative commentator, Gabriel Nadales, and a speaking event/dinner by Turning Point USA’s Founder and President, Charlie Kirk, in Crystal Lake, Illinois hosted by the McHenry County Republican Party.
The individual noted on a Reddit thread that she was aware of IT issues with the college’s security cameras and expressed concerns for her future employment and consequences she could face by campus authorities if she was apprehended.
As a school organization, we rightfully contacted campus police and alerted them of the misconduct pursued by this offender. We provided campus police the threatening, shameful poster that was displayed by this Antifa activist and provided them evidence that was forwarded to us from a concerned citizen.
The individual included that she was planning to mislead the student body of Gabriel’s speech by photocopying our promotional material with the wrong date and time to impact our overall turnout.
Attached is an opposing political poster that replaced our TPUSA posters, a conversation thread on Reddit where the offender was seeking legal advice from other users on the site.
In this thread, she revealed to users that she claimed responsibility for vandalizing TPUSA property during the Fall 2019 semester (the last 2 images are our posters that we had displayed across the campus on school bulletins for upcoming events):
