MIKE:
CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR BEN
SHAPIRO DREW A CROWD BOTH INSIDE
AND OUTSIDE
THE AUDITORIUM WHERE HE SPOKE
TONIGHT AT THE
OHIO UNION.
OSU WAS 1 OF HALF A DOZEN
COLLEGES OUT OF
MORE THAN 1,000 THAT REQUESTED
HE APPEAR
TO SPEAK WITH STUDENTS.
MIKE:
NBC4'S TYLAR BACOME WAS THERE
AND JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE
OHIO UNION WITH REACTION -
TYLAR:
AS SHAPIRO SPOKE INSIDE TONIGHT
FOR ABOUT AN
HOUR AND A HALF -
THE GROUP YOUNG DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALISTS
QUIETLY HANDED OUT MATERIAL
PUSHING TO
INCREASE OSU'S MINIUMU WAGE TO
15-DOLLARS-AN
HOUR AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO
PROTESTING. BUT
DEMONSTRATORS WITH 'ANTI-RACIST
ACTION
GROUP' WERE ALSO ON HAND HERE TO
DO JUST
THAT.
TYLAR:
8:16:05-:10
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
TONIGHT'S SPEAKER BEN SHAPIRO
WHEN CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR
BEN
SHAPIRO TOOK THE STAGE OF THE
PERFORMANCE
HALL INSIDE THE OHIO UNION
NATS CHEERING
OSU STUDENTS GAVE HIM A STANDING
O AND SHAPIRO DON'T DISAPPOINT
HIS FANS -
HITTING ON EVERYTHING FROM HIS
ANTI-TRUMP,
ANTI GOVERNMENT VIEWS -
8:23:00-8:23:06
"ANY GOVERNMENT THAT ACTUALLY
BECOMES THE GREAT INVADER OF
RIGHTS, LOSES THE CONSENT OF THE
PEOPLE AND THEREBY IT'S
LEGITIMACY."
POKING FUN AT DEMOCRATS LIKE
HILLARY
CLINTON -
AND HIS HATERS -
SOT 8:17:55-8:18:00
"I KNOW THE YOUNG DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALISTS ARE TABLING IN CASE
YOU HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO
DO AND I MEAN REALLY LIKE
NOGHITN BETTER TO DO. "
WHILE JUST OUTSIDE THE
AUDITORIUM -
NATS CELL VIDEO
SHAPIRO PROTESTORS CHANTED AS
STUDENTS
LIKE LISA FONTENOT WATCHED AND
RECORDED -
SOT 9:38:42-:46
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE REALLY UP
CLOSE AND IN
OTHER'S FACES.
MANY STANDING WITH DEMONSTRATORS
-
DISAGREEING WITH SHAPIRO'S
POLITICAL
VIEWS -
AND OSU'S DECISION - AS 1 OF 6
UNIVERSITIES
NATIONWIDE - TO HOST THE EVENT.
SOT 9:39:42-:49
YEAH I THINK IT WASN'T GOOD
IDEA. I THINK IT KIND OF LINKS
HIS NAME TO THE UNIVERSITY FOR
HAVING
HIM SPEAK HERE.
BUT AFTER TALKING TO THOSE
SHAPIRO FANS IN ATTENDANCE -
SOT 9:44:32-:37
I'M ACTUALLY A FAN OF HIS. I'VE
BEEN FOLLOWING HIM FOR ABOUT
4-YEARS NOW. EVER SINCE I WAS A
FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL.
TYLAR:
IN RESPONSE TO THOSE AGAINST
OSU'S DECISION TO HOST SHAPIRO -
A SPOKESPERSON SENT A STATEMENT
READING
"THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IS A
PLACE
FOR DISCUSSION AND DEBATE OF
DIVERSE
VIEWPOINTS. THE EVENT FEATURING
BEN SHAPIRO
IS BEING SPONSORED BY A
REGISTERED STUDENT
ORGANIZATION, AND THE UNIVERSITY
WELCOMES
OUR STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS TO
HOST EVENTS AND BRING IN
SPEAKERS.
OHIO STATE NEVER MAKES DECISIONS
BASED ON THE
CONTENT OF SPEECH."
TYLAR:
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