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A Bunch of Conservative Students Dressed Up as Babies to Protest Safe Spaces

By Andy Thomason

October 19, 2017

Members of the Kent State University chapter of Turning Point USA, a right-wing student group, dressed up in diapers as babies on Wednesday to protest safe spaces. A photojournalist on the campus tweeted several photos of the protest:

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Today, @TPUSA held a demonstration against save spaces saying “safe spaces are for children.” @KentState pic.twitter.com/urytAgP0gC
— Austin Mariasy (@austin_m18) October 18, 2017

The chapter itself also tweeted a photo of the event:

Safe spaces are for children. pic.twitter.com/OSsETyDbC4
— TPUSA at Kent State (@TPUSAatKent) October 19, 2017

As The Chronicle reported earlier this year, Turning Point USA has mobilized to get conservative students elected to student-government posts at campuses across the nation.