{"id":397900,"date":"2019-03-03T05:42:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T04:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trump-invites-berkeley-attack-victim-on-stage-as-suspect-arrested-rt-usa-news\/"},"modified":"2019-03-03T05:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T04:42:11","slug":"trump-invites-berkeley-attack-victim-on-stage-as-suspect-arrested-rt-usa-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trump-invites-berkeley-attack-victim-on-stage-as-suspect-arrested-rt-usa-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump invites Berkeley attack victim on stage as suspect arrested \u2014 RT USA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/thumbnail\/5c7aed96dda4c8675f8b45c5.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        President Donald Trump shared the stage with a conservative activist assaulted on the Berkeley University campus, hours after police found and arrested the attacker. Trump urged the victim to punish his attacker with lawsuits.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hayden Williams is an activist with The Leadership Institute, a conservative group. Williams was passing out flyers at the University of California-Berkeley campus last month when he was set upon by an enraged passerby. The attacker grappled with Williams, punching him several times in the face and calling him <em>\u201cb**ch,\u201d \u201cf**ker,\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cc**t.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*Language Warning*<br \/>Berkeley Police Department (UCPD) has identified a suspect in the Campus attack. Tuesday Hayden Williams was at Sproul Plaza recruiting students to join Conservative Group &#8220;Turning Point USA&#8221;<br \/>Witnesses with information call (510) 642-0472 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7fvibm1ZaE\">pic.twitter.com\/7fvibm1ZaE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Malcolm (@RobKTVU2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobKTVU2\/status\/1099082354876805120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, President Trump invited Williams on stage, saying the young activist <em>\u201ctook a punch for all of us,\u201d<\/em> and will <em>\u201cbe a very wealthy young man\u201d<\/em> after suing Greenberg and the university.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/452863-trump-cpac-speech-bullshit-cnn\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> READ MORE: \u2018Raving\u2019 Democrats, \u2018sick\u2019 CNN and deep state \u2018bulls**t\u2019: Trump channels old campaign energy at CPAC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump then promised to issue an executive order requiring colleges and universities to protect free speech on campus in order to continue receiving federal funding.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe reject oppressive speech codes, censorship, political correctness and every other attempt by the hard left to stop people from challenging ridiculous and dangerous ideas,\u201d<\/em> he said. <em>\u201cInstead we believe in free speech, including online and including on campus.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/452810-wapo-offers-correction-covington-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE: WaPo issues correction to Covington kids story \u2013 6 weeks &amp; 1 lawsuit later<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conservative activists, including the president\u2019s son Donald Jr., spread the video of the assault online in an effort to find the culprit. University police then arrested 28-year-old Zachary Greenberg on Friday, charging him with assault with a deadly weapon and attempting to cause great bodily injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/452864-trump-berkeley-student-attack\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump shared the stage with a conservative activist assaulted on the Berkeley University campus, hours after police found and arrested the attacker. Trump urged the victim to punish his attacker with lawsuits. Hayden Williams is an activist with The Leadership Institute, a conservative group. 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