A transgender student at Arizona State University (ASU) allegedly assaulted Kari Lake’s daughter, Ruby Halperin, last week while she was registering voters on campus. According to the police report, Rebecca Kimpel threw his entire drink at her, hitting Halperin and her paperwork, and told ASU Police that she was upset about the students talking about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Kimpel was charged with assault and released.
Lake posted on X, “An intolerant student attacked my daughter who was registering a young man to vote on the ASU campus. The trans-student told police he got angry because they were talking about President Trump so he threw a full bottle of soda on my daughter interrupting the process of registering voters. This attempt to intimidate voters is illegal. The mainstream media has given it zero coverage.”
An intolerant student attacked my daughter who was registering a young man to vote on the ASU campus.
The trans-student told police he got angry because they were talking about President Trump so he threw a full bottle of soda on my daughter interrupting the process of… https://t.co/dnUvrdTaGF
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) October 2, 2024
Halperin posted on X, “As I was registering voters today at ASU, a radical leftist threw their whole beverage on me and ran away. THIS IS THE LEFT. They know we are winning this election and it scares them. GET UP AND VOTE TRUMP.”
As I was registering voters today at ASU, a radical leftist threw their whole beverage on me and ran away.
THIS IS THE LEFT.
They know we are winning this election and it scares them.
GET UP AND VOTE TRUMP 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/lHZATlma3D
— Ruby (@rubyhalperinn) September 25, 2024
Lake added after her daughter’s post, “They know that thousands of kids at every university are registering Republican. They know that they are losing the young vote because young Americans know their future is on the line and it’s the America First Republican party that wants to make their future great again.”
Kimpel can be seen on surveillance video running away after throwing the drink. ASU Police figured out Kimpel’s identity by asking a student who they identified in the surveillance video with Kimpel to identify her.
The student also provided the police with Kimpfel’s Instagram account, which has since been locked down as private. According to the police report, Kimpel said the drink was Coke. After admitting she threw the drink due to being upset about Trump, she said it was a “prank.”
Kimpel’s X account, which generally goes by the username “jockohomosexual” on social media, is currently suspended, but an archived snapshot of the account contains numerous posts. Kimpel reposted an account that said, “I just killed a cop and now I’m horny.” That account is also now suspended.
Although the attack occurred over a week ago, no mainstream media outlet reported it. Some conservative media outlets, including The Gateway Pundit, wrote about it.
ASU has been heavily criticized in recent years for pushing a progressive agenda that many believe radicalizes students. Last year, ASU paid Ibram Kendi $35,000 for a 60-minute speech. Kendi wrote a book titled “How to be an Antiracist,” which said, “The only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination.” He later modified it to call for “positive antiracist discrimination.”
Many of ASU’s professors have come under criticism for espousing radical viewpoints. Dr. Lisa B. Spanierman, who is an associate dean for academic personnel and faculty success in ASU’s College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, as well as a faculty member in the psychology department, teaches that “white guilt” can be used to transform students into social justice activists.
Only after the protest did ASU cancel a speech by radical pro-Palestinian activist Rashida Tlaib. In a video Tlaib shared on social media, she called for freedom “from the river to the sea,” which critics say is an expression known for meaning the abolition of Israel as a Jewish state. Tlaib was censured by the U.S. House of Representatives for her hostile statements about Israel.
Despite the Arizona Board of Regents prohibiting public universities in the state from requiring applicants to submit diversity statements, the school continues to ask potential job candidates questions regarding their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Last year, major donors began withholding funding from the school due to its hostility to free speech. Millionaire Tom Lewis, sponsor of ASU’s T.W. Lewis Center, said he pulled his annual $400,000 in funding for the center after he saw faculty and staff at the Barrett College espouse “alarming and outright hostility” toward a conservative event featuring commentators Dennis Prager and Charlie Kirk.
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Rachel Alexander is a reporter at The Arizona Sun Times and The Star News Network. Follow Rachel on Twitter / X. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Ruby Halperin” by Ruby Halperin. Background Photo “Arizona State University” by Kevin Dooley. CC BY 2.0.
