College Republicans scrawl 'Build the Wall' at painting event, are reported to 'bias incident team'

College Republicans scrawl 'Build the Wall' at painting event, are reported to 'bias incident team' - The College Fix:
"The University of Minnesota held a “Paint the Bridge” event this past Friday at the Washington Avenue Bridge, and the school’s College Republicans dared — dared!! — to paint the phrase “Build the Wall” on one section of the structure.
As a result, the Minnesota Daily reports, the message has been painted over several times since, with one counter message reading “Stop White Supremacy.”
There was also a 150 person-strong protest yesterday in response to the “xenophobic” phrase, organized by the “immigrant student advocacy group” Navigate MN.
...Unfortunately, even some college officials don’t comprehend the First Amendment, either:
...Catherine Squires, communications professor and director of the Race, Indigeneity, Gender and Sexuality Studies Initiative, said at the event that it is important for faculty members to participate in these types of discussions “especially faculty of color — many of us have been through these sorts of situations when we were students…”
Heather C. Lou, assistant director of the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence, said on Facebook that she and other University staff members would organize a support space for students on Monday.
“I recognize folks are feeling impacted by the xenophobic and racist statement on the bridge panels today.
The UMN bias incident team has been contacted,” she said in the post..."