{"id":2542480,"date":"2026-01-18T17:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-with-any-pronouns-arrested-for-assassination-threats-against-conservatives-on-campus-15\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T17:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:58:37","slug":"leftist-with-any-pronouns-arrested-for-assassination-threats-against-conservatives-on-campus-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-with-any-pronouns-arrested-for-assassination-threats-against-conservatives-on-campus-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist with &#8216;Any Pronouns&#8217; Arrested for Assassination Threats Against Conservatives on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-with-any-pronouns-arrested-for-assassination-threats-against-conservatives-on-campus-15%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2542480&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A University of Utah student, identified as Dean Stewart, was arrested by campus police after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-union-just-put-a-huge-hurdle-in-front-of-embattled-trump-pick-report\/\" title=\"Major Union Just Put a Huge Hurdle in Front of Embattled Trump Pick: Report\">allegedly threatening members<\/a> of the school&#8217;s College Republicans chapter during an on-campus event. According to witnesses and posts on X, Stewart said &#8220;I&#8217;m going to Kirk you,&#8221; mimed shooting at attendees, and told them &#8220;you should die,&#8221; prompting police to charge him with threat of violence, interfering with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won&#039;t Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officer<\/a>, and disorderly conduct. Stewart,who lists a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-with-any-pronouns-arrested-for-assassination-threats-against-conservatives-on-campus\/\" title=\"Leftist with &#039;Any Pronouns&#039; ... for Assassination Threats Against Conservatives on Campus\">prior student leadership role<\/a> and &#8220;any pronouns&#8221; on his LinkedIn,reportedly argued with officers and invoked his Fifth Amendment rights; he is being held on $1,000 bail. Conservative figures and organizers reacted publicly to the incident, and the story was reported by outlets including the Post Millennial and the Daily Caller News Foundation; the Department of Education had not responded to requests for comment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A University of Utah student was arrested by campus police Monday after threatening the school&rsquo;s College Republicans chapter during an event.<\/p>\n<p>Dean Stewart, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dean-stewart-4b949a277\/\">LinkedIn page<\/a> invites people to refer to him with &ldquo;any pronouns,&rdquo; was charged with threat of violence, interfering with a police officer, and disorderly conduct after the incident. Vice-Chairman Riley Beesley of the Utah Federation of College Republicans said in a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rileybeesley\/status\/2011148890775380423\">post<\/a> on X that Stewart referenced the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He says: &lsquo;I&rsquo;m going to Kirk you,&rsquo; &lsquo;you should die,&rsquo; and motions as if shooting a rifle toward our neck,&rdquo; Beesley, who later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rileybeesley\/status\/2011270467391500450\">recounted<\/a> witnessing Kirk being murdered, said. &ldquo;Democrats want us dead, and universities are responsible for radicalizing them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Liberal student arrested at the University of Utah after pointing gun towards <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UtahCollegeReps?\">@UtahCollegeReps<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReawakenUSA?\">@ReawakenUSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He says: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to Kirk you,&rdquo; &lsquo;you should die,&rsquo; and motions as if shooting a rifle toward our neck.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats want us dead, and universities are responsible for&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m1XxFJK6IW\">pic.twitter.com\/m1XxFJK6IW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Riley Beesley (@rileybeesley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rileybeesley\/status\/2011148890775380423?\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stewart, who served as &ldquo;Salt Lake Community College Student Association Vice President of Equality and Representation,&rdquo; according to his LinkedIn page, argued with police, who asked to see identification before trying to assert his Fifth Amendment rights, the Post Millennial <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/exclusive-leftist-student-arrested-for-saying-he-would-kirk-gop-group-at-university-of-utah\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So you&rsquo;re going to be charged,&rdquo; the campus police officer told Stewart, according to the Post Millennial. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re being charged for threats, disorderly conduct, and disobeying a lawful order.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Stewart is being held on a $1,000 bail, the Post Millennial reported. Beesley posted reactions to the story from other conservative leaders and elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Charlie Kirk would be devastated to know that &lsquo;Kirk&rsquo; is now a verb &mdash; used by unhinged leftists to threaten conservatives,&rdquo; Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/2011154729012019490\">posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the mental illness we are up against. Every conservative is being threatened with violence,&rdquo; TPUSA Chief Operating Officer Tyler Bowyer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tylerbowyer\/status\/2011212520250622255\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;Students &amp; activists are being targeted, threatened, harassed and doxxed This is today&rsquo;s battle for the heart &amp; soul of this country. 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