In a heated confrontation that has drawn significant attention, a retired professor from Colorado, David Kozak, lashed out at supporters of Turning Point USA, calling them “Nazis” and “fascists” in a video capturing the incident. This outburst followed Fort Lewis College’s reversal of its earlier decision to deny the establishment of a Turning Point USA chapter on its campus. The chapter was eventually approved during a meeting held on November 7.

The contentious exchange was captured and shared by Libs of TikTok on the platform X. The video depicts Kozak, who previously taught anthropology at Fort Lewis College, engaging in a tense dialogue with members of the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College during an emergency meeting convened to address the chapter’s approval. Initially, the college’s decision to block the chapter had triggered considerable backlash.

As the scene unfolded, Kozak was seen being physically blocked by a woman while he vented his frustrations to the student body representatives. “Go on, fascists. Go on, Nazi lovers,” he was heard saying. Despite the woman’s attempts to calm the situation by stating, “There’s no need for that; we haven’t said anything to you. Thank you,” Kozak continued his tirade, directing an expletive-laden remark at the camera.

‘He loves fascists, he loves Nazi’s, he loves haters,’ Kozak responded. A spokesperson for the college told Fox News : ‘Mr Kozak retired from Fort Lewis College in 2022 and is no longer employed by the institution.’ ‘At Fort Lewis College, we remain committed to fostering an environment grounded in academic excellence, free expression and civil discourse,’ the spokesperson continued.

The decision to block a chapter from the college came as a student-backed petition, which garnered hundreds of signatures, argued against the chapter and said the organization ‘has engaged in actions that directly harm our community.’ ‘At a college where many students identify as Indigenous, students of color, LGBTQ+, or from other underrepresented backgrounds, this harm cannot be ignored,’ the petition said. ‘We are calling on Fort Lewis College to take action that prioritizes student safety and well-being by refusing to recognize the TPUSA chapter as an RSO.’

The petition pointed out TPUSA’s plans to host a transphobic activist on Transgender Remembrance Day, its role in peddling a petition calling to reinstate gendered bathrooms and ‘normalcy,’ and the organization’s ‘public rhetoric and on-campus activities’ that ‘spread division, intolerance, and fear among marginalized communities.’ Flynn, a senior student at the college, said the chapter’s block was an attack on free expression, Fox News reported. His efforts to have the board of seven elected senators approve the chapter, at the time, were unsuccessful.

‘Many of our morals and interests must be pushed to the side,’ Asa Worthington, the student body president of the association, told the outlet. ‘The safety of our student body and the FLC community has always been and always will be ASFLC’s top priority.’ Flynn’s plan for the chapter, according to critics, mirrored TPUSA’s ‘professor watchlist’ – which calls for professors who allegedly discriminate against conservative students and teach ‘leftist propaganda’ in the classroom to be ‘unmasked.’

The watchlist initiative was created by TPUSA’s founder Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed in September, and faced masses of backlash for its potential to present safety risks for educators. FLC said in a statement to CBS News after the vote that the association’s change of heart ‘reflects ASFLC’s commitment to fair governance, educational growth, and consistent policy application.’ The Daily Mail reached out to Fort Lewis College and Kozak for comment.