CU Boulder Conservative Student Says Hockey Stick Attack Was Politically Motivated

By Olivia Doak | Boulder Daily Camera

A University of Colorado Boulder student says he was the victim of a politically motivated attack when he was hit over the head with a hockey stick by a man on in-line skates Thursday evening.

Nathaniel Ellis, a CU Boulder sophomore who is the secretary of CU Boulder’s Turning Point USA chapter, said he was leaving a meeting on his bike when he was followed by someone on in-line skates with a hockey stick. Turning Point USA is a group that advocates for conservative politics on high school, college and university campuses. It was founded by Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed at Utah Valley University in September.

Ellis said the person on in-line skates followed him at about 6:50 p.m. Thursday as he left the Ekeley Science building, which is next to Norlin Library and where the Turning Point meeting was held, until he got to the area near Baseline Road and 27th Way.

“He came up behind me and broke a hockey stick over my head and yelled something to the effect of ‘f— you, fascist,’” Ellis told the Daily Camera.

The attack comes after social media posts about Ellis circulated online in the past few days. Boulder Students for a Democratic Society posted on Thursday, accusing Ellis of being a “Nazi activist” who is responsible for “white supremacist, antisemitic, and anti-LGBTQ vandalism” on campus and across Boulder. Torch Antifa Network posted on X that Ellis is “a member of the white supremacist organization Patriot Front.” Ellis also told the Daily Camera he’s gotten direct messages on social media, including one that said, “Get out of Boulder.”

Ellis believes the attack is related to the online harassment.

“Last night, antifa physically attacked me for my America first values and actions,” Ellis said. “… Like Mr. Kirk, I will not let threats dissuade me from my TPUSA involvement or beliefs.”

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