Right-Wing Commentator Attacked While Debating Trans Violence On College Campus

A 21-year-old political commentator was attacked and temporarily blinded by a masked individual while debating transgender violence on a college campus earlier this week.

A video shows Ryley Niemi, a conservative who regularly debates leftist students, sitting at a table on the University of California Santa Cruz campus when a black-clad person wearing dark sunglasses and a mask approached him and dumped a bucket of black liquid on him.

Niemi chased after the individual who fled the scene, and people in the area began cheering and shouting for Niemi to “get the f*ck off this campus.” The attacker escaped, but in an exclusive interview with The Daily Wire, Niemi said the police are “actively investigating this and looking for the person.”

Niemi, said the liquid caused blindness in both eyes for three hours, and blindness for six hours in his right eye.

“EMTs flushed my eyes with five vials of saline solution,” Niemi said. During his visit to the ER, Niemi learned that his “right eye has a corneal abrasion, and 48 hours later, my right eye still hurts and is slightly blurry.”

He added that the attack resulted in semi-permanent damage to his right eye and cut short his debate at UC Santa Cruz.

At @ucsc, a masked far-left extremist threw a bucket of black liquid on conservative activist @RyleyNiemi_. Leftists laughed and cheered on the attacker, who ran away.

Leftists routinely engage in and urge political violence and harassment against their ideological targets. pic.twitter.com/a5qDhX6cdv

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) May 29, 2026

Niemi’s table featured signs that stated “trans women are men” and “transgenders are violent.” He said the attacker was “100% male” who appeared to be around 6′ tall and “has a modified voice [because of hormone therapy], long hair, and feminine earrings.”

“The irony is,” Niemi continued, “that one of the signs said ‘trans-genders are violent.’ And then a transgender attacked me.”

This is not the first time Niemi has been attacked. Six weeks ago, Niemi interviewed a gay couple with a baby on the street and asked them about statistics on gay men committing child molestation. One of the men shoved him and proceeded to follow Niemi, punching him in the back of the head. Niemi said he suffered a concussion from the attack.

“The district attorney has let them off the hook,” Niemi added.

The Right-wing commentator explained that he holds debates to “change the mind of the American public to be more conservative.”

Why are they so triggered when @RyleyNiemi_ ask them completely reasonable questions about the child’s wellbeing?

I hope he pressed charges. pic.twitter.com/ZiXnSrzH9l

— Jake Rattlesnake (@jakerattlesnk) April 18, 2026