Overview
- While speaking at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Texas at El Paso on Dec. 4, Homan was interrupted by an attendee shouting 'racist' and 'traitor.'
- Homan replied, 'Call me what you want, I don't care,' and told the protester to 'grow a backbone' and to 'put a Kevlar vest and a gun on your hip and go secure this border.'
- During the Q&A, the attendee accused Homan of contributing to the environment that inspired the 2019 El Paso Walmart shooter and said the Great Replacement narrative has entered mainstream discourse.
- Homan answered that the 'open border' was 'by design' and has alleged the administration left the border unsecured for political gain, a claim he has acknowledged he cannot substantiate.
- Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty to state and federal charges, received multiple life sentences, and cited Great Replacement themes in a manifesto tied to the 2019 El Paso attack.