Conservative pundit and Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro kicked off a speech at Florida State University (FSU) Monday by doing the tomahawk chop as he took to the podium. The controversial hand gesture elicited loud applause from the audience and was mentioned in the question and answer session after his speech – which gave him the opportunity to defend it.
“When people say that’s a racist thing, I have to say, if people just went to a stadium and started cheering for the Jews, do you know how happy I’d be?” Shapiro explained after a student thanked him for doing the gesture, “Very epic.”