There is turmoil on the Texas campus as protesters hold signs saying “Women are property” on the Quad following Trump’s victory

Hours before Vice President Kamala Harris gave her concession speech, two Christian protesters caused unrest on a Texas university campus with signs that branded women “property” and used homophobic slurs.

The incident at Texas State University at San Marcos united students on both sides of the political spectrum in anger as the men marched for an hour before being escorted off the premises.

Eva De Arment, a 19-year-old sophomore, was waiting for classes to start in the university’s English building when she saw Snapchat images of the signs, including one that depicted “women” and “slaves” next to cars as ” Property” were listed.

Horrified, she rushed to the building’s office, asked for a felt-tip pen, grabbed a flyer from the table and wrote: “There is still love in the world! LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS.”

“I just ran out there, stood in front of these guys and started talking,” De Arment said The Independent in a phone call on Wednesday. To distract from the men behind her, she held up her sign and told her colleagues, “We cannot stand such division. We can’t let this hate get to us.”

Scholars say sexism, racism and misogyny helped Trump win a historic second term. The Independent The Trump campaign emailed for comment. De Arment now fears she will be exposed to more of the sexist rhetoric she heard on campus this week.

“I do think there is a nuance that the election has made them comfortable coming onto a campus with signs like that,” she said. “I’m scared.”

In a written statement, Texas State University said that the two protesters who appeared on campus – according to the organization’s website – have proven ties to the Official Street Preachers, an organization that “reports global and local events from a Christian perspective Covers”, not the case were tied to the university.

The institution “supports the First Amendment and is required by state law to uphold freedom of expression in public areas of our campus, even though such expression may understandably offend some members of our campus community.” The school has established policies and protocols that do so Allow people to engage in expressive activities on campus, the statement concluded.

Evelyn Lopez, 21, arrived at the university radio station around 10 a.m. and met with other students.

“We were kind of just collectively amazed,” she said, reflecting on the election results. She received a text message from her boyfriend warning her not to go into the courtyard because of the posters. She decided to go outside and see the scene for herself.

“The huge signs just weren’t the best thing to see the day after an election,” Lopez said. “Of course they feel very comfortable when someone who was just elected is a convicted felon and has said hateful things toward women.”

Lopez, a Houston native and psychology major, said the election results made her fearful for her constitutional rights.

Her boyfriend, Cole Ramirez, 22, said he had never seen “anything so hateful” on campus. He was at university working on a video assignment about how his fellow students felt after the election. He made his way to the courtyard when he heard the commotion and noticed a crowd of hundreds forming.

“My roommate and I were absolutely horrified. We were really at a loss for words.”

As students continued to gather around the protesters, Ramirez began taking photos that have since gone viral, including one of De Arment counter-protesting with her flyer.

“I knew someone had to see this,” he said. “Someone had to document it.”

As De Arment looked into the crowd, she saw peers wearing MAGA hats and what she called liberal clothing. Putting their political differences aside for a moment, the students began chanting “Love conquers” and “Love over hate” together.

“These people came to campus to try to sow division, and instead they somehow brought us together,” she said.

David Gibson, the owner of Dino Jiu Jitsu, a local jiu-jitsu studio, was promoting his business on campus when he heard the noise in the distance. He and his business partner’s 16-year-old daughter decided to rush over with a few of their yard signs to physically block the messages.

“I don’t want my daughter or my wife to be treated like that, and I don’t want my son to do the same,” he said.

Chaos ensued afterward, De Arment explained, saying people began throwing drinks at the men holding the signs. She offered the men a towel but said they declined.

The men left minutes later after the students took their signs and threw them away. University police were unable to forcibly remove the men in violation of freedom of expression.

The school is considering possible legal responses, Kelly Damphousse, the university’s president, wrote in a letter to students, faculty and staff on Thursday, adding that education officials had seen similar scenes at other universities earlier in the day.

A media coordinator for Official Street Preachers, Rich Penkoski, said The Independent The students poured coffee on his members, kicked them and spit on them. His group plans to return to campus with more members, he said.

On Thursday, Gibson, whose jiu-jitsu studio offers free self-defense classes for women on Fridays, returned to the university with a group of friends and tried to spread a different message. Their signs read: “Women are wealth” and “protect their independence.”