In March 2025, at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), reportedly transgender-identifying Liam “Alyssa” Nguyen was videotaped assaulting the president and secretary of UTD’s Turning Point USA chapter while they were tabling on campus. According to TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, Nguyen used a bike lock to threaten and break both girls’ phones before being apprehended by police. The individual was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, attempting to take a weapon from an officer, assaulting a peace officer, as well as resisting arrest, and two counts of criminal mischief.