Far-left congressional candidate confronts Trump supporters at Cerritos College
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Far-left congressional candidate Shonique Williams confronted supporters of President Donald Trump at Cerritos College this week.
The video shows a heated exchange in the campus free speech area involving Republican congressional candidate Dennis Feitosa, students, activists and political organizers.
“I will not remain silent while people are harmed in our communities. Because silence is complicity,” Williams wrote in an accompanying caption. images. “Supporting genocide, caging, terrorism, or harming anyone is white supremacy. Period.”
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The conflict comes as political activism intensifies on college campuses ahead of the 2026 election cycle and candidates increasingly engage with voters in public forums.
“These are my voters. This is my community. I will defend them,” Williams wrote, describing those present as “MAGA, TPUSA, Trump supporters and white supremacists.”
Williams is a Democrat running for the U.S. House in California’s 41st District.
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As the conversation progressed, Williams made personal remarks to those gathered in the free speech area, focusing on their appearance and political views while recording the interaction.
“You have three teeth in your mouth,” he said. “Don’t all Trump supporters look the same?”
Williams also escalated his accusations during the confrontation, repeatedly claiming that the people he addressed were supporting serious crimes while continuing to film and describe the encounter.
Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, testifies at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on February 13, 2025 (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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“You support people who rape children,” Williams said. “This is a white supremacist. We do not support that.”
As the tension in the crowd increased, the argument became more heated at some points, with both sides talking to each other.
“I’m going to beat your mother,” Williams said. “Don’t disobey me.”
Other participants disagreed with his claims and attempted to respond; One asked: “Why can’t we have a different opinion than you?” The debate evolved into broader political disagreements.
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Williams also directly contacted a young Black man who expressed support for Trump.
“As a young Black woman, it is my responsibility to educate her,” Williams said. “We cannot support genocide of anyone. We cannot support caged anyone.”
Throughout the video, Williams continued to record individuals and describe their presence on campus, suggesting that students believed the gathering was connected to extremist views.
“I just want to come and film your faces because there is a belief among the students here that you are from a white supremacist organization,” he said.
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In response to the incident, congressional candidate Dennis Feitosa emphasized a different approach that focuses on policy and voters’ concerns rather than confrontational exchanges.
“I’m focused on having serious conversations about policy and improving the lives of people in Glendale, Burbank, Hollywood and Pasadena,” Feitosa told Fox News Digital. “Political discourse should be about solutions.”
In a later Instagram response, Williams expanded his criticism beyond the campus conflict, describing what he sees as a broader political landscape shaped by extremism.
“Democratic right-wing extremists, racists, pedophiles, bigots, and white supremacists have dominated our politics for too long,” he wrote. “This ends now.”
He also outlined how he plans to approach political opposition if elected, adding: “I’m here to fight in Congress legally, verbally, and physically if it comes to that,” and “Groups like MAGA, TPUSA, the modern KKK won’t get a free pass while I’m in office.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Williams for comment.
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