Girl allegedly hits activist with MAGA hat earlier than getting pepper sprayed in DC

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A bodily confrontation at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station went viral after conservative activist Cam Higby pepper-sprayed a girl who was seen on video allegedly lunging at him and hitting him along with his MAGA hat — an incident he mentioned underscores his mission to confront political hostility head-on whereas selling open debate via his "Fearless Tour," impressed by late Turning Level USA founder Charlie Kirk.

Higby, who mentioned his mission is to show violence on the left and promote peaceful political dialogue , visited Union Station after internet hosting a debate occasion Wednesday on the College of Maryland.

In a cellphone interview Thursday with Fox Information Digital, Higby defined the group was sitting and having conversations with close by protesters when a girl approached him and began being combative.

Conservative undercover journalist and political commentator Cam Higby launched the "Fearless" tour on faculty campuses in September to encourage free speech and honor Charlie Kirk's legacy following his assassination. (Cameron Higby)

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"In some unspecified time in the future, she dropped to her knees, deliberately … and she or he began yelling at us and began touching us," Higby mentioned. "I informed her to again up and cease touching me, and she or he lunged at me and attacked me."

Video footage captured the girl pushing Higby again in his chair, taking his hat, and hitting him with it earlier than falling right into a bush the place he pepper-sprayed her.

Higby mentioned it was unclear if the girl had any weapons, as she had her arms in her pockets throughout the vast majority of the encounter.

After being pepper sprayed, Higby mentioned the girl walked over to a lightweight pole the place different protesters helped to scrub her eyes out and known as police.

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Initially, it appeared no arrests would happen, however when U.S. Park Police arrived, Higby mentioned the girl allegedly grew to become combative, resisted arrest, and assaulted officers.

"At this level now, she's battling federal police, after which they tried to arrest her," he mentioned. "Her dad is yelling at us, ‘why did you spray my daughter,’ as she's actively combating with federal police. In my head, I am pondering, this is the reason she bought sprayed. It took 4 federal law enforcement officials to carry her down, and at last they loaded her into the again of the police automobile."

In police experiences, Higby mentioned he and his colleague have been listed as victims, and she or he is predicted to face federal prices.

U.S. Park Police didn't instantly affirm the girl's identification or prices to Fox Information Digital.

Cam Higby was filmed being thrown to the bottom, punched and kicked by masked protesters in Seattle on June 14, 2025. (Cameron Higby)

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Higby isn't any stranger to violence, having been allegedly attacked in June at an anti-ICE rally in downtown Seattle.

Within the June 14 incident, he was filmed being attacked by three males who tried to tear off his gear, choke and beat him earlier than he pepper-sprayed one assailant in self-defense.

Higby mentioned he suffered a concussion, dizziness, nausea and different signs that required ER and pressing care therapy.

"I've come to the purpose the place I carry Mace on me always," he mentioned. "I feel I present unbelievable restraint with the factors at which I exploit my Mace, as a result of I personally assume after 4 verbal warnings to not contact me, it will have been completely legitimate to make use of it. … The roles are reversed, and I am overly criticized as a result of it is a lady, however I do not know what she has on her, and I am not going to throw a punch at her. I feel that utilizing Mace is approach higher [alternative]."

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On faculty campuses, Higby and his group have grow to be identified for establishing debate tables modeled after Kirk’s model, with indicators studying, "The left is violent! Let’s Debate!"

Whereas critics argue the messaging can spark heated reactions, Higby famous the latest Union Station incident unfolded with none signage current, the place the one factor figuring out his group have been their MAGA hats.

"We wish folks fired up. We wish folks to be excited to speak about political points, however what we do not invite folks to do is contact us, and that is the issue," he mentioned. "I feel most of my takes are fairly cheap. That is your downside, not my downside—if in case you have such low impulse management which you can't cease your self from utilizing bodily violence."

Fox Information Digital's Kristine Parks and Cortney O'Brien contributed to this report.

Alexandra Koch is a Fox Information Digital journalist who covers breaking information, with a concentrate on high-impact occasions that form nationwide dialog.

She has lined main nationwide crises, together with the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror assault, and Texas Hill Nation floods.